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WATANAB:I have a question. Seeing as it takes so long to have a survey actually conducted, would a site visit help you in deciding? ALAMEDA:Commissioner Iwashita? Commissioner Graham? Commissioner Iwashita? IWASHITA:Well, I suppose. But I think I would need someone with Mr. Tylers kind of knowledge, you know, of the area. Cause, you know, my looking at a bunch of bushes and piles of rocks, I dont know how beneficial that would be. But, sure, Im open to that if theres someone knowledgeable about the Judd Trail. WATANABE:What about yourself, Mr. Graham? Cause it doesnt appear that we have the votes to get this through today; and, at the same time, I would remind you that, you know, we also have to consider the fairness to the applicant. And, you know, with the current state of the economyandthewayitssodifficulttogetasurveydone,maybeacondition,awell-worded condition will be sufficient if a site visit would satisfy much of your concerns. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:Im not so concerned about, you know, the situation on the ground. Im sure if the applicant just took some photos or something I would rest assured in their representations. So a site visit is helpful and fine; and I personally am willing to go with that as well as just -. To me we need a months time to go over what we have, and even some photos from the applicant would be good enough for me, but a site visit would probably be better. And Im okay with that as opposed to waiting for an official metes and bounds. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Galdones or Commissioner Salavea, you have anything to add to this discussion? SALAVEA:Im inclined to postpone acting on this only because there seems to be a discrepancy, like Commissioner Iwashita had described. And a site visit, my opinion a site visit for me would not be as useful because I wouldnt know what I was looking at. I would need to depend upon community members, people who live in the area who have family ties, who have the history, and they can relay that information relative to what the applicant was saying. And that really for me is what this boils down to. Its what the local community members who have been born and raised in the area have and know relative to what is being represented in the application. If it doesnt correspond or jive, then I have an issue with it. ALAMEDA:Okay. Sounds like, Commissioner Galdones? GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Chair. In fairness to the applicant, if the Commission is going to decide to postpone or continue this hearing, I think we should continue it for the purposes of getting information that would help us make a decision. The site visit thought, if its not going to satisfy Commissioner Grahams or Commissioner Iwashitas concerns then perhaps some other suggestions should be made so that they would get the information theyre going to need to make a decision. 22EXHIBIT C