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extension does not anticipate any significant impact to traffic and/or other public concerns.Ñ You know, thatÓs totally different from what IÓm hearing today. WOODWARD: All right, any further questions? KERN: Mr. Chairman? WOODWARD: Yes, Commissioner Kern. KERN: Yes. So I guess weÓre faced, IÓve heard that you want the improvements made before certificate of occupancy; and then IÓve also heard that potentially a TIAR report, a new one. I guess thatÓs kind of a brass tacks -. Like whatÓs the real, I know traffic is an issue there, obviously, and thatÓs the concern. So is it if the conditions were fulfilled prior to the certificate of occupancy would everybody be happy? YEH: I think that would go a long way towards solving or resolving an issue. The reason we point out the TIAR issue is because, you know, if you look at the Ordinance, thatÓs what it requires. I think our position is that, okay, if youÓre not going to require that but recognizing the DOT and after say Public Works did submit comments also saying that traffic mitigation requirements are required, itÓs going to be a big mess. If youÓre at least going to take that position, then require this concurrency. ThatÓs just a given. ItÓs a common sense issue. WOODWARD: Okay. Let me ask a question, and really maybe anyone can answer, but maybe Mr. Yeh you may know more about this. We do actually have a traffic impact analysis report from 2008. What are your comments about that? And IÓve looked through the, we just got it this morning, I guess. YEH: Right. Well, my comments are that, is this, is under the concurrency ordinance the TIAR is supposed to be no older than six months as of the time the application. No. 2, the 2008 report was based on 2006 traffic counts. No. 3, there was no presumpti TIAR that there was going to be a drive-thru at LongÓs, there was no information then existing that there was going to be a KFC and a Burger King. So now knowing what we have there, and the fact that we do in fact have changed conditions between 2006 and 2007, thatÓs kind of my response to why that 2008 TIAR may not be a valid assessment, nor did it provide what we consider to be full-blown set of mitigational alternatives as required under the ordinance, which has a certain set of standards for those kind of reports and assessments. WOODWARD: Well, they had basically four recommendations here for mitigation: One is widening of Kahakai Boulevard approach to Old KeaÒau-Phoa Road. Two, widening of the approach to Highway 130 on Old KeaÒau-Phoa Road. Three, widening of Old KeaÒau-Phoa Road to provide a left-turn lane for traffic entering Kahakai Boulevard. Widening of Old Phoa Road at Kahakai Boulevard, to add a right-turn lane. ThatÓs what they said. YEH: And it didnÓt include the opening into the Bypass. So just an example of being able to take a really hard look at what all those alternatives are. 9 EXHIBIT A