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GALDONES:Any comments? MOOERS:The Applicant is somewhat concerned about the revision that was made. The implication seems to be made here that Kohanaiki Road is going to be improved to a greater extent and be used as part of the regional roadway network. The ApplicantÓs concern and, frankly, I probably received between 15 and 20 calls from the community, they were unanimous in their opinion that they did not want to see a connection to Kohanaiki Road. I guess my concern would be is if you look at the Background Report or my application, at the area maps, specifically the tax map that appears, youÓll notice that, this would be Exhibit C, location and vicinity maps. YouÓll notice the second the Kohanaiki Road is depicted on the bottom at that property. YouÓll notice immediately to the south of the subject property, there are a great many lots. And the existence of those lots, as far as IÓm concerned, would preclude the ability of the County to widen that road beyond its present situation. And, so, I guess that would be my concern is that the condition seems to imply that thatÓs going to be a roadway thatÓs going to be used as a part of the regional roadway network. The Applicant does not, never intended for that to be the case and is not aware that that would be possible. I think that thereÓd be members of the public here today that will probably want to testify on their beliefs as far as how that road ought to be, you know, developed If the Commission decides that they want us to provide a road widening setback, we can certainly do that. But I just want to make sure that everyone in the public knows that that was not our intention, because IÓve made that clear to the people that have spoken to me that it was not our intention to use Kohanaiki Road as part of the access to and from this project. GALDONES:Jeff, the concern that or the objection that was raised by Mr. Mooers, is there someone that will be able to address why it was amended to that -? DARROW:Sure. Mr. Chairman, looking at the site map, correction, location map, in the current General Plan, we do have Kohaniki Road identified as a connector road, IÓm sorry, a collector road. In the amended General Plan, proposed amendment, this is not the case. In the matter of the future road widening setback, weÓre not looking at it from a regional network standpoint, weÓre looking at it from a local network. The reason for the 20-foot wide future widening setback is to allow for slope easement and also for realignment of this road, in the possibility that we can provide connectivity in the area to other roads that are in this area. We want to be able to look at the area and provide relief in regards to these lots that are here, for mauka-makai relief as far as connectivity, as well as north-south relief. So we are not looking -. Because of the fact that there is a 20-foot wide setback, itÓs not, you know, itÓs not there to become a collector road and to be a 65-foot or 60-foot wide road but just to allow for the issues that weÓre going to have when we have to deal with realignment of the road as well as slope easements. 3