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of that is another question and is probably a larger discussion.But that is already in the law. Any, any home being built on these lots has to be associated with a farm. Plain and simple. Traffic impacts are negligible. Eleven lots, you know, this is,this is after the fact. The previous rezone attempt showed that 43 lots wasn't going to have a significant impact. We're more than happy to collaborate, cooperate with the development of the neighboring parcel. Whatever it may turn into, I understand it may be in escrow, it may be changing hands in the near future, but again those entitlements are stale, so they'll have to kind of re-present that project,whatever it turns into, so. We don't even know who the owner of that neighboring lot to the south that is important for coordinatingaccess to Hualalai Road. We agree that one access is what it should be, and we g agree that we'll establish that access such that they can connect and work with them on the best design. I think that's the best way it's been written in the conditions. We've reviewed the conditions. We agree with them. We appreciate, again, the hard work of the Planning Department in crafting those. One thing, you know, there's a lot of public testimony and not necessarily specifically relating to Dr. Chen's project,to this application, but we've heard a lot of public testimony this morning and there's a big emotional connection there. There's an angst that comes through. And a book I was reading not too long ago kind of addresses this topic. It's been known as solastalgia and this is, solace in Greek for comfort, for algia, pain. So, it's a form of emotional distress and it's caused by environmental change. And it's described also as a homesickness you feel when you're still at home. When your environment is changing around you in ways that you can't control. And so, you know, I don't say this to dismiss or qualify those testifiers concerns, but just future reading for me and it's an interesting, interesting and very deep connection. So, one thingwe've also into depth in our application, we're trying to do more of is look at gonep pp Y g the watershed as a whole. So,Wai`aha watershed as a whole. So, Wai`aha watershed in this case encompasses over 10,000 acres of land going from the coast to very near the summit of Hualalai at 8,100 feet of elevation. And based on the General Plan, about 10 percent of that watershed is designated for urban uses, so low density, medium density,urban expansion. Ten percent. Approximately 37 percent is designated as conservation land, and approximately 53 percent is designated important ag or extensive ag and again, we go back to the Planning Director's determination. This is not important ag land,this is urban expansion land, it is within,therefore, the Kona urban area and its appropriate to consider for infill. So that's all, that's all settled. We also appreciate, there's a lot of additional new conditions here relating to protections for endangered species. Prohibiting, or trying to limit the spread of invasive species. Those are great and I think they're, they could be considered, you know,just a maybe a change of language from conditions on the development to these are like kapu. Right? These are things that we notice that are important for the `aina, for our endangered species here, and I think it's a good direction to go in. You know,just me, I'm, I'm thinking about these conditions as I'm planning to prune my, my trees on my place. I'm going to wait until September, until after the `ape`ape`a have their pups and do their thing. So, I think it can be educational for the broader public, too, to have these discussions and to have it out there more. I think that pretty much wraps it up. I'm going to try to keep it brief,but we appreciate all of your time and consideration. We would greatly appreciate your favoring, forwarding a favorable 11 EXHIBIT F