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community. But Im very, very worried and wary of putting in kind of just a general brushed lather on top of everybody. As you know, I mean, some of you know, professionally Im a planner/project manager. I worked at Mauna Lani Resort for a long time and Hualalai; and Im working on the Hiluhilu project in Kona at this point and a few others; and these kinds of things can have unintended consequences, on the prospects of trying to finance a project. I mean we are into our fifth year of planning and working on the Hiluhilu job, which is putting in $20,000,0000 for infrastructure for the community college and the UH. Im about to pull the grading permit, just about to get going. We dropped the golf course and we got 15 miles of off-site roads required in our zoning ordinance. Its a significant project that will take 10, 15 years to develop. I spent a lot of time talking to lawyers and the finance guys in addition to everybody else, the grading permit people and the University people. And their questions always come down to Are you sure were all approved, we got final on everything?Youknowweregoingtospend$80,000,000hereinthenexttwoyearson this infrastructure. Im not going to release the money unless, you know, you waive at me and show me all those approvals. And if I have to look at them and say, Gee, Subdivision Increment 8-A, five years from now, may not be approved, what do you think theyre going to say? Youve got to think about it. Thanks. GRAHAM:Thank you, Mr. Harris. Questions from any of the Commissioners? All right, thank you. Chris, would you like to continue on? YUEN:Yes. Just to finish up on the four bills, I spent a lot of time on 318 because were recommending a denial recommendation on the other three, partially because they apply at a later stage of development than rezoning and at a stage wherein many cases there have been financial commitments made to go with a project based on zoning, that then theres a new requirement that they may not be able to meet, and it also in some cases may be something thats beyond the ability of the developer to meet at all. So just turning to 319, 319 is very much like 318, except that it applies at subdivisions. And I believe its referring to your overall road system that serves the area, not necessarily the road thats just right up to your project. But if its below Level of Service D then you dont get your subdivision until its approved, unless this rather vague statement about strategies or improvements are made concurrent without saying so much what they are. Then 328 and 329 are very far-reaching. They apply at zoning, subdivision and specifically plan approval. Plan approval is a stage of review thats usually for nonsingle-family dwellings, things that dont need a subdivision, things like apartment buildings, industrial buildings. It can be a school or other public building. A commercial building gets plan approval. And 328 would say that the Planning Director sets a level of service for all of these facilities, including schools. And essentially if the level of service is either below the desired level or would be made below, to go below it by the development, then the development doesnt happen until the level of service improves or the developer makes the improvement in question. So the gist of it would be, just to take 17EXHIBIT D