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Hopefully, the applicant would like to begin construction sometime, at least for the major infrastructure, by the ending part of next year and have it completed maybe two or three years thereafter. IÓd like to, one other point I forgot to mention was that when this land here was originally considered, well, the owner had purchased this property a number of years ago, but you know, it was subject to a number of conditions and, you know, these conditions were finally fulfilled. And after these conditions were fulfilled, then the application was filed. But the original configuration of this site actually had an access coming down from, along, IÓm sorry, along section over here, which would be the extension of Kaleopapa Road, and Kaleopapa Road, of course, is the one that leads down to the Sheraton Keauhou. But this scheme was abandoned for a couple of reasons: One is that there are major archaeological features in this particular area, and secondly if you travel along Kaleopapa Road heading mauka, y that if you have a new road coming into this area, it becomes a very challenging task to construct; but more than that it will have a lot of scarifying in the particular area. So as a result, and given the construction of the HkliÒa Bypass and the permitted access over here, it was felt after discussions with Kamehameha Investment Corporation who owns the balance of the property here, it was decided that this would be a much more prudent access rather than coming down on this way. And so when the land was finally subdivided, this is the newly created lot. Kamehameha Investment has long-term plans to develop the balance of this property here, so what you see is like a proposed roadway that will eventually extend north to either, I think Kamehameha III Road or possibly like Kaluna Road. But definitely there will be a north-south connection, you know, through this section here. I think IÓve pretty much covered most of the salient points. But if there are any others, then I will be more than happy to respond. WATANABE: Well, fellow Commissioners, do we have any questions for Mr. Fuke? Mr. Housel. HOUSEL: Yes. I was reading in the application in the background history in the description of the infrastructure, that it calls up you are asking for a gated entry -. FUKE: Correct. HOUSEL: Which is not consistent with the Kona Community Development Plan. Do you still intend for the gate there? FUKE: Well, at this point in time, you know, this road will be built to County dedicable standards and the road leading into the project will also be built to dedicable standards. One thing that the owner would like to avoid, and eventually may ask for a variance, is that, to minimize the visual impact of this area, is to not have a roadway that would be fully graded; you know, the current County standards right now call for the entire right-of-way to be graded. So what the owner would want to do is just to put in the, you know, keeping this road private and making it a 20-foot wide paved section with landscaping and, you the balance of the right-of-way to minimize scarifying this area EXHIBIT A 4