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YUEN:Okay. So the two culverts that you're talking about are only in the corner of the property that's farthest from Kilauea Street and closest to the Mormon Church side on the Hilo Bay side. HANSEN:Yes. YUEN:Okay. Does this map show what the water flow was determined to be by the -, by your civil engineer? HANSEN:I can't speak for him, I don't know. FUJIKAWA:Okay. Anything else? Is there any other question, Commissioner Springer? SPRINGER:Mr. Chair, we are in the middle of receiving public input on this matter, but given Director Yuen's last question and Mr. Hansen's not being able to provide that information -. FUJIKAWA:Right. SPRINGER:At this time, and some of the questions that have been raised by the public testifiers and what information we have, I'm not familiar enough with the property to envision it well. I'm wondering if we might receive the rest of the public testimony but then continue this matter and schedule a site visit with Staff's help perhaps for the next Hilo meeting so we can -. FUJIKAWA:Yeah, what we'll do is we'll finish where Nancy will complete the public testimony, and after she's done and then you people, the Commissioners may request a continue with a site visit. So let's -. Are you through with this? Okay, let's hear the testimony from Nancy. CABRAL:Thank you for the opportunity to speak. My name is Nancy Cabral. I am with Day-Lum Rentals and Management, Inc., the largest rental management company in East Hawai`i, and I certainly can appreciate the often difficult job you folks have because what I think we're seeing is the -, with this changes, as are always going to happen in a community, you guys are faced with a difficult decision of how to allow for responsible growth and still take into consideration all the needs of all the people in the community. And I think I had the privilege of hearing Paul Brewbaker from Bank of Hawai`i speak yesterday and he said growth is going to continue and unless, as he very crudely put it, unless we're going to kill our children. And so we are -, I think we are really faced with what to do and if you look at that map which is a interesting map to see the different colors of the different representation, that area obviously 15 years ago was zoned into Commercial, the specific property we're talking about, and all of the surrounding properties have already gone in that direction, although one yellow large piece, there is the Mormon Church and it's still -, but it is still not a residential lot. 21