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you have on the table here. But that would be my suggestion as far as a plan to move this application forward. GRAHAM: Mr. Gomes, do you have a comment? GOMES: Yes, I do. I don’t have a problem recirculating, omitting the Kekela entrance. But I know that DOT is going to come back with a TIAR, a traffic request. So I don’t want to come back here again and say, well, we still don’t have a traffic study so we’re going to defer again. And I think that we’re trying to make a solution to that intersection which seems to be everybody’s concern. And, again, I don’t mind circulating it back to all the agencies for their comment; but I know DOT is going to come back and say they need a traffic study. Any time you go onto their highway you’re going to need a traffic study. But to come back and ask, and you guys defer it again for, because you don’t have a traffic study, I’m just, should I do a traffic study or should I recirculate for the no Kekela entrance, basically. SIRACUSA: Mr. Chair? GRAHAM: Yes, Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA: Yes. Well, I’d like to point out first of all Condition E already, you know, you’re already being required to do a TIAR. So basically what I, and this Commission is definitely not trying to promote itself as traffic experts which is why we want a TIAR. I believe that if we had a TIAR first, you know, and then it was circulated around the Departments that would have an interest so that we can get their comments on it, then we would have everything on the table in front of us to make the decision and, you know, they would be making, Traffic Department would be making its decision based upon the results of the TIAR. And we could have this project go forward with a traffic plan that would be safe and not cumbersome and one that everybody could agree was the best possible way of handling the situation. And whether they decide the Kekela Street closure is appropriate or not, I would leave that up to the TIAR to look at as one of the options that they consider. I would like to see this project go forward. But if there’s a delay by the way we want to handle this and delay results in more public safety, then I think that that’s more important than time constraints. GRAHAM: And just for clarity if, in fact, that’s the case, the applicant does the TIAR now and the applicant expresses that he’s willing to omit that entrance/egress on Kekela Street, then your preference is, and probably, my preference is that we don’t have to just look at this TIAR as a piece of raw document and decide what’s the best solution but that that TIAR is for DOT and Department of Public Works. And if they said this is what we think is required, then we take action, which makes the whole processing -. SIRACUSA: That’s exactly what my intent was. And if I didn’t express it clearly then I hope that I would, you know, restate the motion to make that clear and hope that Commissioner Rho will concur in his second. EXHIBIT B 28