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Now, again, if you drive this road, that is just insane. You canÓt even make a left-hand turn off Hinalani now with the existing traffic. If the CC&RÓs say, like Makalei Estates, that you canÓt do an ohana or a farm dwelling, what the standard procedure here is in affluent houses, the houses are raised up, the renter goes below the house; and on the plans, it always says rec room or whatever, rec room with a wet bar. You go by there, six months later and stuff, and it is a mother-in-law unit or rental with a kitchen and a bathroom. So now this is kind of Mickey Mouse, I give you that; but you see the kind of numbers that weÓre talking about. And to be fair with the community who have to drive these roads every day, and IÓm talking about working people that have to be at work on time, it is an incredible imposition to do that to the community. So we know that development is not going to stop, weÓre not trying to stop this development. WeÓre trying to get a win-win situation for everybody thatÓs not just on Kohanaiki Road but the community at-large. And it would seem to me that if they stayed with their present zoning of Ag-3, that would help alleviate the traffic. WeÓre still going to get a 100 cars no matter what, which is incredible, but that wouldnÓt be as bad as this many. It would keep the land in ag land which is what the farme would also be, in my opinion, a step in the right direction for the Planning Commission, too, for future development. WeÓre not going to get the infrastructure. We keep talking about infrastructure. It hasnÓt happened for 30 years and itÓs not going to happen if the StateÓs bankrupt. We donÓt have the money for these roads. So compromise between development and the existing community; and I traffic alone should weigh heavily in your decision whether to permit this place to be rezoned or not. And thatÓs it. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Martin. Commissioners, any question of Mr. Martin? Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:I might just pass a question relating to what he said to Jeff. I noticed on the Background Report, the County Department of Public Works just refers to the State Department of Transportation as being responsible for Mamalahoa Highway; and we didnÓt get any response from the State Department of Transportation. So we donÓt have anything direct to deal with his concern about that traffic, yes? DARROW:ThatÓs correct, Commissioner. We had, we had formally requested, you know, comments for this project; and they said that it was on the way. So, hopefully, weÓll be getting it soon. MARTIN:Before this project is approved or not approved, who, again, IÓm just educating me, who is responsible for something like the traffic flow and the signal? Are these, is this information, do you folks get that information before you make a decision? Or, again, from a citizenÓs standpoint, it really doesnÓt matter who does the infrastructure, whether itÓs the developer, the County or if itÓs partnership between the 9