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improvements but just the conversion of the property from a residential use to a higher use. <br />Okay? You know, whether or not those improvements are related to or not, the higher use for <br />this particular property will probably result in some increase in the value of the surrounding <br />properties, which therefore would result in potential increases in the tax base for those properties <br />as well. <br /> <br />FUKE: Thank you. Mr. Chairman, just to add to that -- and so that’s one of the reasons why like <br />I suggested that if the community is overwhelmingly against commercializing this area then the <br />first step is to have the General Plan amended to make it residential. But until that occurs then I <br />think that you’re going to find this kind of situation where people are going to be looking at the <br />General Plan and saying, oh, there’s a potential to have this area commercialized because the <br />General Plan designates it Industrial or Medium Density. So I don’t think that you’ll have the <br />same kind of pressure if it were like designated Low Density Residential. And it will have an <br />influence on the value of the property. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Any further questions, Commissioners? Okay, you’ve reviewed all of the <br />conditions and you’re okay with it, or any comments on the conditions? <br /> <br />FUKE: No, Mr. Chairman. The, I mean, yes, rather. The applicant had reviewed the conditions, <br />and I’ve explained them to her. And then she finds them acceptable, including the provision of <br />the curb, gutter and sidewalk fronting the property. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Mr. Fuke. Okay, Commissioners? Okay, Brother John, come up. <br />You’re still sworn in so go ahead. <br /> <br />TURALDE: Okay, mahalo, yeah. I’d just like to say, maybe late, a little words about the <br />planning of the road traffic and the highways because we try hard to get every house owner to <br />sign for make the, from my end of Laukapu Street to the other end for make speed bumps. And <br />for find the house owners, it took us a long time. It took us couple of years, yeah, not one day or <br />one week, yeah. And I think the planning should, is the way for make speed bumps, no wait for <br />the homeowners to sign because we live there, we’re there every day, at night, yeah. But I think <br />the planning should just make speed bumps on the highways in the house lots, period, because I <br />tell you what – I don’t want to say it again. And I think they should just do it. Speed bumps is <br />going to help in the day time and the night time for speeders slow down so we don’t have major, <br />major accidents. And I hear from every road, yeah, major, critical accidents. Please do it. And <br />thank you. <br /> <br />ISHIBASI: Thank you. Commissioner Moses? <br /> <br />MOSES: I’d like to thank the testifiers today. I’m listening to everything that we’ve just <br />discussed. It sounds like that -. You know, if the residents would like to or have made attempts, <br />they should continue to do so to speak to your representative which happens to be Mr. Onishi, as <br />well as putting forth the request to change the General Plan as it now stands. As Commissioners, <br />we are subject to the guidelines that we need to follow, and it just happens to be in this area. So I <br />13 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />