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HOUSEL: Thank you. One of the things that -. Commissioners, do you have any questions of the applicant? Do you? Okay, Commissioner Bowman, when you are ready. BOWMAN: I apologize because I havenÓt reviewed the harbor master plan in a long time. And I assume that you have. My question is, when you looked commercial endeavors, how did this relate to other commercial endeavors that are planned for the area? B. MOORE: In discussing -. One of the things that we have the benefit of is that there was a change of zone that was granted by the, or recommended for approval, by the Commission Î not you guys but the old Commission Î and approved by the County, and as part of that there were findings and the findings are, and we believe it, that this is part of the commercial core of Kawaihae area, which really extends from Blue Dragon or so Î was where you really start that Î up through this property. So we are within that commercial core. We are not on the Kawaihae Road where most of them are, where you do have some traffic congestion issues with the trucks going into the harbor, which I know the harbor is trying to resolve that as part of their master plan. So the harbor master plan really ends at the small boat harbor; there is no harbor plans beyond that. In terms of the County plans, this is part of the commercial core. The Community Develop Plan, as I understand it, talked about this is part of the Kawaihae commercial core. But what we see this is as building up some additional activity, you know, thereÓs a number of restaurants down there, and itÓs kind of turning into a restaurant row, and then weÓre going to be a component of that. And we think that there will be some competition, thatÓs good, but also opportunity; people have different ones and they can go around and look and decide whether they want music and go to Blue Dragon or Mexican and go to Tres Hombres or come for something a little different and find our restaurant. So you know, we do see fitting into that and being part of that commercial core. BOWMAN: I just have one comment. I realize the area is developed, but as far as no adverse effect on natural resources, I personally, any near shore development, and with parking lots and the runoff, always concerns me for water quality, and I just need to say that. B. MOORE: Just let me comment briefly. The requirements are getting stricter and stricter. The parking areas are mauka of the buildings. One of the reasons that we talked about the landscaping, IÓm sorry, the desalinization, is Î we are not sure about the concept Î but one of that is we are either going to have a fairly green area in which case we need the desalinization for excess water because there are some limits with the County; if not, we are looking at some kind of sand area. And so the parking areas will be mauka of all of between the parking areas and the ocean. And again, the requirements are you cannot generate any more water than whatÓs already there, so we have to intercept that and take care of the runoff from our impervious surfaces, roofs and parking areas. So I share your concerns, I mean, you know, at the same time we are trying to be sensitive in how we lay out this, and the good news is a logical layout is also, I think, the environmentally right layout. BOWMAN: Thank you. 6 EXHIBIT A