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you put $60,000 into it it will be a nice home. All the others were very nice homes. So the reason I bring that out is the affordable housing aspect of this whole thing is like driving, it is driving the recommendation by the Planning Director. And its like we have to sell at these prices so well give the for-profit developer this stuff because hes going to donate this land because of the crisis. But I just want to point out that the crises might not be so bad if that proper planning is diligently done. Again, not to say that, obviously theres a problem but these pictures show there are homes out there. My last point I want to talk about is the water situation, and thats the Director in his recommendation talks about the water commitments from the Water Supply to the lower lots, the ones going from 20 acre to 10 acre. But in reading all the file, everything from the Water Department -- theres not only, not the water commitments, its just the opposite -- theyre plainly stating water will not be given to those lower lots. Andtherestalkabout,well,theycantbefinallysubdividedunlesstheygetthewater.Butmy question is how often are for-profit enterprises without water being definitely committed given rezoning? To me I thought that just didnt happen. And to hope that everything is solved in the subdivision stage, I think, is too late because at that point theres no public input, theres no oversight. Here is where these issues need to be addressed. And just one final point, I know Im going on. But we personally are on a variance and we understood when we bought the place we were on a variance, no water. Talking to Water Department they said when more water does become available then that variance could possibly be lifted and we could get water. So my final point would be if this thing goes through there should be a condition to where people like us on the variance -- and people who were before us with variances they should go before us -- those people who have been waiting for years for more water should be allowed water, and then water given to these lower lots. GRAHAM:Thank you, Mr. Meek. I want to try and move it along a little faster here with other testimony. I also want to say I think probably a lot of you have no real sense how we as Commissioners are going to vote on this. You can see our concerns and things like that; and I dont really know either, of course. But weve all spent a lot of time reading this stuff so were pretty good on understanding most of the issues. So I think what we want in the public testimony is for those Commissioners who are really still undecided, you know, if you just bring up something new that they havent heard before, you know, maybe it will have an impact on them. But as much as possible, you know, be concise and bring new information if you have any. Thank you. SIRACUSA:Mr. Chairman? GRAHAM:Yes, Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Yes. I probably should have asked this while your wife was still up, but I assume that if she knows the answer you do, too. Commissioner Iwashita raised the question about the land between the highway and Old Mamalahoa, which he pointed out was already zoned for increased density. And I was wondering when you were looking around for alternate parcels to suggest to the developers if that were ones that you had looked at or mentioned to them. 15EXHIBIT A