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I might, you know, I should mention from the standpoint of the Commission that, you know, you do see most of the things that come before you with a favorable recommendation. Many of the things that we disapprove of, you know, when we meet with people at the Planning Department and we make clear that we would not support it, many of those do not result in formal applications. Very often the things that youre seeing are things that had a degree of work done on them between the applicant and the Department by the time they get there. So I would say, no, that just the fact that this is Rural instead of Important Ag would not imply that a request for rezoning of a 2-acre lot to a 1-acre zoning would be supported. ALAMEDA:Follow-up? IWASHITA:My feeling is we should be going the other way, is that because this is Important Ag land designation, that the State Land Use Map should be changed; and it shouldnt be Urban, it should be a more appropriate State Land Use designation. And I really think its goingthewrongway.And,youknow,ifthechangesmadeessentiallyapermanentchangeand, you know, if theres going to be changes in the Department and, you know, if 10-15-20 years from now somebody comes in -- you know, all these other kinds of considerations that I agree will have to be taken into consideration may be different. And, you know, my hunch is that at some point theres going to be, you know, a good argument to have approved a 1-acre kind of subdivision in this area, you know. And if we dont make the change, then that basically precludes that from happening, right? ALAMEDA:Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE:Mr. Director, you know, obviously, there seems to be some concern about additional development and maybe higher density in this area. But Im wondering if you could comment on the availability of water in this area because I dont believe that development would occur if we dont have potable water, yeah? YUEN:Well, it would be hard, we would oppose a rezoning without it. I cant tell you off the top of my head whether water would be available for additional meters in the area. ALAMEDA:Fellow Commissioners, we do have three testifiers today. And I would like to move forward with that, Mr. Director, if thats okay with you? YUEN:Sure. ALAMEDA:Okay. Well have time to discuss again and take action today on each of these items. Let me call up Brenda Ford, Margaret Wille and Dore Dokos-Loewenthal. You can be seated. Ill swear you in. Please raise your right hand. Thank you. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawai i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:Yes. ALAMEDA:Thank you. And could you please state your name and address for the record? FORD:Brenda Ford, 81-950 Makahiki Lane, Capt. Cook, Hawai i. 12