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DARROW: Sure. Yeah, at this time the Planning Director has not had an opportunity to review this. GRAHAM: Thank you. Any of the other Commissioners have any questions for Jeff at this time? Jeff, I had one other thought that just came to me from reading this initially, and it really applies to all these situations, not just to this one. You know we always have a condition that if the applicant ceases operation all they’re required is to take down the tower and kind of restore the property. Generally when we have conditions on special permits, the penalty would be maybe you don’t get to keep operating under the special permit if you don’t fulfill the conditions. But in this case it seems like that condition only comes into play when the applicant is finished with it anyway. So we can’t say, well, we’ll take away your special permit because you didn’t take the tower down after you’re finished with it. Does the Planning Department have any other way to enforce that condition, do you know? DARROW: In regards to a tower that ceased to exist operating? GRAHAM: Yes. DARROW: I’m not familiar with any but that’s something we can take a look at possibly adding in. Maybe, I’m not familiar with any, our standard condition is Condition No. 7 that asks for them to remove it after a period of time. GRAHAM: Okay, that’s fine. I just wanted to bring it to your attention. That’s something we can look at. We don’t have to debate it out today. Thank you. DARROW: Thank you. GRAHAM: Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA: Yeah, I just wanted to say that I’m very grateful for Debra Adam’s testimony explaining the whole process and the science behind the location, the locating of these towers because I think that we should hold on to these. There will be other applications in the future and it will give us a greater understanding of the whole thing. We won’t have to keep reinventing the wheels and asking the same questions over and over again. GRAHAM: I agree. Thank you. Would the applicant come forward at this time. I’d also like to say I don’t have anyone signed up to verbally testify. So if anybody wishes to, please check in. Could I swear the two of you in first here. I’d ask you to raise your right hand. And do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission today on this matter? TESTIFIERS: I do. EXHIBIT A 4