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SPRINGER:Thank you. Do you have any additional comments? FUKE:Sure. I feel rather awkward, you know, appearing before this Commission, you know, on applications like these, largely because, you know, in light of all of the concerns raised about traffic and more and more development in that area. And, you know, its as though they are like, gee, you know, arent you sensitive to this situation; and, you know, I feel very badly. But, at the same time, you know, Im looking at a situation and just trying to see like, well, you know, we still are a government of laws and, you know, just trying to see like, well, you know, we have a lousy situation many times but can we make lemonade out of a lemon situation. And I think that, and I hate to put, cast it in that light, but I think that this is a situation along that line. If you just look at the newspapers, they probably would say, well, another 92 condominium project being proposed by the developer and probably the Commission is going to take a position one way or the other; and, you know, thats how it would look. But if you get down deep into like what is already existing and then look at like what can orcannotbedoneontheproperties,thenmaybeyoumighttakeadifferentlightonthat; and this is how I looked at this situation. And as Jeff had pointed out, the two middle pictures, you know, beginning on your right, you know, the second and the third on your right, you know, thats already like an approved project based on an existing zoned property. You know, its currently zoned Resort and it was for like an 80-unit condominium project on a 2.3-acre parcel. So its a relatively small parcel. They had applied for a building permit. But at the last minute they kind of like yanked it out, you know, after Mr. Saunders and his group bought this property and then, you know, just felt that overall that this was not really like the kind of project that was desirable and would be fitting within the Village; and, you know, hell explain a little bit further, but -. So they acquired this additional parcel; and in acquiring this additional parcel, they wanted to spread out the project, have a lower density project, and basically have 2- and 3-story type of structures, to the point were now over like 2.3 acres of land. You know, youll be looking at essentially about a 9-acre area and increasing the density by 12. So if you look at the existing zone, you know, the current Resort-zoned property, and you look at the adjoining property, which is essentially the newly-zoned area, you know, youd have like a total of 88 units would be possible on both properties right now. And theyre proposing 92, so, basically, you would have an increase of 4. But, in exchange for that, what you have is like a series of improvements not only on Hualalai Road but theres like, on the adjoining parcel, theres like about 3-plus acre area thats going to be kept in perpetuity as an archaeological preserve; and thats reflected in Condition I of the staffs Recommendation, which the Department is recommending that that portion, a preservation plan be prepared for that area. So although its not part and parcel of the zone change action, but that is nonetheless a zone change requirement, a proposed condition that the Applicant is accepting. Aside from that, I think, Ill just turn it over to Mr. Saunders, and he can give you a little bit more detail relative to the project concept. 5