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We have, you know, questions were raised about the drainage, and we have R.M. Towill is preparing a drainage study, a drainage plan. One of the drainageways, the Alenaio Stream, has its basic flood elevations already determined, and we will respect those. The other, which crosses Komohana in the neighborhood of Ponahawai Street, goes through that 120-inch culvert, does not have its base elevations determined and we will be doing that prior to any development on that area. We are aware that a lot of the water that's coming to the project is actually what is passing through from our neighbor subdivisions and other properties, and we will be addressing the processing and transport of that water without adding any additional burden to the Alenaio. FUJIKAWA:Commissioners, any of you have any questions with Mr. Yamashiro? SPRINGER:Mr. Chair? FUJIKAWA:Go ahead, Commissioner Springer. SPRINGER:I'm looking at the section on thd`uh`mrodbhdrqdonqs+`mcHllknnjhmf`s Page 10 where the recommendations are found, and I'm looking at recommendation No. 2 which says that to ensure that the clearing of vegetation on site will not impact nesting hawks, and then it goes on to have a discussion of that. What if nesting hawks are found there? YAMASHIRO:We will follow the protocol that's established by the consultant. SPRINGER:And that's what's found in the rest of the paragraph? Where is that found? YAMASHIRO:Whatever the consultant recommends with regards to avoiding the contact with the native hawk. SPRINGER:Yeah, this seems a little general. YAMASHIRO:Right. SPRINGER:So would we have a chance to review that protocol or where would that be found? YAMASHIRO:We can make it available to you. SPRINGER:Thank you. FUJIKAWA:Any other questions? Go ahead, McCall. MCCALL:There was a note by one of the testifiers about a drainage easement. I'm just not familiar with that. Can you explain to me what -, I assume that means that 24