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expected in high rain events and flood events. Where the shaded Zone X. Zone X is the area that's outside of the flood area, but the shaded area could be on a fringe of flooding where you might expect to see some water. And so either whether the map is revised or not, that would be a condition. If the map is not revised, the result would be that a number of the lots that are shown could not be built upon. SPRINGER: And that's Condition O that the Director is referring our attention to. Thanks, Chris. Commissioner Kubota. KUBOTA: Yes. This morning, this is directed to Director Yuen. This morning I'm in receipt of a transmittal from a Ruth Robinson, and she raises concerns about the incremental rezoning type of zone changes that are being considered in this area as it affects the entire, I guess, the whole area that we're talking about at this point, as it relates to traffic congestion and safety. Have you -, would you like to respond to that, because I do have concerns myself? YUEN: It's a legitimate concern, but the law does permit them to bring this in, this 15 -acre increment. KUBOTA: It brings to mind some years ago under a different administration when we were talking about zone changes in the Anekona Kanehoa Subdivision area. We attempted to zone change the whole gamut of it, and it didn't fly, for some reason. Have we considered looking at zone changes -? I know they have the right to incrementally do it, and 15 acres or less you avoid the State Land Use Commission, and so I'm not faulting the owners, but I'm just wondering if there is a better way that we can, we as responsible planners and Commissioners, can look at the kinds of probable impact that these developments can have. We keep talking about it, but you know, we keep adding more fuel to the fire, and I'm just wondering if the Director can give us some direction on how we can look at these future requests for rezoning, other than 15 acres, less than. YUEN: You are absolutely right, it would be much better to look at things on a broader, on a regional level and do planning on that basis. The system, as it exists now, and has been practiced, is very much applicant driven. KUBOTA: Right. YUEN: And parcel by parcel driven. We -, in considering revisions to the State land use law, this is -, we've sent in -, and just so you get an idea of the bigger picture. There is a working group that is considering revisions to the State land use law, mostly in the agricultural area. One of the suggestions that we are making as a Department is that the system should work more to encourage redistricting of land use -, say from agriculture to urban, on a pro -active level in advance of individual applications so that you can look at these things in a group rather than on a one -by -one basis. So the specifics of how to do that, like everything, the tricky part is the details, but it is -, as a matter of overall approach and policy, something that we're trying to do. SPRINGER: Mrs. Kubota, any follow-up?