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heavily I do get runoff going down onto the County road, and I have to clean it upon a regular basis. So there is a possibility if there are really strong rains and certainly throwing some grass seed down can help to modify that; and I dont see that it would be out of place to ask that this be thrown in with the landscaping requirement. SPRINGER:Mr. Darrow, you have any comments on Commissioners thoughts? DARROW:I would ask if the Director agrees with the request. YUEN:Im not sure whats contemplated by having landscaping mitigate the runoff. How would the landscaping, how would you, how would the -? Im not even sure what the, I think the problem is being addressed -. SIRACUSA:Ifyouhadsomeplantsinthere,theywouldhelptoabsorbsomeof the runoff and actually act as filters. Grass seed, for example, could do that. YUEN:I think that the question is runoff along the driveway. Im not sure what you plant along the driveway -. SIRACUSA:I dont think she was talking about the driveway. YUEN:No, youre talking about something? KJOS:Thats all there is, is driveway. There is no yard, there is no yard whatsoever. Its all driveway or parking, and its all ruts and rocks; and it does go down onto Alii Drive, and I have to go shovel it off. The County brings a payloader and pushes it off of, I mean, it goes out past the center line and partial of it goes on down, because its all black top down there now. But I go down with the shovel and a wheelbarrow and I bring it back up. SPRINGER:I wonder, I have a question for Director Yuen. Some of what the testifier is bringing to our attention seems to be within the domain of the neighborhood rather than under the conditions and circumstances of an SMA application. With regard to the runoff, and the dumping of runoff on the testifiers property, and also on the common areas, is there any recourse for her other than interaction with her neighbor? KJOS:Could I say something before you think too hard? It doesnt affect my property per se. Its all easement. The whole driveway is easement. Its just that everybody else that lives in there is a renter. Im the only owner, so everything falls on me to clean up all of this debris. And that was only time I have any power, is hes applying to change the way his property was intended to be used which, by the way, is not a last-minute thing like hes saying, either. Two years ago, he approached me to add it to my website and run it as a vacation rental. So this has been in the back of his mind for more than what his lady friends illness has been. Its just, and I have no problem with it. I own a vacation rental, I have no problem with it. I would rather have people 11