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through to F. And at this point, I'm guessing, based on what I'm being told, that the current condition of traffic on this intersection does warrant your previous concern and that your request for me to do this study was a valid request. Because the report card at the intersection at this particular time is somewheres in the area of a D or an F, and I think that should be considered. The idea of granting an extension on this permit without addressing this issue would grant the developer the opportunity to start building and to build his development with the current uses as determined in 1990 without actually addressing passage of time. Passage of time has changed the traffic impact, you know, for this development. And as you may be aware, this particular project has never done a traffic study. And because of that, they're in a situation now where they can move forward and build out this center without actually addressing the issues that I've discovered in the last few months in the process of doing this traffic report. Thank you. GALDONES:Thank you. Any questions or comments of Mr. Wood? Mr. Wood, are you aware that in the Background Report, the Department of Transportation did a study dated January 7, 2003, and their report says that the five- year extension is not going to impact the State highway facility? WOOD:I'm sorry, I didn't hear that. GALDONES:The Department of Transportation report that was in the form of a letter dated January 7, 2003, they said that granting the extension is not going to impact the highway facilities. WOOD:I'm glad to hear that. I suspect that my project won't have that much impact either. However, I'm merely relaying the information that my traffic engineer has given me as to the current condition without any development. GALDONES:Okay. Thank you. Any further questions or comments of Mr. Wood? Otherwise, thank you very much, Mr. Wood. Could we have Mr. Howard and Mr. McElvaney come forward. YUEN:You know, I just wanted to make a comment on the Department of Transportation -. They tend to not really look at things very carefully when it's a time extension. So I don't know that we can interpret that as them saying there's no problem at the intersection. They are just saying, oh, it's just a time extension, no big deal. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Yuen. Mr. Howard, Mr. McElvaney, you have heard the testimony and the discussion that ensued. Do you have any closing statements to make? 24