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SIRACUSA:Okay, so we do have some latitude there, but then there is the question of setting precedents that Commissioner Watanabe raised, and where you make a cutoff. Is that accurate? TORIGOE:Mr. Chairman? GRAHAM:Mr. Torigoe? TORIGOE:Bear in mind that if you would like to see some kind of authority put into that, then I suppose ideally the thing would be to inform the Council that the Commission does have concerns about applying current Chapter 11 requirements to time extensions. And that could be done even now on the record; before you take a vote, you all can put on record that this is the current policy, but there are concerns about the fairness and undue burdens that may be put upon the existing rezonings when they come in for extensions of conditions. SIRACUSA:Thankyou.Myconcernwasnotsomuchonthematterof extensions, but the fact of the size of the subdivision, you know, small lots subdivisions. Generally if somebody wanted to subdivide a piece of land even to two lots or four lots, that doesnt seem to be on the same level as a 200-parcel subdivision. And Im wondering if there is any way of separating out by definition, perhaps. GRAHAM:Mr. Yuen, could you speak to that? YUEN:There is no requirement for subdivisions of fewer than five lots. There is no affordable housing requirement. But this is the policy decision thats embodied to the Ordinance, but thats the cutoff. Thats when its debated and decided. It was ten at one time. Actually before February 2005 it was ten. But partially because we were going from a 10- percent basic requirement to a 20-percent requirement, we figured make the cutoff at five instead of at ten. But thats the role of having an Ordinance is to make the decision, rather than sit here at a Commission meeting and say, well, I feel good today, you know, its Christmas Eve, lets let it go, you know, we are in a bad mood, lets have five. The cutoff is five. SIRACUSA:Okay. Basically, thank you, that answers my question. There is a cutoff number. Okay. GRAHAM:Any other questions or thoughts from the Commissioners before we go to a vote? All right, we have the -. WOODWARD:I have just one comment. GRAHAM:Yes, Commissioner Woodward. WOODWARD:Basically its based on what Mr. Torigoe was just saying. Do we want to vote before we really know the answer to the question? That is the question of is this mandatory that we put this on to an application for an extension of time? And evidently we 13EXHIBIT A