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SIRACUSA: Yes. I’d like to ask Mr. Darrow if he could tell us when, do you have any record of when the last time the Planning Department’s inspector looked at the property and if so, and also whether he made any note of the violations that the testifier has just referred to? st DARROW: Prior to our last hearing on February 1 we had two of our zoning inspectors conduct a site inspection, this was on January 30, 2008, to specifically be able to confirm or deny compliance with the conditions and also to address these items brought up by th Mr. Lal in his November 5 letter. In your materials, that was in reference to Item No. 1, we had a list of pictures that were taken by the Zoning Inspectors; and at that time they were ready to testify in regards to their site inspection. But basically they had stated that they found that the applicant was in compliance with all the conditions of the special permit at that time, of the site inspection. The photos will also reflect what was on site at the time of the site inspection. SIRACUSA: Follow-up, please? WATANABE: Follow-up. SIRACUSA: And that was January? DARROW: January 30, 2008. SIRACUSA: Okay. Because we have in the conditions that there should be, no more than six semi-trucks shall use the baseyard. But, of course, if a vehicle is derelict it’s not using the baseyard except for parking, and there were other vehicles that this testifier referred to that were not semis. So I’m wondering if that’s like sort of getting around the issue. But, you know, having say a D-9, or something like that that’s not a semi, so it doesn’t count? But there’s also the, you know, the Condition No. 7, applicant shall collect and dispose of waste oil, batteries, tires, etc.; and it would appear that that has not happened. I’m wondering if possibly we need to send the inspector out to do another detailed site inspection to verify it. Not that I’m questioning, you know, your veracity because you have testified under oath, but to verify and to take detailed pictures of -. I wish you had brought in photos so that we could see for ourselves because a picture is worth a thousand words. But this is pretty serious to my mind because it’s not only, you know, flaunting the conditions of the permit but it’s also, we’re looking at some possible pollution of the aina; and I take that very seriously. I’m almost tempted to ask, you know, that we maybe consider continuing once again so that we can actually have a current site inspection, come out very, very quickly, and verify these allegations. WATANABE: May I make a comment to that. I commented a little earlier by asking Mr. Darrow to verify that at the time of the inspection in January that they did verify that there was a paved area over which oil changes were being conducted; and the reason I brought that up is because that was one of the requirements in the original special permit. And he did indicate that the inspectors had verified that there was a paved area over which, in other words, he wasn’t dropping oil just into the ground. Now I did ask anything with regards to storage of batteries or anything like that. However I do recall that at a previous meeting, and I don’t recall exactly which one, I had requested a site inspection; and, you know, the County is pretty stretched, and EXHIBIT A 18