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TSUKAZAKI:Again, we believe that Chapter 27, as the Planning Director indicated, you know, is really a very comprehensive approach taken by the federal government, and it right now is, provides a clear legal basis for determinations to be made as to what can be allowed within certain flood zones and what design requirements may apply for certain structures within subzones. I'm not, you know, sure at this point that, I mean I understand what the Planning Director was just explaining as to be some kind of policy or objective here, I'm just not sure that there's any legal basis for it. YUEN:Well, there certainly is a legal basis not to rezone property within a flood zone for a higher use. The County can make that decision. our recommendation to the Planning Commission and the Council would be not to rezone on property within the flood zone. If you do, if you rezone it as part of a larger zoning to restrict the construction that then occurs within the flood zone. Chapter 27 was written to apply to property that was already zoned so that people already have an entitlement to use that area for building. So in that situation, you have the allowance for building and people build up. But as a matter of what we should be doing, we should be trying to keep people from putting expensive structures in the flood zones. SPRINGER:Thank you, Mr. Yuen. Commissioner Giffin. GIFFIN:Madam Chair, I have a question of Mr. Tsukazaki. Listeni both comments from Mr. Yuen and from you, I'm inclined to agree I just have a question of you, Mr. Tsukazaki. Hearing what the Director has said, are you then amenable to the condition as proposed, or are you still insisting on an amendment? TSUKAZAKI:No. If -, I think we've proposed language that we think is more appropriate. If the Planning Commission chooses not to adopt it, we would agree to comply with whatever conditions the Commission and the County Council should -. GIFFIN:Thank you. TSUKAZAKI:Impose. GIFFIN:Thank you. SPRINGER:Thank you, Commissioner Giffin. Other Members of the Commission, any questions or comments to the Applicant or the Director? At this time, I'd like to go through the list of public testifiers, starting with Mr. Charles Coup and followed by Lunakanawai Hauanio. GIFFIN:Madam Chair, may I ask how many public testifiers have signed up? SPRINGER:We have seven at this time, and we can bring more chairs to the table. 16