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turn pockets and other things that get you either into Pahoa or on the road down to Kahakai and <br />Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaiian Shores. <br />Then, within less than a quarter of mile, you are in a 35 mile an hour school zone. Either side of <br />HAAS, which as was stated earlier, you end up with a distance of less than a thousand feet <br />before you are to his driveway. That road that you were trying to identify? That is a road -in - <br />limbo. That goes back to when there was a railroad that ran into Pahoa. That road alignment <br />also was created to connect to the very first Nanawale ag lots subdivision which still exists out <br />there. So, whether it is a County road or a State road, it precedes the County. Let's just say that. <br />Neither the State or the County want to accept it. <br />I'll point out to you that my name is in the Puna Community Development Plan because I <br />chaired the document, and our whole point of this was to create economic development, make <br />jobs for the people that live in Puna. This morning, if I had not come to this meeting, I would <br />have met with Don Smith, the chief engineer for the county along with Pahoa Main Street. One <br />of our topics with him other than the maintenance of the roundabout would have been the <br />necessity for them to put a school zoning speed limit as you approach the high school which is <br />basically going to turn that entire Bypass into a 35 mile an hour zone. That's just what has to <br />happen to make it safe. <br />So, the traffic issues, it's a small parcel. It is on ag land. I can't—we could see no possible <br />reason other than an addition to a requirement of a right -in, right -out so there is no crossing <br />traffic for them not to be there. And, it's more appropriate for the type of business that they want <br />to do, and we want them to continue to do. So, if there's any questions, I'd be happy to answer <br />them. <br />IKEDA: It's either to you or Rene. If we approve this particular parcel, you guys understand it's <br />commercial <br />OLSON: —Well, I mean <br />IKEDA: —Okay, let me finish. <br />OLSON: Okay, go ahead. <br />IKEDA: Ok, so the idea is you guys, you guys know I'm a strong business guy, and you know <br />how I'm leaning, but I want you guys to realize because I know you guys are strong <br />environmental, just opposite of me. So, you guys understand it, we approve this, it's open to <br />everyone. In other words, the whole area can be commercialized because once you approve one, <br />everyone—am I wrong Director? That once we approve one, it's possible that other commercial <br />can apply because we set the precedent? <br />YEE: Well, as Christian had presented, there is that fear that once we make this decision, it <br />opens up the floodgates. <br />EXHIBIT E <br />16 <br />