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SIRACUSA: Yes. Mr. Miranda, as part of your response to an earlier question, you said that you were not aware that you had a one-year timeline and you thought all you had to do was the slab. However, everything was written in the recommendations. Did you by some chance not receive a copy of your own of those recommendations. I mean I know your attorney had those. I’m wondering if you had a copy to refer to so that you would know what you had to do and within what time frame? GRAHAM: Commissioner Siracusa, by recommendations you mean the requirements of the permit? SIRACUSA: Yes, I’m sorry. GRAHAM: Sure. Mr. Miranda? MIRANDA: You know, I never, I don’t recall reading that, even like what Mr. Yuen said that I was suppose to plant trees like a house lot. You know, I think you remember me saying that I planted koa trees and, you know, I planted like probably 50 koa trees or something like that along my boundary. But I don’t remember me having to plant trees like a subdivision or a house around the area. I plan to do it, you know. But I haven’t planted anything in front of my slab or along that area because everything is still under construction. And if I planted anything, I’d be running it over; and for that reason I haven’t. But, you know, I didn’t realize – I just plan to do it, beautification, because I want it to look nice. But I didn’t realize that I have to do it, you know. GRAHAM: Commissioner Siracusa, follow-up? SIRACUSA: Yes. There are also conditions about limiting the number of vehicles and the number of trips per day. There were all sorts of conditions that were set. So you’re saying that you never received any -? The conditions that you see on this colored paper, this gold colored paper, you’re telling us that you ever received those so that you could refer to them? MIRANDA: You know, I may have received them, and I won’t say that I didn’t. I don’t remember reading it myself now, you know. I remember the amount of vehicles. I remember everything that happened at the meeting, okay? It was a limit to six trucks. You know, and I said at that time I’m running four trucks and maybe I’ll get up to six but I don’t expect to. And I remember telling you folks that at that time because it’s just too hard to get employees and the insurance is too high, I’m not expecting to expand. GRAHAM: Any other questions? Yes, Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE: Yeah. I have a question for the Director. Earlier you mentioned that the Planning Department might reconsider this revocation. At the same time I had the same concerns that Rell has. And I don’t think I’d be in favor of reconsidering the revocation without any fine being imposed because I think it’s going to be a continual enforcement problem. That said though I’m wondering after all this testimony if you still stand by insisting on the revocation or are you contemplating a compromise? GRAHAM: Mr. Yuen? EXHIBIT A 7