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th <br />good suggestion if we can get on 37, but that’s one kind of bad road to even try and redesign this thing. But I <br />think this project is premature. We have the convenience store across the street down by Paradise. I believe we <br />approved one on that side, but it was already in existence. And this construction, new construction, would <br />cause -. And, again, I do believe it’ll increased traffic and safety concerns. So that’s why I oppose this. <br /> <br />KERN: Any other discussion? Commissioner Gonzales? <br /> <br />GONZALES: Yeah, it’s not up to us to -? We can’t put a restriction on him selling alcohol? <br /> <br />KERN: Absolutely we can. <br /> <br />GONZALES: We can? <br /> <br />KERN: This is a special use permit. It’s one of the beauties of a special use permit, is we can make conditions <br />that are in that nature. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Well, you know, one of my concerns would be with the loitering and the children at the park. <br />And, you know, people are going to attend the, buy alcohol and go to the park and drink. And, you know, that is <br />a concern to me. <br /> <br />KERN: Okay, valid concern. Any other discussion? Commissioner Au. <br /> <br />AU: I was a little bit disappointed with the applicant’s answer to my question as far as the egress. You know, I <br />live in HPP and it’s a growing concern to have the in and out of your property or the in and out of your proposed <br />application to come off the main highway, because that’s really the traffic concern. You know, I would like to <br />see in and out of properties off of the side roads. And you know, most of you guys here or a lot of you guys <br />here actually live in Ainaloa, right? And, you know, how you guys are going, and you guys are going to stop at <br />every other property sometimes when people are going in and out; and that’s what causes traffic. That’s the <br />issue here. So, you know, most of us who live in those areas, you know, I live in HPP. We want to try and get <br />away from that. And, you know, I was a little bit disappointed with your answer. Can I call him back, <br />Mr. Galimba. Is that -? <br /> <br />KERN: Yeah. Yeah, Mr. Galimba, please come forward. <br /> <br />AU: Thank you. You said you’re the Ainaloa Community Association president? <br /> <br />GALIMBA: That is correct. <br /> <br />AU: Okay, so when they come in front of you guys as a community association, they propose a plan to you <br />guys. And when did this process take place? Did it start –? <br /> <br />GALIMBA: Okay, Mr. Au, I'll answer that. To this date Mr. Haggerty has never approached us with regards to <br />this. He has had communication with my secretary, but that is only heresy. He has never proposed this to our <br />entire board and I have a very open relationship with my board of directors so that we can discuss all of these <br />different issues. And, you know, we have a walking path that we built specifically for seniors to get them off of <br />the roads in that same park. It is not that we don't have a heart for our community. It is just sharing what we <br />have with the limited resources that we have as an association, and being able to provide as equitably as possible <br />for everybody. That is why we have a volunteer fire department. That is why we have Easter egg hunts, keep <br />kids off the roads. You know, I know that everybody here in favor of this convenience store would like to paint <br />me as a bad guy. But they don't sit at the board of directors meetings, they don't go through these gut wrenching <br />decisions, they don't set aside reserve capital to build this park across the street and make it a safe zone. They <br /> 12 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />