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access on every property, the answer is, you know, not a rote yes to that; it’s based on whether or not there are sufficient accesses in the vicinity kind of impacts where they’re going to be created. An archaeological study that was done, and then there is also some work that we are doing right now with traditional – well, I shouldn’t say traditional – but cultural representatives from that area. We’ve already met with several native Hawaiian people who have been interested about making sure that we don’t inhibit traditional access by native Hawaiians who want to access the shoreline. So the policy is not purely public access that would be a condition of this particular Permit, but from a policy standpoint on the applicant’s side to allow people who want to exercise traditional access to the shoreline, they will allow that to occur. And there’re still some discussions about how that’s going to be effectuated, but that’s also largely the reason why the applicant has said we are not going to put up a security gate across the driveway to inhibit native Hawaiians from accessing the shoreline through the property. But from the come-all kind of standpoint as a regular public access issue would be, the answer is, yeah, that’s not what’s on the table right now. I’m not sure if that explains everything, but -. DOMINGO: So you don’t have to put up a sign indicating that that’s a public access going between your property and the neighbor? YEH: Correct, correct. But it’ll be under-. DOMINGO: But it’s a pedestrian walkway that people can use? YEH: It’ll be understood that people want to exercise traditional native Hawaiian cultural access, that that’s going to be something that the owner will allow. Yes. DOMINGO: Thank you. WATANABE: Any other questions for the applicant? Mr. Iwashita? IWASHITA: I have a, looking at this site elevation – it’s labeled A2.2, part of the application, that is the best I can identify it – anyway, it’s this site elevation that shows the compliance with the height limitation. And my question is it, there’s a reference to mean sea level as the reference point from which the measurements begin, and -. KILGORE: Well, as a surveyor measures the site, it builds up from MSL, mean sea level, to a slight berm 6 or 7 feet above sea level, and then the vast majority of where we’re proposing to locate the building is in the 6- to 7-foot range. IWASHITA: Okay, well, I’m not real concerned about the height limitation, but my concern is that – I’m not sure where the high wash of the waves would be, but I assume that’s some place above the mean sea level; and where the measurements are, you know, progressing upward, it basically shows 6 feet, it looks like from mean sea level to the existing grade which is the makai side of the building – and my concern is a general one, and I’m not sure, trying to figure out where it fits here, but you know, in the long run and you talk about the changing sea level and all of that that’s happening, and if we calculate or try to project in a 1-meter increase in all of these ocean levels including the high wash of the waves, I’m just wondering whether or not EXHIBIT B 9