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YUEN:It would create a density higher than the Kohanaiki project that was recently approved, but that was more -. ItÓs hard to compare that because in Kohanaiki weÓre dealing with the coastal area. Even Kohanaiki has a mauka area that is currently conservation that corresponds to this parcel. ItÓs the area along the highway. As far as the viewplane, the ApplicantÓs analysis shows that there isnÓt much of a viewplane from the highway here; and I think that is true. I mean, IÓve driven it and looked at it, that most of the property is in a cut, most, that there is -. And IÓm trying to remember the exact details. They do have a viewplane analysis in the application. I checked that writing, and looking, and it seemed to be accurate that thereÓs only a relatively small portion of the frontage along the Queen Kaahumanu Highway where you can see out and see past the road cut that the highway is in. As you get closer to Hinalani Street and when youÓre on the Kohanaiki property, the ground makai starts to drop away and you do have a much more sweeping view. But in the Ooma area paralleling on the highway, you donÓt seem, you canÓt see much makai currently. You may, if they develop this project, you may be able to see the roofs of the taller structures; but even the lower part of the structure should not be visible from the highway. FUKE:Mr. Chairman, could I just add to that? GALDONES:Okay. FUKE:Just a couple of other things. One is that the Applicant had represented and the Director is also reflecting that representation in your Condition 11 which, proposed Condition 11 which talks about a 150-foot natural buffer between the existing edge of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and the development of the project. The other point is that the application was predicated upon reducing the existing height from its present 50-foot height limit for the Heavy Industrial zone to no higher than 40 feet. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Fuke. Commissioner Kubota? KUBOTA:No, I was just going to make a point that Mr. Fuke talked about so I shall pass. GALDONES:Thank you. Commissioner McCall? MCCALL:Question to Chris. I guess my, trying to figure how to v my question, I guess, is -. I know we are only looking at the mauka area, not the coastal area. I guess my concern is that we arenÓt setting up, that our development of the mauka area, I mean, how can we, if -? You voiced your goal to keep the makai areas open. I mean, is it reasonable that if we allow the development of the mauka area that we arenÓt, that we can keep the, or is there a way that we can keep, you know, put something in it to keep the makai areas open? 11