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a map change. For the most part theyre standalone amendments. So, the Commission can choose to vote on them all up or down as a group or the Commission could eventually when it comes time for the vote break each one out or some of them out separately and vote them up and down. When it comes to that point we can advise you of which ones are, which to say some of the map changes are tied to a text change andthey should go together. But other than that they can be acted on separately. The process is that the Commission makes recommendation to the Council. The Council has the final decision on these. Theres a process for considering these thats set out in the General Plan now, at the back of the General Plan Amendment Procedures. So there is a timeframe for the Planning Commission to review and act on the these. The timeframe says that the close of the public-, the Commission is supposed to have public hearings on these amendments. The Commission has a 60-day period from the receipt of the amendments rd to the close of the public hearing. That 60 days began March 3 when we sent those over and since then the Commission had, we had a workshop on these as a standalone, which we setup apart from the regular meetings of the Commission so we could spend one day specifically on this. I should mention that before the amendments were sent to the Commission I had 2 workshops where the public could comment on these and we brought you the testimony that resulted from those workshops up to the time when the Commission had it. So, thisis the last meeting before the 60 days run out. And then after the close of the public hearing the Commission has 30 days to make its recommendations to the Council. The (inaudible) that we have so that again the Commission would not take action today. The Commission should close the public hearing and then take action at a subsequent meeting. Now the only meetings that we ththth have in May are May 5 and May 26. The May 26 meeting, if the hearing were closed th effective today the May 26 meeting would be outside of our 30-day window. Ive discussed this with Corporation Counsel and it would be consistent with theway the ordinance is written for-, if the Commission did the following: voted to close the public hearing with an effective date of May 1 on the close of the public hearing. So in other words testimony could, written testimony could still come in and it would be considered part of the public hearing up until May th 1. When the Commission, on the May 5 meeting, the Commission can vote on the recommendations or can vote on some of the recommendations. If its unable to, by taking this th May 1 effective date for the close of the hearing you open up May 26 as another meeting that you can take action. We would suggest that the Commission do this so that youre not-. Say you have a little more time to think about this, you have an opportunity to vote on these rather than just May 5 you also have May 26 as a possibility. Of course as much as you can get done on May 5 we will be happy with but at least as of-. If the Commission follows this suggestion and votes to close the public hearing effective May 1, youve done, youve had the 60 days for the public hearings and then you will open up May 26 as a meeting that you can still take action beforetheseallgouptotheCouncil.Sothatsourrecommendationofwhatorasuggestion about what the Commission should do today. As far as our presentation to the Commission, becausewevehadaworkshopwherewewentthroughallofthesebeforemysuggestionisthat now we take some time for us to answer questions that the Commission may have on the particularamendments.Wehavethecomputersetuptobeabletoprojectaslideofanytext amendment or any map amendment so we can follow it together. After we take that time then wehaveapublictestimony.AfterpublictestimonyiftheresanythingtheDepartmentwould like to say on, to clarify issues raised in the public testimony then well go ahead and do that. AndthenwellagaintakequestionsfromtheCommissionthatmaybesparkedbythepublic testimony or may be, may have come up in the Commissions mind just in the course of the day. EXHIBIT D 2