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came up with a drainage system which we believe is now acceptable to the Planning Department. But what it essentially called for is like two-fold. One is like whatever water that presently traverses through the property would be diverted into a channel on the Kona side of the property which is outlined in the green on the presentation map. It would basically, you know, capture and divert whatever water that’s going through the southern end or the Kailua end of the property, and then pushing into that direction. Equally critical, however, is that whatever storm water is, I mean, excuse me, whatever water is generated by the project would be captured by on- site drywells on the individual property owner, on the respective lots. But equally so, there would be a separate basin, drainage basin, adjacent to the main drainage basin, to capture whatever runoff that there may be from, excess runoff that may be coming from the individual lots. To further minimize on-site drainage concerns, what the applicant proposes to do is in conjunction with the CC&R is to have like much more pervious type of surface on the respective properties. For example, as opposed to having traditional, you know, concrete or asphalt driveways, for example, you know within each of the properties, they’re proposing to have more pervious surface, which would allow for more natural percolation, such as rubberized surface or concrete type, not concrete, landscape concrete blocks. In terms of the wastewater system, again, realizing that this is a coastal property, there’s no County sewer system in that area, their plan was always to do the septic tank and an aerobic system. Mr. Kihune has had numerous discussions with Mr. Harold Nagata, and that’s the basis for the article that was passed out today. It was an article that appeared initially in the Pacific Business News and subsequently in the Honolulu Advertiser. And so I basically highlighted, you know, the critical component; and this is the type of system that the applicant intends to utilize for the property, be it the traditional aerobic system or an aerobic system; and this is well tested in, and has met with considerable rave reviews. It basically functions as an individual sewage treatment plant on the respective properties.We had studies done by Dr. Steve Dollar, who by the way is here, and also Dr. Tom Nance, who both collectively did studies relating to the groundwater, as well as the coastal water impact, relative to the project. And essentially they concluded that the project would not have any significant, if at all, impacts to the both groundwater as well as to the coastal waters. Dr. Paul Rosendahl’s office, as noted by the staff’s report, did prepare an archaeological report. During the course of our discussions with the community, we did discuss with one of the adjoining property owners. And while, Dr. Rosendahl’s report, you know, clearly stated that he did not, you know, there was nothing found on the property, the site has been totally cleared; and as a result, the planner who did the environmental assessment concluded that the cultural resources of the property, if any, you know, are negligent. However, during the course of meeting with the community and, you know, particularly one of the neighboring property owners, there were thoughts that possibly there may be some cultural implications. So as a result rather than having to risk not submitting a separate cultural impact assessment, we did have one prepared; and that was submitted today. And basically the cultural impact assessment, which was done pursuant to Chapter 343 type of standards, clearly indicate that, and confirmed the earlier conclusions, that, in fact, there is no cultural resources that would be adversely impacted by the project. EXHIBIT B 5