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for children to play, absolutely no yard. And I have no yard, either, which is the main reason why I do mine as a vacation rental, because there are no yards. One, two, two other properties that are among the five of us have a yard, nobody else does. Nobody in that whole five cul-de-sac thing does anything about the driveway except me. I have put an average of $2,000 a year into keeping that driveway so that you can drive on it. Just, lets see the date, 8/20, I spent $874. I have the receipts for that. I do this because it has to be done. Nobody ever offers to help or even gives a thank you. It just, as a 3-bedroom or as 3-unit is notfeasible unless these issues are dealt with. SPRINGER:Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions for the testifier? Commissioner -. SIRACUSA:I am concerned about this runoff issue. And I was wondering if staffhadlookedatthatquestionwhentheywerepreparingtheBackgroundReport. SPRINGER:Mr.DarroworMr.Yuen? DARROW:Arewereferringtoduring,well,atthispointconstructionhasbeen completed. We do have our standard condition, Condition No. 5 dealing with runoff. But this is mainly -. SIRACUSA:Excuse me, thats during construction? DARROW:Correct. Yes, its -. SIRACUSA:And its pretty obvious that external construction has ceased, at least according to the application here, and that theyll only be doing work on the interior, which is not expected to affect, you know, things on the outside. But theres obviously, according to the testimony, a problem with surface runoff from the parcel itself, and that can affect properties that are makai. It has, if there are very bad storms, a potential to, actually, do some runoff into the ocean. So Im wondering why theres nothing addressing that as a permanent solution to a run-off problem. SPRINGER:Mr. Darrow? DARROW:Correct me if Im wrong, but were looking at an application on a piece of property thats approximately 5,000 square feet in size. Its relatively small. I believe the pictures that the testifier is referring to is a perpetual easement thats going to be partly responsible from the Applicant but it is also going to be relative to other homes in the area. As far as runoff, this person is going to be responsible for his own runoff regarding, you know, weather. But it also, this situation may also be runoff thats coming mauka of this property thats also contributing to the problems that you see on this roadway. SIRACUSA:Will the testifier care to comment on that response? 8