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<br /> <br />ARTHURS: I’m Bob Arthurs. I’m one of the Directors on the Orchidland Board. I asked Bob <br />Dexter— <br /> <br />GONZALES: Could I get you to raise your right hand real quick so we can swear you in? <br /> <br />ARTHURS: Sorry. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission today? <br /> <br />ARTHURS: I do. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Thank you. Go ahead. <br /> <br />ARTHURS: Bob Arthurs. I’m the Director with the Board of Orchidland Community <br />Association. I’ve asked Bob Dexter to stay so he can backstop me. In no way does the <br />association, and we met on this, talked extensively at our last Board meeting. We would like to <br />see this project go ahead, and the showstopper as Mr. Dexter pointed out, for the traffic light. <br />There’s no way that one can lay that burden on a latecomer into the show. Everybody’s a <br />stakeholder on that quarter, and he just happens to be a new guy coming in at the top of, that <br />would be the traffic light. The traffic light is not a new issue. When I was active on the Board <br />almost 20 years ago, we had asked the State at that time to work on it, and I don’t know how <br />many accidents they’ve had, deaths and so forth. It is a dangerous intersection. And I woke up <br />one morning, I don’t even use that drive. I come out Kurtistown and Ola‘a Road and I go to the <br />post office, there’s brand new traffic lights there. And I thought how does that little business <br />rank? And I you know this State seems to pick and choose, but that’s another issue. Regarding <br />the road and Orchidland Community Association’s primary business, is the road and trying to <br />maintain with inadequate funds, the County has been very good about the way they grant the <br />permits, and with the rezoning and so forth, I see no reason why the County cannot pick up that <br />section of the road going down to the traffic light. That would mitigate an undue burden on the <br />remaining shareholders in Orchidland Community Association in maintaining that road. A lot of <br />the vehicle movements going down, the heavy vehicles cause slippage or cracks on the road. <br />You see that on the main highway, and it’s, it’s just a bit much for a little association to try and <br />maintain something that extensive. We don’t even have the expertise to put lineage in the <br />middle of the road. So, you see Orchidland Drive doesn’t have a centerline, does it? At the <br />intersection. And, you know that really should be there. That type of signalization would be a <br />great help even if the County can’t take up the black top. That’s all I have. Thank you for <br />listening. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Commissioners, any questions for Mr. Arthurs. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Yeah, I have a question. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Very good. <br /> <br />th <br />MIYASATO: Mr. Arthurs, were you present at this September 4 meeting? <br />9 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />