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FUJIKAWA:Wait there a second. Okay, you want to raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? HA:I do. FUJIKAWA:Okay. You may be seated. State your name and your address, please? th HA:My name, Matthew Ha. My address is 847 7 Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816. My home number is 739-1475. FUJIKAWA:Okay, you may proceed with your testimony. HA:Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the panel members for moving my agenda. I have to catch a flight. And this is relatively new for me, so please bear witness to my problems here. I have submitted a written testimony to the members. So rather than run through the whole thing which everybody would just be reading on, IÓll try and make it very brief on my basic statements. Basically, this land that my family owns is sitting on the northern border of Mr. MalianÓs property. Our tax map key is 7-03-05-003, and is presently surrounded by several other undeveloped properties. We really donÓt mean to portray us as being anti-development, we are not so much in dispute for this project. Our only concern is with the present layout of the project, we see our property being land-locked without access, okay? Basically, when I talked to several people about this, including Mr. Sidney Fuke, he gave me several alternatives that were supposed to remedy the situation. The problem with that is presently thereÓs a 20-foot easement that runs approximately 2,400 feet long connecting to the main highway. Now, according to the County standards, this 20-foot easement is serving approximately three to four different landowners. In essence, if I was to take access on that 20-foot right-of-way, IÓm looking at a 20-foot wide, 2,400-foot driveway. Now the driveway is insufficient, according to the County standards, for any kind of two-way traffic because IÓm serving several different property owners. Also, because IÓm in that situation there, any kind of emergency vehicle or public utilities would have to go down that easement, and that 20-foot wide easement is very insufficient. If the County was to make it standard, a minimum size road would be 50 feet of right-of-way, which means, basically, the County would have to get 15 feet on each side of that easement. My family has had this property for approximately 1950 on and ha gain access to the property. I believe that the subdivision presently surrounding the property was built; and due to some unfortunate circumstances, we were never able to establish any kind of access. 2