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FUJIKAWA:You may proceed. TSUKAZAKI:By the way, the Applicant has reviewed the Department's Background Report and Recommendation and accepts it, has no objections to it. FUJIKAWA:Okay. TSUKAZAKI:In regard to the material received this morning, although we obviously haven't had time to read it very carefully, it appears to me that two things, some of the neighbors' concerns really relate to whether this particular property should be zoned at all for office use, and I do not believe that that particular issue is on the table at this point, or at least from the Background documents that I see, this hearing has not been based on any action to nullify zoning, to take away any rights that the landowner has. I think quite correctly the Planning Department noted that the plan approval process really could not be administered because a time condition in the ordinance had not been satisfied. So the Planning Department advised my client that that particular requirement of the ordinance had to be addressed first before there could be any plan approval process, and so I believe that's the nature of this application and the nature of this hearing. So I believe with regard to the issues regarding whether the ordinance is valid and so on, I think those are issues for another quorum, another proceeding. With regard to the -, some of the concerns about the impacts of the project, I believe some of them would look to be appropriate for the plan approval process. And if this extension is granted on the request to be able to submit documents for plan approval, then that process would be the appropriate one to address many of the concerns of the neighbors. Some of the other concerns relating to FEMA, the grading issues, perhaps in combination with drainage issues, I believe those are issues within the jurisdiction of other agencies. The project has grading permits issued by the Department of Public Works. I believe the record indicates that FEMA has allowed a map revision to federal Flood Insurance Rate Maps, and Public Works has approved that, as well as the grading permits that exist currently for the project. And so I believe that if there are issues relating to those grading permits, whether things were done properly or improperly, there is an appropriate agency for those concerns to be taken. So, again, I guess in a certain way, I'm saying that although I've only been able to look through this correspondence served on us this morning very quickly, it appears that -, there appear to be many issues to me that are really not relevant, directly relevant to the scope of this hearing, and so it's not possible for us to address all of those here. FUJIKAWA:Any questions? Commissioner Springer, you have a question with the Applicant? SPRINGER: Well, more I'd like the Planning Director's comments. FUJIKAWA:Go ahead. 4