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have two covered garage parking stalls and the possibility of having two additional stalls right in the back on the, tandem style in the back of the units. Unlike this other project and partially, you know, this is a residential project. This is not a commercial project. It’s not like, I would not characterizes this as what Commissioner Iwashita did on the other one. This is not like the Kihei type of project. It’s a residential project. It’s not a commercial, it’s not an industrial. And with that, I’ll just leave it up to questions or comments by the Commissioners. ALAMEDA:How about questions? Comments we’ll save it for our discussion. Any questions for our applicant? Commissioner Salavea. SALAVEA:Thank you, Mr. Fuke, for that. Could you elaborate for me, again, the alternative that you had spoken in your testimony? FUKE:In the beginning? SALAVEA:Yeah. FUKE:See, the property is roughly about, he has about 67,000 square feet of land. And with 67,500 square feet of land, given the RS-10 zoning, then, you know, he could just do a straight 6-lot subdivision. And you do a 6-lot subdivision under the existing Code then it is possible to put up one basic and one ohana unit. So essentially you would have like 12 units, single family or duplexes units, on the 6 lots. Obviously, they’re going to have to be rented, much more than fee simple, I mean, unless person owns one lot and decides to live in one and rent the other one. And so what I was suggesting here is as opposed to taking that route, he’s proposing to construct 25 town homes which would essentially amount to doubling what he is currently capable of doing. But in so doing he would have to obligate himself by having an affordable housing requirement through the zone change and paying an impact fee and also fostering the notion of home ownership. Whereas, on the traditional rental approach then you won’t be able to do that. And I think that by having home ownership it creates a greater sense of community rather than a transient condition created by rentals. SALAVEA:So as I understand then under the alternative he wouldn’t be obligated at all towards providing affordable housing? FUKE:There’s no affordable housing requirement. And the Director can correct but as I understand no affordable housing requirement and no impact fee requirement. SALAVEA:Director Yuen? YUEN:Right. If you develop under existing zoning, no affordable housing requirement, no impact fee, no fair share. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Salavea, follow-up? SALAVEA:Thank you, Mr. Director. Thank you, Mr. Fuke. 3EXHIBIT B