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putting this together with us. We cooperated with them and they raised concerns for us; and we addressed them one at a time very thoroughly. So Im really grateful for that kind of help. We received these recommendations, a copy of them, and were in agreement with all of them. We discussed them again with the Planning Department and they all make sense to us, and we understand why theyre there; and so were happy to cooperate with those if we are approved. The one condition that we wanted to bring up as an exploration, were still willing to comply with it if thats the way it goes. But we had one concern on a practical matter. Its the paving of the parking lot. I think its in the fourth sentence down in number 3, Condition No. 3, the fourth sentence says The parking stalls shall be paved in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 25. And the only concern about that is that the existing, its not a major issue for us but just as a point, the existing packed gravel parking lot has performed well and it drains well. And so we have a little concern that if we pave it it will create additional drainage issues that were willing to address, but we just thought wed bring it up. Other than that, were fine. I do want to clarify one other thing that was brought up just now by Mr. Darrow that our neighbor,theresoneneighborthatlivesanywherenearthisproperty.Thesurrounding properties arent occupied at the time and State land is on two sides of the property, grazing land. And the one neighbor, weve had a couple of experiences with the community. Were starting to get to know how the community feels. Of course today were being made aware that there are more people in the community that have concerns and are opposed to the project. So were really looking forward to hearing what those concerns are, working with them. But the two events that happened that did let us know that there were some concerns, our next door neighbor, or the next door neighbor to the property, Tim Cockle who lives there had some concerns and weve worked them out with him. And he called Dave, the man who is in charge of managing the property today, and said that hes fine, hes okay with everything that were doing. Cause he understands now the reality of what were actually planning to do. And that seems to be the case when weve been able to talk to people in the community and explain what were actually wanting to do, that it seems to make sense to people. And so the second event that happened like this was that in March there was a meeting of the Paauilo Mauka-Kalopa Community Association and we received a letter that went to the Planning Department from Dolores Ramos, whos here today, outlining some of the concerns of the members of the Community Association who attended. And I dont know if the people here today that are opposing the project attended. There are some potential 200 or 300 people that live in the area that could attend. And so we received the letter and I talked with Dolores, and we had a good conversation. She asked questions; and, again, I just answered with what were actually doing and how the special permit, the main thing at that point was they didnt understand how the special permit approval would protect the long-term quality of life in the community, would it open up for other people to get similar permits, would it be a precedent, would it make it easier. And when I explained that the special permit is actually a protection for the community, by holding the landowner accountable to specific conditions that are included in a legal and binding document that run with the land, that seemed to allay most of those concerns. So I guess that answers your questions, yeah. Thanks. ALAMEDA:All right. Thank you. 5EXHIBIT D