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Sako Store would be located in the general area. Sako Store is now referred to as J. Hara Store. Going to the site map, again, the subject property is located in this configuration. The existing Keaau Service Station is located here. This particular property is owned by the State and leased by the Alonzo family or Keaau Service Station until the year 2022. J. Hara Store is located here. And, again, this would be State Highway 11 with Huina Road going in this direction. The current driveway access to the property is at this corner. The existing service station access is located here, as well as this location. And, eventually, the plan is to move the intersection further south, approximately 150 feet from the existing service station driveway to make it directly across Huina Street. The applicant intends to use this particular portion for a boundary amendment and for a commercial zoning for his towing business and, also, for employee parking for the service station. The estimated cost for the development of this property would be $200,000; and that cost would also include the cost for a, or the pro rata cost for the intersection, excuse me, a traffic signalization at this intersection should the State Department of Transportation allow the applicant to utilize this access to go onto Highway 11. The State Department of Transportation will be doing the highway improvement to the Huina Road-Highway 11 intersection some time this year, the latter part of this year. Although we havenÓt received any official comments from the State Department of Transportation, this is a verbal conversation with the representative from the State Department of Transportation who indicated that this project would possibly start in late August of this year. That intersection improvement, however, would not include the traffic signalization that is discussed in the applicantÓs background information, as well as the proposed conditions that we have included as part of our recommendation for approval. Are there any questions regarding this petition? FUJIKAWA:Questions, from the Commission? None? If none, do we have the applicant or the representative? Please come forward. sworn in and you may proceed. FUKE:Thank you. The staffÓs background report is accurate. I donÓt know if I heard correctly but if I didnÓt -. The lease that the applicant has on the State land extends through the year 2022. So I donÓt know if thatÓs what, I thought I heard 2004 or something. But, anyway, the applicant has had a chance to review the staffÓs report and the background recommendation, found all of the conditions to be acceptable. Just one note about the traffic lights, your staffÓs understanding with the State or discussion with the State and then the subsequent understanding somewhat confirms like what my understanding is, based on my discussion with Mr. Robert Taira of State Department of Transportation, that the State is planning to make the improvements, construction plans have already been completed and theyÓre going to start construction some time this year. They estimate the improvements to be completed within a 12- to a maximum 18-month period. The donÓt have enough funding for the traffic light. So, as a result, the applicant has agreed, and which is reflected in your staffÓs proposed condition, to pay up to 50 percent of the traffic light, the thought, of course, is to have any subsequent developer or developers that would utilize on the mau 2