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ALAMEDA: No. GRAHAM: Mr. Watanabe? WATANABE: Yeah. Norman, originally I was a little concerned, not so much about the application itself, but the comment from the State Department of Transportation regarding the potential for interference with aviation. And I think the thing that struck me was the light reflection that they referred to in their Dec. 11, 2006 letter. This morning we came in and it looks like we have something from Carlsmith and Ball regarding 37 feet above ground will not emit frequencies and light reflection outside of the normal course of commercial activities permitted. But correct me if I’m wrong I think the height limit was 45 feet in here. And I’m wondering if this might be something that, you know, we’d want to put some type of limit. I suppose they’re going to be within the 45 feet with a planned two-story structure anyway on the other end. But in the future someone might want to do something else that, you know, might exceed that 45-foot limit; and maybe we should make a condition for that. HAYASHI: Commissioner Watanabe, you are correct. The height limit within the MCX zoned district is 45 feet. Normally on a two-story structure the height would be approximately 25 or 30 feet at the most. WATANABE: Mr. Director, you know, the zoning though would stay with the property irrespective of what this building is like. So I’m wondering if based on this new information that we got today if it would be advisable to put say like a 35-foot height limit only because of the proximity to the airfield. Or if you feel comfortable and, you know, there’s a check and balance with Building Department when somebody goes to apply that, you know, they will pick it up then -. I don’t have a problem with the project in itself. I believe the State Department had recommended that a study be done. I assume that, you know that -. YUEN: Well, I think that the condition that I would suggest is actually a condition requiring that they submit this form as requested by Department of Transportation. I don’t know if that’s actually a legal requirement if we don’t put it in the rezoning ordinance or it was simply a request that the Department of Transportation is making because of the location. Norman, do you know if they must submit this form regardless? HAYASHI: I’m not too sure. YUEN: So I think that we should require them to submit the form and to comply with any requirements imposed by the FAA after review of the form, just in the case that maybe they are not otherwise controlled. WATANABE: The form we’re referring to is that FAA Form 7460-1? YUEN: That’s right, paragraph 1 of DOT’s Dec. 11, 2006 letter. EXHIBIT A 3