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FUKE:I don’t really have the specific answer to that question as I, you know, like the Applicant had contracted separately with the traffic engineer. And, so, I’m glad you brought that up, Mr. Rho, because if that’s the issue since this matter is going to be continued, if you want to have that question directly answered, we’d be prepared to have the traffic engineer here at the next meeting. RHO:Well, the comments that I read that came from the community, basically not all of it but a large number of the comments, are directed at traffic. So when I read this report I was struck by the fact that they’re using this, or whoever wrote this thing, is using 1992 to 2002; and I wondered why or if there was more current information that the State Transportation Department gathered or has that could be used to then calculate. ‘Cause after that the next page is, whoever did this report, starts to calculate; and then I got kind of lost because I don’t really understand what they’re calculating or how they’re calculating. FUKE:Usually what they do is they have like a baseline information; and in addition to that then they also discuss the, they have to take their own separate traffic counts at different hours of the day. RHO:Right. That’s what they did. FUKE:Correct; and then based on that then they make a determination on whether, what the level of service would be at different intersections. RHO:Right. But if you turn to Page 4, it starts to discuss Figure 4. And the way I’m reading that or as I understand that, there’s a discrepancy between what the contracted person who observed the traffic on one day, June 24,2006 had versus what the State Transportation Department reported even within, I think those, that 10-year period. And, again, I’m not sure that I’m reading this correctly. So I need help actually going through this report in more detail because it’s not clear to me what they’re actually reporting and when. But that’s my take on it. My take on it is that the report that this person did making observations for one day is not in line with what the State is reporting over a 10-year period that ended in 2002. The reason I bring up this 10-year period and this 2002 is my view is that traffic has gotten worse since 2002. And so between 2002 and 2006, that’ll be where, to me, the calculation should actually be and not, you know, those 10 years. The other thing is when this thing was calculated on June 24, 2005, it was on a Friday and I was kind of curious as to what date that was; and in subsequent documents it talks about that date being a Friday and that date also is not when school is in session. And, so, I think traffic is also reduced because school is not in session. But, you know, again, I’m just guessing. I don’t know all the nitty-gritty details, and I really don’t understand the way this, all these figures were calculated and the formulas used, etc., etc. So that would be a concern that I would have at the next session when -. EXHIBIT C 11