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YEH: Doesn’t believe to be. And I think the 12-foot elevation you were talking about, Mr. Kilgore, was the tsunami scenario, right? KILGORE: That’s correct. YEH: Yeah, and we haven’t received any comments from Public Works or anybody else, either. GRAHAM: All right. Thank you, Mr. Yeh. Commissioner Rho? RHO: I just want to say a few things. One is I appreciate your work on the parking as well as the setback information; I think it really clarifies it. But I did want to get clarity on the actual parking. Now you say you have 18. How may of those are for residents and how many are visitors, out of the -? Isn’t that 18 the total? KILGORE: That’s correct. Eighteen stalls total is the best we could put on site. I believe we maybe leave it up to the association of owners as to how many to allocate per unit or designate as visitor. RHO: ’Cause the last time, as I recall, what I have down is that you have 14 residents and 3 visitors. So I just wonder, is it now 15-3 or -? KILGORE: That’s reasonable to suggest. If you do the 11 units and 1.25 per unit, I believe that’s 14; that’s why we had mentioned that number. But there is some flexibility there that probably rest with the association of owners, I guess. GRAHAM: All right. Any follow-up, Commissioner Rho? RHO: I guess I still have, you know, like I said I appreciate the work you’ve done, but I still have this concern about parking. And yes, I understand that there will be retirees population you’re thinking that’s going to occupy this building, part-time residents. But should they start to rent out their units, with the prices in Hawaii in general, 2 incomes and I venture to say 2 cars -. And at this meeting and the previous meeting we talked about walking distance, like a town center. Well, unfortunately, in Kona nobody really walks, right? And the people coming to that area actually drive to that area; I’m talking about the surfers ’cause it’s such a popular surfing area. So you know, as I said the last time, I realize that your project is a very small project in comparison to others that we have dealt with. But parking for me still becomes an issue because even if it’s just one car that’s parked on the roadside, it deprives somebody from accessing the beach; and we have very few beaches in Kona, as you know, too, so -. Anyway, I don’t want to prolong this thing. I just wanted to mention that. I don’t expect a response. I think you did a good job responding and your presentation and your written report. But I still have concerns about parking. YEH: I always like to respond – I’m just joking. But the reason we went out and took a look at the other facilities, multi-family residential units in the vicinity, was just to kind of assure ourselves that we wouldn’t have the kind of experiences that you are suggesting may occur. ’Cause you know, if you take a look at the Bali Kai Condominium, if you take a look at EXHIBIT E 10