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LIM: I do. ATTA: I do. RHO: Okay, you may proceed. ATTA: I guess the question is about the affordable housing. Yes, our plan is to do the 30 percent of affordable housing on the mauka portion that’s not part of this application. We are actually working on the application; that application has to go to the State Land Use Commission because the parcel is larger than 15 acres. So we are in process of finishing that application right now. RHO: Do you have a question? DOMINGO: Yeah, one question. I understand that there’s an ongoing discussion with regards to the park? ATTA: We are making some minor, I guess, design changes to the park that’s up there, and we have been in discussions with the Parks Department on some of those issues. DOMINGO: Now, where would the park be located? ATTA: It’s also on the mauka parcel and -. DOMINGO: Mauka parcel. What’s the square footage on that, how -? ATTA: We have actually -, we spoke to Ms. Engelhard, and the active park will be three acres; that’s the one that we are talking about dedication to the County. We also have two private park-like mews that are common areas in the courtyards between the multi-family areas; that too would be dedicated open space. DOMINGO: Will the three acres be developed and then turned over to the County, or -? ATTA: That’s the plan. When we spoke with the Parks Department, they told us that their normal preference is a five-acre park for 1,000 residences; we don’t have 1,000 residences, but they said that the minimum that they would take for dedication – otherwise it has to remain a private park – was a three-acre park. So we kept that. And they also indicated a preference for active ball fields; so most of the park will be an active ball field. DOMINGO: Very good. Thank you very much. RHO: Yes, Commissioner Bowman. EXHIBIT A 4