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same thing for a deceleration lane, a left-turn lane, any number of kinds of things that we normally put on projects. If the project doesnt fly, we shouldnt make our requirements, we shouldnt tailor our requirements based on whether the project is viable or not viable. You have a standard set of requirements, you put them on the project. If its not viable with that, then the project doesnt get built. SPRINGER:Thank you, Director Yuen. Commissioner Iwashita? IWASHITA:Yes. Id just like to, for the record, say that I completely agree with the statements of the Director that the developments that go forward, you know, in our community should be able to pay for itself. And being new, Im not sure if this is appropriate, but Id like to, I want to make it very clear on the record that these conditions should be made part of an approval, if thats where were going with this; and that when its sent on to the Council it be made very clear, our position, that those conditions should remain part of any approval. SPRINGER:Your comments are certainly part of the record. Thank you, Commissioner.CommissionerWatanabe. WATANABE:Inlightofthisrecentdevelopment,Idliketodirectthequestiontothe Director. Originally when I came into this meeting, I was in favor of your recommendations, seeing that, okay, if theres a need for housing, etc. And Im kind of concerned that maybe we would deny it and some other developer would have to go through the entire process again. Do you have any new recommendations now that -? Basically what these potential buyers are saying is if you attach these conditions theyll likely not going to go through with the project. But then if you let them lapse then the next buyer has to go through the entire process again, and it will take that much longer for it to be available for housing. You see what Im getting at? YUEN:Unless she actually went and revoked the former ordinance its still a matter of getting a time extension and updating it. If the decision here were completely to not extend the time, if the decision of the Planning Commission was to not extend the time, or the Council was to not extend the time, I would think that they would then direct us to rezone the property back to something else. But as it stands, the property is zoned RS-10 but theyre not in compliance with the conditions of zoning. So -. WATANABE:So its just in reference to the extension and not the zoning per se, yet? YUEN:Right, right. So, in other words, if this group walks away and another group wants to buy it, if they were to actually drop the request for time extension and just completely stop at this point, unless we went ahead to revoke the zoning which I am not, would not be planning to do because the zoning is basically correct for the property for a residential zoned area, the zoning is basically correct, its still available to somebody else to come and say, well, wed like to develop the property, well come in for a time extension. WATANABE:So then am I understanding you correctly denying the time extension wont change the zoning and it wont hurt anything else? YUEN:Well, if the Council denies the time extension completely, my expectation is that they, what theyre saying is they dont want the property zoned RS-10; and I would expect 9