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the water you need to have drainage cross easements that go across lots and to let people know that thatÓs what is going to happen. ItÓs usually not practical to dispose of your water just on your lot. In this case there are gulches, I think, on either side and the ultimate drainage solution would be, and this may exist on the property already, I donÓt know that there are cross berms or cross swales that do direct the water into the gullies that are there. E. HESTER:Yes. TheyÓve been out several times and there is a gulch down the left- hand side, and then there is one running right down the middle that comes past my place. You can kind of see it there. And there are still plenty of diversions, at which IÓve had a cat maintain repair since the big storm and stuff. So everything is being taken care of Òcause I donÓt want people to wash out, plus myself Òcause IÓm staying on 30 acres and my brother is, you know, got 20 acres. So weÓre watching out for that. FUKE:Just wondering, Mr. Chairman, like to answer, I guess, the discussions relating to the drainage and the role that the USDA Soil Conservation Service can play, whether Condition H could be amended by just inserting at the beginning ÐUpon consultation with the USDA Soil Conservation Service, a drainage studyÈ?Ñ FUJIKAWA: Okay. SPRINGER:Mr. Chair? FUJIKAWA:Go ahead, Springer. SPRINGER:I appreciate Mr. FukeÓs recommendation of that. I didnÓt want to add the burden of another condition, but I have greater confidence when I understand that there is interagency consultation going back and forth. And I hope that thatÓs standard operating procedure with the County in these agricultural lands. Thank you. YUEN:Well, I hope that this is something that we do catch at the subdivision stage if we donÓt before. But just a word of caution, and sometimes people do forget to do this when they subdivide property -. But they have drainage systems that they expect to, they need to be established by easements across the various properties. Sometimes you get a property owner that doesnÓt like the idea of a drainage across their property anymore after they buy it, and if you havenÓt established an easement then thereÓs no master drainage anymore. FUJIKAWA:Any questions, Commissioners, of either the applicant or the Director? If not, do I hear a motion to close the public hearing on the testimonies? SPRINGER:So move. KUBOTA:Second. FUJIKAWA:Moved by Commissioner Springer and seconded by Commissioner Kubota that the public hearing testimony, testifying be closed. All those in favor say aye? 15