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scenario showing what the existing conditions are and that what we are proposing to do in respect to proposed condition, so youll have a pretty full picture of the overall situation. The project this is where Im going to start walking around the project is bounded by two existing FEMA floodways. Youve seen those like AE Zones or Flood Zones on the map. Im going to come over to the site plan. And on the south side of the property there is an existing FEMA floodway; its called Waiaha Drainageway Splitflow No. 2 its how they identify it on FIRM mapping. That shows an area that mapping and drainage and hydrology studies have shown carries a relatively significant flow of water. Those drainageways are usually analyzed so we know what the 100-year flow is. In this particular drainageway on this side, FEMA floodway projections are that the stream flow is 2,500 cubic feet per second thats the term we use in drainage analysis. To put that in perspective when you have your little catch basin out on the street and you see the water running down the side of the gutter into the catch basin, thats maybe 4 cubic feet per second. You know, so we are talking a very large amount of water that willcomedownthesideoftheproperty.Onthenorthsideofthepropertywealsohavethemain Waiaha Drainageway; that carries a 100-year stream flow in the neighborhood of 7,500 to 9,000 cubic feet per second. Now these events are events that occur once every 100 years. So most people whove lived over here havent even seen any water really cross Alii Drive, or very minor particular cases but nothing like the 2,500 cfs we are talking about. But that is an existing condition. The water comes from the above, comes over and under Kuakini Highway, comes down through the property and continues, goes across Alii Drive and goes out into the ocean. Its going to occur whether the SunStone property is built, its going to occur whether Alii Parkway is built; its going to occur. Thats the existing drainageway, and thats whats going to occur. The same thing occurs over here. There is nothing this project will do to it or against it which will decrease or increase what the flow of the particular drainageway is. Its an existing condition. There are Im going to be point-blank with you there are structures which are smack dab in the middle of the FEMA floodway. And they have been built on time cause FEMA floodways have been only in existence since 1980. What happens if this project never gets built and you have that storm the 2,500 cfs comes down the road? Well, thats why FEMA as an agency maintains the practice; you get one flood and if you loose your property, they will give you insurance but you cant build there again. So I mean thats the long-term situation what would happen in those particular cases regardless of what development goes on right now. SunStones property is looking at -. Now coming into the property and doing development of that, we have obligations, or I as the civil engineer, as I design have obligations to make sure that I meet and achieve these design standards of FEMA, the design standards of the Flood Insurance Rate Map System and the design standards of the County of Hawaii, their drainage standards. Whatever I do cannot violate any of those standards. I just want to give you that as a premise and saying we are complying with every regulation that we have that is appropriate for drainage. Now what we are going to do -. Water comes over the -. For the 100 -. Like I say, I think its really important to recognize it; we are putting in a structure thats going to collect, maintain and confine the 2,500-cubic foot per second storm. But probably in all of our life times and maybe even your childrens life time, you know, you may not see water flowing in it. But when we design for civil engineering standards, these are standards that we have to design to. 27EXHIBIT C