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those people have complained for literally decades about the condition of the County public road and, in fact, have spent their own money in order to afford emergency vehicles to come down there, that it's now time for the County to step up to the plate and maintain that road. Mr. Kabumoto has indicated to me that he's willing to provide some turnouts, because that's one of the problems. There's some senior citizens that live down there and occasionally they have to back down, and it's very difficult. So I wanted to let you know that we are working diligently on this, and hopefully the County will finally assume the responsibility that it has had for a long time in that regard. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, I think as we look around this area, we see that there are properties that have been rezoned, in some cases smaller than 10,000 square feet. We have seen some that are three acres, as noted by Staff. And we know that there are going to be others because of the urban expansion designations of this area makai of Mmalahoa Highway. And it seems to me that any efforts that are brought forward by landowners to minimize the, minimize increasing impacts to our already strained infrastructure would be good ones, and I speak personally, of course, I don't speak for the Council. And I would just say that your maps indicate that the 30-foot road, off of which Mrs. Theriault lives, continues to the south. It used to continue to the south, and some Commissioners may remember a contested case that came, actually went to court. And now it does not only, not continue to the south but the adjacent property owner has seen fit to cut the land so substantially that no emergency vehicles, unless you had an M1A2 Abrams tank or perhaps a striker or, you know, an AAV, or something like that, would be able to negotiate this. I don't even think a hummer could go up there. So that was, that wonderful opportunity was foreclosed. I would also point out to you that there is a mauka-makai road which runs along the southern, outside of but south of the southern boundary of Mr. Kabumoto's property, and that road has seen considerable activity, including some very massive houses being built on there. And as far as I know, there hasn't been one single improvement to the road as a result of those. So I thank you very much for your consideration, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. I'll be more than happy to answer any questions. I hope this information was not boring. I hope it was not -, I hope it gives you some perspective. Thank you. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Tyler. TYLER:You're welcome, sir. GALDONES:Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Tyler? Commissioner Graham. GRAHAM:I have one real specific question, Curtis. When the representative, Mr. Mooers, gave the different road possibilities that could happen, I found it very helpful; and it certainly seems like one possibility of improving the Homestead Road access would be a benefit of substantial value. Also, if you were coordinating with the other pending application farther to the north, and moved all the traffic from that 30-foot road onto a new intersection, 15