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KERN: Very good. I got one quick question. Based on some of the mitigation measures that
<br />potentially exists in these conditions if it were to move forward, does that change the Board’s feeling
<br />about this project in any way, such as the no alcohol sales, the turning, you know, in and out
<br />mitigations?
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<br />GALIMBA: If you are able to enforce the no alcohol, then I guess no alcohol is a nonissue. But I will
<br />go on record saying that if alcohol is sold and an issue occurs we will enter into a class action lawsuit.
<br />We are looking very seriously about the County having good planning. Now with regards to ingress
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<br />and egress on 37, you did take into consideration our recommendations that one of those entrances
<br />was directly across one of my Board Member’s house that had a car go through. You did take that into
<br />consideration. I am going to have to defer to your wisdom at this particular point in an up-and-down
<br />vote, because quite honestly I don’t sit in your chairs.
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<br />KERN: Absolutely. No, I'm just trying to, you know, we heard what you had to say the last time, and
<br />obviously through that came discussion, and we’re kind of at where we’re at now. I just wanted to see
<br />if that had changed the Board's opinion and, obviously, it does about those issues. Madam Director, do
<br />you have a question -?
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<br />LEITHEAD TODD: Yeah, I was just going to say that, you know, ultimately I think everybody on
<br />both sides of this issue is interested in the good of the community and interested in having services
<br />provided, but provided in a safe way. And one of the beauties of having this type of a hearing is that,
<br />you may not have realized it but we do have representatives from the Department of Public Works
<br />here. So they are listening and they are hearing your concerns about Ainaloa Boulevard. And, if
<br />nothing else, this has proved to be a forum so that the County will probably be taking a good hard look
<br />at what kinds of traffic calming and other types of safety measures could be implemented.
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<br />You know, we don’t have a whole lot of money but the Department has been very innovative in some
<br />of the things that they've been doing. You may have noticed they have even come up recently with
<br />these little, it’s like a little miniature person that goes right in the middle of the road, but it gets your
<br />attention. And so beyond this meeting, beyond this issue, what I'm hearing is that there are concerns
<br />about Ainaloa and speeding. So, to me, that would be something that as a Community Association you
<br />may want to seek some input or some help from the Department and ask them to -. Send them a letter,
<br />and say, you know, we’ve done this traffic study, we have a lot of speeding, we have these concerns,
<br />we have a park, we have kids, and we really want, you know, the Department to take a look at traffic
<br />calming measures for the community. And they are here, they're listening, and I think they would be
<br />receptive to that.
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<br />GALIMBA: Thank you very much, Ms. Director. All in all, I think our Association, out of all the
<br />other associations in Puna, we look forward to working with the County. We have had County
<br />Councilpersons after County Councilpersons promise us the world. We had the current County
<br />Councilperson offer us traffic calming remedies for Ainaloa Community Association. To date, and
<br />he’s going out of office soon, it hasn’t been done. As a planning committee or commission, excuse
<br />me, please understand the frustration of an association who holds meetings, and we look at all of these
<br />issues with the greatest amount of integrity and the greatest amount of concern for the average member
<br />in our association, as well as neighboring subdivisions. And to get no services, it is not only
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