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WATANABE: Yes. <br />FUKE: I can appreciate what Mr. Arai is saying; and, you know, to ask the <br />Planning staff to kind of make the determination on whether proof of access is or is not there is <br />kind of unfair. And that’s why the way that I had proposed would be, you know, we would have <br />to submit proof to the Corporation Counsel, you know, the County’s attorney, they would then in <br />turn make the determination whether access is available. <br />And if the attorney concludes that there is, then in my mind what would be appropriate is to have <br />the Planning Department confer with the Corporation Counsel and say like, you know, if access <br />available. And if the conclusion is yes, then fine, process it. If you don’t then you’ve just got to <br />wait. <br />WATANABE: Let me ask the Director then, I guess your concern may be that we’re <br />utilizing scarce resources to work on a plan that ultimately might not go through because of an <br />access issue. But then you’re also aware that there is a significant amount of time that will pass, <br />yeah, prior to even the Council making a final decision. After all this body will only make a <br />recommendation. So in the interest of time to move this process along would you be willing to <br />craft a decision whereby maybe you would not commit those resources to actually working the <br />plan approval until such time that access is determined, but that would not preclude the applicant <br />from proceeding through the process of getting final approval. As I indicated earlier, you know, <br />we are not the final step. If we were the final step I think everyone would be more inclined to <br />say, okay, we’ll just wait till we have the access issue resolved. But we all know that it may get <br />tied up quite a while at Council. <br />ARAI: Well, first of all, let me say that when we get down to the plan approval <br />stage there should be a reliance that the property is ready to accommodate any proposed use, <br />meaning availability of water, sewer, electrical, access. But at the same time this is a unique <br />situation. And before I answer the rest of your question, is it okay if I ask Mr. Sulla a few <br />questions? <br />WATANABE: Oh, sure. <br />ARAI: Mr. Sulla, about how long do you think the Land Court will take to <br />respond to your petition? <br />SULLA: As I stated to Mr. Domingo I believe that we can have this completed <br />within six months. To respond to the petition, respond as soon as we file, the process starts with <br />the Land Court. And so then their readers have to review it and follow the petition along, and go <br />through it. And their procedures sadly are slower, that’s why it would take so long. Normally <br />this would be very quick because it’s black and white, the record is very clear in black and white. <br />But because of the land court procedures we think it might take us six months. And during that <br />time the applicant is continuing somewhat in improving the property. Regardless of what <br />happens here, he’s going to have to use it; and he has got a very large investment at stake here <br />and he would like to keep on his timing. So that is happening. But as far as going forward with <br />the plan review, the portion of the resources of the Planning Department, I agree with Mr. Fuke <br />here that that would be something we would be agreeable to, to hold off on that unless we had <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />6 <br /> <br />