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prior to subdivision approval by the, what is that, Administrator of Office of Housing -. So Im wondering if we need to -. ALAMEDA:Mr. Director? WATANABE:Add any conditions? YUEN:I take it that the intent of the condition is to actually make a recommendation on one side of this question; and that is that not withstanding the fact that you may convey to a family member for less than market price that you would still impose somekind of fee or affordable housing requirement on those lots. Is that the intent of the condition? GRAHAM:I think its easier almost to address your question more directly to what Commissioner Watanabe said. I mean, this will eventually get decided by an administrative action.AndsoIthink,ingeneral,consequentialactionsintheCountyweliketotakeplaceina public forum, not in somebodys office. So the intention of my motion here, my amendment to the motion is to direct that whenever that administrative decision gets made that it be made such that the public benefit of the affordable housing requirement is not lost in a substantial way, recognizing that it will be made in that office. But its sort of like an instruction to that office; and, of course, it has to go through the County Council and they may modify it; but it represents my intention as a Commissioner on this body. WATANABE:Please understand Im not opposed to the -. GRAHAM:I understand. WATANABE:Motion in itself. Im just trying to make sure were all kosher with it. YUEN:Well, let me, if I could -. ALAMEDA:Director. YUEN:If I can talk about how this is actually going to play out. I do expect that this very point will be discussed at the Council. And its my hope that we would, because this is a first time that its going to come up to them; and my hope is that we will come out with a decision on one way or the other how this is handled. There are a number of ways it could be handled. You could say, okay, were on the side of letting them transfer it to a family member and it, and we say that its a one-time exemption and so you can only, as an individual, you can only do it on one piece of property. There are a number of ways this could be handled. If, its also possible that it will be completely punted to the Administrator to make a decision as to whether, you know, an in-lieu fee will be charged in some way at the time things are transferred to a family member. I hope that its not done that way because I do think that it ought to be decided; and the Council is essentially a legislative policy setting body that should look at this kind of issue and say, and tell the administrator what the administrator should do in a circumstance like this. And so if the Planning Commission wants to take one side of the, when I say one side of the question, one, the side of essentially getting some affordable housing requirement out of properties that are transferred to a family member, then thats, youre free to 15EXHIBIT A