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When we talk about, I believe this morning when we had the site visit, Mr. Ishihara pointed out that property pin and he said, okay, three feet, three feet from what? And thats where were just not clear. So I appreciate that the studies are done. I give pause to a study that is done in 1981 before the, and part of the reason that this hits me personally is that, you know, Im directly adjacent to the dentist office on the corner, and the water consistently bypasses their drywells and comes into my bananas. When we had the 100-year rain, I was awakened to the sound of something really loud making a lot of noise, and it was my kayak slamming into my barbecue grill in my basement; and Ive never had flooding in my home. Ive lived in that house longer than I want to say and Ive never had flooding in that home till that 100-year rain. So I understand that the conditions are extreme, but I also know that my immediate conditions were changed by the construction that already took place on the corner, and that the drywells were insufficient to address the issue. So when were talking about these hypothetical situations, Im concerned, deeply. And, you know, its kind of scary because when youreinthosebackhousesanditsflooded,youcannotgetout.Ourstreetwasclosed. When we that rain, it was closed from the dentist office to Iolani and we were stuck in that water. So, for whatever thats worth, what were talking about is something between Kilauea and us. I suspect that there is -. I just would like to know where it all stops. If they build it and everything is fine and then we get this kind of rain, where do we go as residents? What is our recourse? Who do we take it to? I dont know. Im asking. So -. SPRINGER:Is that your testimony, then? BLACK:For now. SPRINGER:Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions of Ms. Black? Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:Hi. BLACK:Hi. GRAHAM:Thanks for your help in the field tour today and for also testifying. I just want to say, as a Commissioner, since were going to be making the recommendation to the Council on the specifics, a lot of these issues that you face are very real for you but are not ones that we can sort of say, well, this is this particular Applicants problem. BLACK:I understand. GRAHAM:So as much as you and the other testifiers can suggest what part of your problem relates to something going on at the Applicants property or what the Applicant could do to make sure that his property, whatever he does to develop it, doesnt worsen your problem, you know, those are the kind of things that, to me, you know, ring 16