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I also wanted to, I noted in the back, I want to thank the Staff for providing me with the
<br />Background Report and Recommendations. I noticed that in there the, it is stated that the Old
<br />Government Road fronting the subject, the Applicant's property, is owned by the State, and I
<br />don't believe that's true. I believe that the County owns this road. It continues to say it does
<br />not. But if you look across the street to the north, excuse me, to the east, you will notice that,
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<br />or if you've driven there, that there is the old, the Hawaii Belt Road, formerly known as
<br />Mmalahoa Highway. It runs roughly parallel to Highway 190, and it is maintained by the
<br />County. And this Commission, in prior sessions, in prior years, has done a lot of rezoning
<br />along that road, and has never once ever required any applicant to improve an intersection. As
<br />a matter of fact, the last rezoning along there that I recall, I think it was for six or eight
<br />required only that there be a, I think it was a five-foot or a 10-foot widening, and that didn't
<br />even have to be paved. So that is a County road. And I'm not saying the road doesn't need to
<br />be improved. What I want to point out is that this is one of those roads that some people in the
<br />County would call a road in limbo; and I believe the State gave this road to the County, the
<br />legislature actually did it. So, and as a matter of fact, the Department of Public Works has
<br />provided me with a map indicating that it is a County road and what they call a road in limbo,
<br />as is the Homestead Road, the Church of God Road.
<br />Before I leave today, I'd like to get a copy of the, if I could be provided it, with the new
<br />Condition E and the proposed new language for Condition F so I can just review it. Condition
<br />F, as I understood it, you were, I'm sorry, you were asking, if I understood correctly, that
<br />your conversations, for improvements not only of the road frontage but the entire roadway all
<br />the way up to the intersection and including the intersection. And just as an observation, and I
<br />think Commissioner Kubota was asking some very pertinent questions, there are currently two
<br />lots on this property. One lot has an access, a legal access on the Homestead Road. The other
<br />lot has substantial frontage on, as both of them do, substantial frontage on the Old Government
<br />Road; and so there's a legal access there. The proposal, as I understand it, that is before you
<br />today would be to add two additional lots, each of which would contain a provision for, that
<br />would prohibit any further dwellings from being constructed, including CPR units. And I
<br />applaud the Director and the Staff, and I thank the Commission for considering that. That, in
<br />itself, will mean only two more.
<br />Mr. Kabumoto has indicated to me that he is very concerned about clear cutting and that he
<br />wants to preserve it and has grubbed, as you can see from your -, from this, but he has
<br />grubbed the land and tried to save most of the trees, as I think Mrs. Theriault has pointed out.
<br />I think that's his intention. He told me that one of these lots was going to be his personal
<br />residence. I'm just about done, Mr. Chairman.
<br />The makai lot owners, of which Mrs. Theriault is one, have already paid substantial monies to
<br />improve, personal funds now, with no help really from the County, except a little bit at the
<br />top, to improve the Homestead Road. I've spoken with Mr. McClure and Mr. Nakasone, and
<br />I have strongly suggested to them that since the County in past times has approved rezonings in
<br />this area, in particular your Kohanaiki Homesteads, which Mrs. Theriault lives, and since
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