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Nishida’s qualifications. All I’m saying is that maybe her expertise is not in the urban setting is
<br />all I’m trying to say, you know. Because she pointed out that I have not agreed with the buffer
<br />zone. First of all, I checked with Maija and she confirmed that for residential zoned areas,
<br />properties, there is no buffer zone required. The section she stated applied for industrial
<br />properties which I don’t think is appropriate because we’re really dealing with residential here.
<br />So, it’s not appropriate for me to comply with an industrial zone buffer zone. But I’ll leave it up
<br />to the Planning Director. If the Planning Director said well you still have to do it, then I’ll do it,
<br />ok? But I don’t think it is appropriate because it is not industrial here. And, we talk about this
<br />non-native plants and these things that grow in the wild, they’re all kinds of trees out there you
<br />can see, ok? But this has nothing to do with the rezoning. If a problem exists now, it needs to be
<br />resolved. In fact, about 3 months ago, I told Mrs. Nishida I would get another associate, who’s a
<br />civil engineer, to identify the property line one more time, which she has fixed up here, and I
<br />even sent that latest drawing to Mrs. Nishida. I said I need that so I that I can run the line to find
<br />the exactly where the property line is because some trees could be in the neighbor’s properties,
<br />some trees could be my property. We cannot see because it’s all trees out there, ok? Now, of
<br />course, if there are non-native, they are invasive species, they need to be removed eventually,
<br />whether I get the rezoning or not. Nothing to do with rezoning, ok? There are trees that are very
<br />nice. There are mango trees, there are all these good looking trees. They should be kept. You
<br />know, nobody wants to cut healthy trees. So again, she raised the question here that I said I
<br />didn’t do it. Not, that’s not the case. In fact, I told her that after we got through all of these, we
<br />walk the property, we make sure we run a straight string, show exactly where the property line is,
<br />then we deal with this so called invasive species that move to grow into the neighbor’s property
<br />which happens all the time, you know, because even in my house in Honolulu, ok? So that needs
<br />to be dealt with but it’s nothing to do with the rezoning because that needs to be done no matter
<br />what, ok?
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<br />And, also, this one about flooding that I didn’t respond. Now, perhaps she didn’t quite
<br />understand what I told her or written in letters. The supposed stream is outside of my property,
<br />so in fact it runs through my neighbor’s property. Now, if this water did come into my property
<br />and create flooding and so on, I need to deal with even now or in the future, nothing to do with
<br />the rezoning. In fact, the rezoning, I, I in the background statement, I stated a certain method
<br />that I will use to get rid of water that is coming into the site so that all the water, the storm
<br />drainage will be all done, on site, and none of the water will be flowing outside, but if outside
<br />water coming in, something we need to resolve and Mr. Tim Wright is very kind. In fact, every
<br />time, you know, something happen, he would send me pictures because I don’t live here. I really
<br />appreciate his help and I told Tim that we together, him and me would approach the department
<br />of public works and we sort out the easements, the problems, but the problem is completely
<br />outside of my property. You know, down. He told me it’s underneath Popolo Street and also to
<br />my neighbor’s property and then somehow it get into my property. So again, it had nothing to do
<br />with this rezoning. It needs to be done. It needs to be resolved. In fact, if the project is
<br />developed, they’re already certain methods to deal with groundwater and how to get rid of them.
<br />Now, I know Mrs. Nishida complained that I did not have a landscaping plan. I also check with
<br />Maija, and she confirmed that in the rezoning plan, you don’t require a landscape plan. When
<br />you do, when you come to the building design, when you request for approval, then you do need
<br />a landscaping plan. Now, I don’t, I think that Mrs. Nishida didn’t understand it because she’s a
<br />layman. In my profession, landscaping plan is not a separate easel. It’s really an intergral part of
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