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MIKKELSON: My name is Lori Mikkelson. I've been working with Mr. Primack for quite <br />some time. I live in Laupahoehoe. <br />Actually, I would like to address a couple of things if you don't mind. There's been some <br />mention of the road and the bridge. The bridge is down at the intersection, right by the <br />intersection of Kama`e`e and Kulike Road, Place, and that bridge was approved by the County <br />under another situation with a subdivision request and a complaint that was made by a neighbor <br />for road improvements. And, Robert Usagawa of the Planning Department helped that owner <br />arrange to get that bridge built. It used to be an old wooden bridge that was from the old sugar <br />cane. It was pretty rough, and so, he rebuilt it. It's been strong enough to manage many, many, <br />many cement trucks, 80,000 -pound cement trucks. <br />Our proposal, since its part of their conditions, is that we would retain the services of a structural <br />engineer and a civil engineer to allow for expansion of that bridge as it stands, just to <br />expand it wide enough to meet the Fire Code recommendations, requirements, and fix it, so that <br />that would be an issue regarding the width of the road, again, to meet the Fire requirements. <br />That can be managed by more gravel and removing a few trees to widen the road. There's <br />nothing up there to change that or solve that. So, that was what I wanted to address. <br />Also, regarding the `ohi`a and the interest of the bio of our properties, Mr. Primack is working <br />with the USDA to get some grants for reforestation up there. There's a lot of eucalyptus trees, <br />and he'd like to replace them with, you know, native, local trees, and so he's working to get <br />grants to do that. I would assume that that would be addressed within that situation. <br />Is there anything else you need to say? <br />PRIMACK: Not at the moment. <br />MIKKELSON: Any questions? <br />CLARKSON: Well, did you receive the Planning Director's Background Report <br />MIKKELSON: We did <br />CLARKSON: —and Recommendations? <br />MIKKELSON: Absolutely. <br />CLARKSON: And, do you agree with the Recommendations and conditions? <br />PRIMACK: Yes, I'm really eager to comply, you know, with all the terms and be able to do my <br />Qigong retreats legitimately. Yes, they seem agreeable, and yeah. <br />CLARKSON: Commissioners, any questions for the Applicant? <br />EXHIBIT A <br />6 <br />