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recommendation to the County Council who would ultimately make the decision on this one. Thanks so much. VITOUSEK: Thank you. Commissioners, are there any questions of the applicant or of County Planning Department? KNOWLES: I think I have a question here. VITOUSEK: Sure, go ahead. KNOWLES: One of the concerns around the development of this parcel is the water use and the availability of water and the consultation that DLNR sought with the CWRM. I noted that in your response you indicated that you had made a telephone call to them but had not received any, any response to your call. I'm just, I'd like to get a sense of where that process is and, and what work you're undertaking to fulfill that concern. PIPAN: Yes,thank you, Commissioner Knowles. That comment from DLNR Groundwater Branch of the Commission of Water Resource Management was referring us to work with the Aha Moku Council on any potential impacts to cultural traditional uses relating to groundwater and the use of groundwater through the County system that this project might have. So, I did reach out on a couple occasions over the last six weeks or so to the Aha Moku Council, both on the phone and by email. I have not heard back from them. It's something that, you know, there are moku and folks who represent those moku. I don't see anyone on their documentation to reach out to for this area that would be like the go-to contact to, to you know. I'm open to suggestions, but we've, we've reached out to their main line on a number of occasions, haven't heard back. Groundwater is super important here and we rely on the guidance of Department of Water Supply and their long-range plans for this area and for the aquifers that underlie Kona. I should note that the Wai`aha water system and the agreement there would serve to increase the water supply to the entire Kona area to a tune of something like 200-2 million gallons per day plus. And part of the water allocation for this project is from that Wai`aha agreement. So, you , know, there's still a lot of work to be done to protect and preserve our super valuable natural resources, especially groundwater here in Kona. But this isn't, this isn't a property--and these aren't lots that are going to be conducive to row cropping that would use a lot of irrigation water. This is going to be like food forest, like edible landscaping, like citrus trees, fruit trees, mango trees. All of these things are really well-adapted to the climate there. So, we don't anticipate a whole lot of irrigation water will be necessary outside of just initial establishment of these plants. Also,there's great potential for reuse of water, both capturing your roof runoff or there's ways that Department of Health will allow you to reuse gray water,too. So, you know,those will all be promoted and really pushed for in this development. Hopefully that answers your question. Thank you. KNOWLES: Thank you. VITOUSEK: Anymore? Anybody, any more questions? DEFRANCO: What kind of doctor are you? 12 EXHIBIT F