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completely different animal than what weve been talking about and some of the things that weve put in here are kind of restrictive and may not actually apply to those so what Id like to do is, I dont have the exact wording for this but we would change this so this strictly applied in the Ag zones. If we wanted to look at any kind of regulationin industrial or commercial zones we would do that separately. So this will be rewritten so that it will only apply in the Ag districts. So as far as what the Commission can do, if the Commission wants to mull this over some more before sending it up to the Council the Commission can defer. If the Commission wants to suggest changes or to adopt what I just outlined orally what would suggest to the Commission can make a motion and I dont have the exact wording but, we would work on the wording and then send it up to the Council because the Council has the final say on this. IWASHITA:Mr. Chair. GALDONES:Commissioner Iwashita IWASHITA:Thank you. I just might comment on, given the testimony we have heard todayisthat,Iyouknow,its,ImnotanAgguy.Mygrandfatherwasafarmersothatsas close as I got. But, what Im hearing from the testimony is that theyre really supportive of the efforts that Director and the staff have gone through to go down this road. I really think that that is really important. What Im hearing is that from the people who do it, the Ag people that they would like to see a larger opportunity in terms of how this goes forward and what it allows real farmers to do if they want to supplement their income with Ag tourism. I guess the suggestions that Ive heard, seem, from a non-Ag person, seem reasonable to me in terms of the farmers perspective. And that, Im not sure, I guess from the regulatory perspective Mr. Director, Im not sure that it really raises, those suggestions raise real concerns from the regulatory side. In other words, if the whole object of going down this road is to make a bright line, if you will right, in terms of what will be allowed, under what circumstances, that again if the objective is to open up a door here that allows farmers a clear path to develop and be creative about the kinds of Ag tourism that they want to operate on their farms. I dont think theyre going to, as a matter of self preservation, theyre not going to do anything to damage their real source of income and so the regulatory side of it I think should be looked at as relatively minimal. I think thats the sense Im getting of this whole scenario is that we want to allow it, we want minimal regulatory interference, we want to provide clear parameters so that the Department knows, the farmers know what can be done, what is allowed but not be too restrictive is I guess what Im hearing and it sounds all reasonable to me and so that, it seems like you know maybe it can, Im not sure what the language and how it should be structured to allow that but, to the extent that it can be allowed and not open Pandoras box I guess. And I dont know what Pandora s Box is in this scenario. But, Im supportive of those suggestions being made by the testimony. MONTGOMERY:Is somebody from the audience allowed to say anything. GALDONES:You can, through public testimony. MONTGOMERY:Can I step forward? GALDONES:Sure. 12 EXHIBIT E