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FUKE:Yes. Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission, I have ju received a call this morning from the applicant, Mr. Dusel, who had like another emergency so he couldn't make it. But notwithstanding his absen to also review the Staff's report and the Director's proposed recommendations, and he found them to be very thorough and acceptable. Oh, he's here. This is Mr. Dusel. You want to identify yoursel DUSEL:Yeah, I'm James Dusel and the applicant. NOMURA:Please use the microphone. GALDONES:Could you speak into the mike so you could be recorded, DUSEL:Oh, I'm sorry. James Dusel, applicant for the rezoning. GALDONES:Mr. Dusel, will you be providing any testimony? If you will -. No, why don't I just swear you in, sir, so that in case you do provide any testimony -. Could you please raise your right hand. DUSEL:Sure. GALDONES:Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter the Hawai'i County Planning Commission? DUSEL:I do. GALDONES:Thank you. Mr. Fuke. FUKE:Yes. To kind of like follow up on some of the dialog betwe Commissioners and the Director and the Staff, first of all, in terms of the water system, it is true Mr. Dusel and the current property owner, they already have an approved water system. That is to say the Department of Water Supply approved the water system, you know, to service the two dwellings on the property. And relatedly, the condition that I think the Director is suggesting by limiting the number of dwellings I think has a lot of merit and it's on point. Largely, because if you approve, you know, the applicant is representing that they want a two-lot subdivision, they're going to put up one house on each of the proposed lots; and on that basis, you know, we got approval from the Department of Water Supply in terms of how you're going to service this system. If you don't have a home restriction, what happens is that five or ten years down the road, under the farm dwelling provision, each of the respective lots could, conceivably, the lot owners could apply for like a farm dwelling. And you might have like two or three dwellings on each of the properties, and then you strain the infrastructure. So what the Director is proposing is that saying you get what you ask for, only two dwellings on each lot. And until the system is upgraded, vis-à-vis, going through the zone change process, alerting 12