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metes and bounds. But I still don’t feel like that’s enough. I’m not sure what he can actually do to show me that it’s going to actually happen. I can’t tell you I want this done, this done, this done. But one thing I will say, the inspectors are hardpressed, as has been mentioned. But when a complaint is received I would expect that the Department respond to the complainant in writing, especially when they document six, or they allege six violations and have it in written form to us, and I think that guy is representing the client and it’s a law firm. So we don’t respond to them for whatever reason and we don’t have time to do the inspections. And I don’t know, maybe if we could get some assurances that there are going to be like an immediate inspection within the week to determine whether it’s a junkyard or not, whether or not there’s oil on the ground or not, the six or ten items that the testifier mentioned, and a response in writing to each and every allegation made. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman? WATANABE: Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: If I might suggest -. And I agree and I share a lot of Commissioner Rho’s concerns. You know, we get tired of seeing the same people coming up before us for noncompliance. The one thing in this situation that has changed my thinking a little bit is that we have, albeit late, had compliance with a majority of the things that we had asked for, the site plan, the metes and bounds. And we now have concerns about the State Highway access and some of the complaints from the neighbors. I might suggest perhaps as a compromise, and I’ll just throw this out and see if it sticks, perhaps we would be willing to give a six-month extension, and within that time have a site visit by the inspector prior to the end of that six-month period of time, and be sure that the appropriate documents from the State Highway Department have been complied with. I think that might be something that would be a compromise. So I’d be interested to see what everybody else thinks. WATANABE: Mr. Yuen, you’re probably more familiar with the timeframes and, you know, as you stated earlier the staff has stopped work on this because the time extension had gone by. And I’m wondering if, although I appreciate your willingness to compromise, Mr. Woodward, I’m wondering if it’s possible, you know, where his approval -. Cause a lot of times, you know, building permits take three or four months and then so we think we’re giving him six months but he has a little over 30 days. And I’m not picking on the Department, you know, it’s just reality. That’s what happens. YUEN: No, I would expect that with the paperwork that has been submitted, from that point of view, the outstanding things that we saw had not been done, would be, could be done within six months. If the Commission also wishes, I don’t think I can promise that we would get an inspector out in the next week, but we can have an inspector within the next month. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, I was just suggesting that we have an inspection prior, if we approve a six month extension not necessarily have it next week or next month but before the end of that six-month period, perhaps closer to the end of that six-month period so we see what’s really happening at that time. I don’t think we need that immediately if we’re going to make a decision to grant a six-month extension. The things we’d be looking at are has he complied with the State Department of Transportation’s rule regarding access to the highway, his paved EXHIBIT A 26