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WATANABE: You are implying that maybe the County has some vehicle in place to gain the ability to maintain the road? IWASHITA: I guess, it’s not clear to me how this, you know, after the project is completed and after the use as a construction road is done, if the intent is to use it for emergency purposes to get out of the property or whatever you said, how is that going to be done? LIM: We are not intending that that would be a County road or a Civil Defense maintained road or anything like that. This is a private road that we utilize. It’ll be open to the general public, but it’s not going to be a County or Civil Defense road. If you are familiar with that area, it’s pretty dry and there’s already an existing access road from the project area going towards the Mauna Kea Beach Resort, and it comes out and hits the Highway, runs parallel to the Highway, comes out and hits the Highway near the Puako entry. We’re going to be heading up towards the Highway and connecting further closer to the fire station there to shorten the distance. And once we create the bulldozed and, you know, graded-out and graveled road, we don’t anticipate there’s going to be much maintenance required. Right now, the current road although hits the Highway all the way at the north end, it’s kind of bumpy and hilly that most cars probably can’t go on right now. So we’re trying to just provide another exit route for emergency purposes. I know that the Puako Community Association is currently processing its draft environmental, I think it’s a final environmental assessment, to allow that they cross the State parcel coming out from Puako Drive in a southerly direction to access the Mauna Lani Resort roads near the Fairmont Orchid, and they’ve pretty much got that done almost. IWASHITA: So in addition to the language you’ve proposed, is there some written understanding amongst the owner of the land, Puako Community Association and Mauna Lani for this emergency use. LIM: That’s correct. We’ve been in discussions already, and in fact there’s already alternate alignments for where we take that road up to the Highway. IWASHITA: So there will be something in writing between all the parties involved. LIM: That’s correct. IWASHITA: Okay, that’s fine. Thank you. WATANABE: Okay. Do we have any further questions? Okay. Then you may be seated. We have three individuals who have signed up to testify on this matter. So may I call Lynn Higashi, George Robertson and Margaret Wille up, so that they may testify. Okay, I’d like to swear you all in at the same time, please. So would you raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. EXHIBIT C 11