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The reason we are, we focused on submitting that submittal today was a question that came up during the last hearing about whether the parking that was being proposed was adequate, and then also how it came to be that there was a 20-foot shoreline setback. And what we planned to do today is have Mr. Kilgore describe to you how we got from, you know, 1991, not 1991, but pretty much 2005 to the present, how that shoreline got adjusted and why the building design and footprint is the way it is. So, and then we’ll get into the parking issue. And we are open to any other questions that the Commissioners may have. Thank you. GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Yeh. Go ahead, Mr. Kilgore. KILGORE: Definitely. I believe there was some question last time about how we got to the 20-foot shoreline setback exception. And I’m hoping that the graphics that have been distributed help explain that. The shoreline from 2005, really only came back about 10 feet from the historical property line. And when we went to re-certify the shoreline with the State DLNR, their State Surveyor came out and noticed what he termed a high-water wash mark from a big storm this past winter; and that pushed the state certified shoreline quite a bit back into the site, about 20 feet. And if we, the Exhibit A-1 that has been distributed to you shows that if you take that shoreline and push it back 40 feet, which is the standard shoreline setback, the resultant buildable area, after subtracting the 8-foot side yard setbacks and a 20-foot front yard setback, is 5,900 square feet or so, which is less than 50 percent of the site area. So that does trigger Rule 11-5. So given that, we had originally anticipated doing a 12-unit project, similar to the 1991 SMA 318. But given the extreme shoreline definition from the last winter storm, it simply does not fit. So we were reduced to 11 units. And our building does sit 6 inches shy of the 20-foot shoreline setback all way up; it holds that line sacred. As far as stacking of cars and accessing Alii Drive, it is fairly wide open in the middle of the frontage. I believe they are taking out one of the banyan trees from Banyan Tree Condominiums right now, which would help the sight-line to the north. But that’s definitely something that we would, have considered that there is room to stack a car trying to get back onto Alii Drive. GRAHAM: And what do you mean that’s something you would consider? KILGORE: Well, it’s something that we had considered when we laid out the site plan. It’s a, it should be adequate for a car to stack and wait to access back onto Alii Drive. GRAHAM: Okay. Thank you. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: So if I understand it correctly, you are planning a 5-story building, and I think I read somewhere in there about that you are already, that your baseline for the building is already 6 or 7 feet higher than where the shoreline is certified. Am I remembering that correctly? KILGORE: Well, we propose -. SIRACUSA: Or am I mixing it with something else? KILGORE: Well, the base-level elevation of the first level garage is, I believe, 7 feet above sea level; what we would term AMSL, average mean sea level. But we, to get the 11 units EXHIBIT E 4