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visitors a day. But I think itÓs impossible for me to say that the Applicant wouldnÓt conform to the restrictions placed on the permit. GALDONES:Commissioners, any further questions of Ms. Broder? Thank you for the work that you put into it and thank you for being here. KUBOTA:I have a question, and I donÓt know that I should ask Ms. Broder or Mr. Tsukazaki. But, procedurally, are we prohibited from asking questions of the panel there or specifically are we allowed to ask only the Hearings Of GALDONES:Well, for the moment, I will allow the questions to be directed to Ms. Broder only. KUBOTA:Okay. Then IÓll go through her. IÓm interested in this, the use of the bus, the limitation on the use of the bus. BRODER:Yes? KUBOTA:According to prior testimony, I guess, it seems that there was, there seemed to be an agreement, and I donÓt know that it was an agreement, but between Doutor and, I guess, it might have been Public Works, that they would be allowed to use the bigger tour buses if they made improvements on the disembark passengers. Was that taken into consideration? ThatÓs why I wa Mr. Tsukazaki where that knowledge came from, for me anyway. Bu somewhere in here. Yeah, here it is. Okay. ItÓs in your Findings of Fact on page 5. Wait now -. Yes, yes. And itÓs letter h, that ÐLarge tour buses will be discouraged from taking visitors to the subject property. But if an event requires the use of such large buses, the Applicant will improve that portion of the Mamalahoa Highway fronting the subject property to accommodate a drop-off area that will not interfere with the normal flow of traffic or access to adjoining properties.Ñ Now, your recommendation says entirely. ItÓs a banning, okay. Was it because the Applicant said they donÓt want to improve it, or they donÓt want the space there, or how did that BRODER:Page 5, Section h, that was what the Applicant proposed. IÓm repeating what the Applicant proposed there. ThatÓs not something that was approved by the Department of Public Works or anything like that. There are some findings in here relating to some comments by some of the public agencies. And there was concern about that particular issue, the large tour buses; and, you know, basically, in order to make it safe that you would have to have a turn-around right there on that side of the street. But you have to give me a minute to find where that was but that was what the Applicant himself proposed. He proposed to leave it at one tour bus per day; and IÓm not exactly sure how that would work out, but IÓm sure that they probably do. But they proposed to do, to be allowed at least one tour bus per day. So thatÓs their proposal. I thought when I went to the site and had a site visit that it appeared that Mamalahoa Highway had traffic 7