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problems that they're going to face in the future. But, again, the Applicant's representative can go into more detail as to where and when that may occur. SPRINGER:Thank you, Jeff. Commissioners, any more questions or comments to the Staff? If none, will the Applicant or the Applicant's representative and all of those who signed up to testify or wishing to testify on this agenda item, please stand and raise your right hands. I have 11 folks that have signed up so far. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on ` this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? MOOERS:I do. TESTIFIERS:I do. SPRINGER:Thank you. Please be seated, and we'll call on you following the Applicant's discussion with us. You have received the Background Report? MOOERS:Yes, I have. SPRINGER:We look forward to your comments. MOOERS:Thank you. There is obviously a great deal of comment on this application, and I would really like to address some of the issues that Commissioner Kubota raised and Commissioner Springer and the Chairman, excuse me, Planning Director Yuen. This area from Palani Road south below Hienaloli Road is slated for urbanization. Every plan, State and County plan calls for that. The opposition that I've received in letters and comments are all related to infrastructure issues. We can lament the fact that as projects come forward one at a time in this piecemeal approach that it's very difficult to provide the infrastructure because each 10 or 15 or 20 or 30, 40-lot subdivision in and of itself doesn't create serious issues. The entire area does. ` When you have situations where you have large landowners, say in Kapolei on Oahu, in which you're looking at thousands of homes being constructed, it's very easy to plan for infrastructure at that time. You design your roadways, your sewer systems, your water systems to accommodate the volume or the size of the project that you project. The problem we have here on this Island, and particularly in this area, is the land ownership pattern is such that you don't have very many large landowners, so there's not one landowner who can stand the bite for a new intersection or who can stand the bite for a new reservoir or water lines. And then we get into the situation we're at today. I submit that this project will actually go a long way towards addressing those infrastructure concerns. If you look at the proposed conditions, you'll notice that the first condition related to water, let's see if I can pull that up. Excuse me a moment. It says the effective date of this ordinance shall be the date when the Applicant and the Department of Water Supply finalize an 6