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GIFFIN:I know, and I remember that we questioned that then, too. But it seems to me that, like Mr. Moore said, aesthetically, it certainly would be more pleasant to have some green there, interspersed with what is the concrete that's currently there, as well. And I personally would be in favor of changing the wording of this condition. Mr. Yuen appeared that way, too. Correct, Mr. Yuen? YUEN:I see the point, honestly. I -, and I think that the pedestrian traffic in the area is such that four feet will handle it; and if there are more people, there's a nice grassy area for someone to step off on. The four feet is ADA compliant, do you know? MOORE:I -. YUEN:That might be the only -. MOORE:I believe it is, I have to double check on this. But the four feet I believe is the minimum. And you have to have, you can't have a four-foot stretch forever. You have to provide every so often a widening so if there's two wheelchairs coming, they can pull over. But at every driveway along here, you know, there is a -, that is fully paved; so there are these areas where you could pull over and the two wheelchairs could pass. So I can double check on that, but I do believe that the four- foot, again, as a minimum, is ADA compliant. GALDONES:Commissioners? Commissioner Togashi. TOGASHI:Now your position on Lanihuli is a full concrete? It's not part grass strip, a four-foot grass strip? MOORE:Yes, we're willing to abide by the requirement on Lanihuli. And, again, part of that is related to this piece here, the Social Security Administration offices; that is a full pavement. The full sidewalk width is paved so -. TOGASHI:To me, what would be incongruous would be to have, keeping ` the Kinoole partly grassed and to have full pavement on Lanihuli. That would be incongruous to me. MOORE:Again, we -. TOGASHI:Despite across the street -. MOORE:Yeah. TOGASHI:Being a full -. 9