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Regarding proposed Condition, amended Condition F, and this is how we are proposing that it be amended. Homestead Road, if used to access -. Excuse me. "Homestead Road, if used to provide access, shall be widened and improved from the point of the subdivision access to Highway 190, meeting with the requirements of the Department of Public Works, prior to receipt of final subdivision approval. The improvements shall also include the Homestead Road-Highway 190 intersection." GALDONES:Okay. Thank you, Norman. Commissioners, I realize that there is also some emotions involved in coming to some decisions here regarding having the Applicant be burdened with the cost of improving the Homestead Road and also that intersection at the Mmalahoa Highway. However, what I think we also need to be mindful of at this, the issue of the traffic and the infrastructure that provides traffic is much to be desired out in the west side of this Island. I think at some point we have to make some tough decisions as to who's going to be burdened to do that. If we're going to, it seems like if we're going to continue to ask the County or the State to do it, it might be a long ways down the road before we can see any fruition of that occurring. Unfortunately, Mr. Kabumoto is strapped with this burden. In my understanding in the discussions, as stated by the Director, that this is not something that is new. This has also happened to other developments, also. MOOERS:Mr. Chairman, can I make a comment? GALDONES:Mr. Mooers. MOOERS:I'm concerned with the condition, revised Condition F that Mr. Hayashi just mentioned, specifically the last sentence, which says the improvement shall also include the Homestead Road-190 intersection. It's our intention, if we use that, is that that road, that intersection would not be improved, it would be abandoned, that we would be using a new intersection. And I would prefer if we could have that last sentence after it says that we're going to improve the Homestead Road along the frontage of the property until, you know, the intersection or to the highway, is that the next sentence say simply that the intersection with Highway 190 shall meet the approval of Public Works and DOT, so that that intersection might be there but it probably is going to be further to the north. So, I don't want to have my Applicant be saddled with improving an intersection that we really want to abandon, so I would ask that you amend that last sentence. GALDONES:Mr. Mooers, I understand that that would be abandoned if you do have the approval for the future application. MOOERS:That's correct. GALDONES:That you mentioned. MOOERS:I guess my point would be, is that the existing intersection of the Homestead Road or the Church of God road is, the sight distance is so poor that that 23