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WATANABE:Oh, just, just a comment not so much a question. You know the shoreline setback as I understand it is like 40 feet from the sea wall. And the proposed project as revised encroaches into that I believe only 8 feet 10 inches. And for the most part Im quite comfortable with having the remaining 31 feet 2 inches as a shoreline setback. And in looking at the photos too I think the other benefit is the people who go to the restaurant will have a greater view of Kailua Bay etc., which is a little different perspective than what they have right now. So that was just personal comment. ALAMEDA:Thank you Commissioner Watanabe. Commissioner Springer? SPRINGER:I have some questions about the sea wall and the cement walkway that fronts it in front of the Kona Inn and Im not sure if this is for the applicants representative or for the County. Whose responsibility is the condition of that cement walkway in front of the sea wall?Itswellillustratedinphotographnumber3andifIunderstandcorrectlythecertified shoreline is on the makai side of the sea wall but theres a stilt (sic.) structure there. So whose responsibility is maintenance of it? LIM:The landowner is typically responsible for the maintenance of the sea wall. I have to look at my shoreline certification map to see whether its been certified at the face of the kind of the concrete walkway like you talk about or further back at the wall that you see sitting up 3 feet above the ground. But in any event the County is not responsible for that. SPRINGER:Thank you. ALAMEDA:Thank you Commissioner Springer. Director? YUEN:Typically it would be certified along the face of the wall and hence the top of the wall is public, is private property. Is there actually a, I mean I know that as a matter of custom theres, the general public goes out to the lawn in front of Kona Inn. Is that actually, technically part of a public access? LIM:Not as far as were aware, no. YUEN:No, but it is, you know. I mean part of this that is different is that it does form a, the lawns are in fact used for muse by the public which is different than the typical situation where you have a shoreline setback and its private. Its still private property but its a shoreline setback. I mean as a practical matter, people who want to you know go, they go through the Kona Inn, they walk out to the lawn and they you know they have access to the shoreline in this area through the Kona Inn. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Springer is that a follow up? Okay, Commissioner Springer and then Commissioner Siracusa right after. Commissioner Springer. SPRINGER:Is the ramp then indicated in photograph 2 part of the public access to the shoreline through the Kona Inn Shopping Complex? EXHIBIT A 13