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WATANABE: Thank you, Mr. Iwashita. Do we have a second on that? No second? <br />ALAMEDA: How about discussion? Can we do discussion first? <br />WATANABE: Oh, okay, then let’s -. <br />WOODWARD: We have to have a second first. <br />ALAMEDA: I’ll second. Discussion? <br />WATANABE: Okay, thank you. <br />ALAMEDA: Should we ask the contestant to sit down or no? <br />WATANABE: Maybe you should be seated then. <br />KAISER: Thank you. <br />ALAMEDA: So just to get real clear on whether or not we’re going to grant standing, in <br />our minds we’ve got to figure out if Mr. Kaiser is worthy of standing. So, first, if the home is <br />within 500 feet of the application, yes. Now the whole thing about if this particular project is <br />going to adversely affect his property or his lifestyle, is that the next question? <br />WATANABE: I believe that would be not something that addresses standing but <br />something that addresses whether we would approve or disapprove the application, as opposed to <br />whether we would grant him standing. In other words, you could grant someone standing but <br />still go ahead and take the opposite position of the intervenor. <br />ALAMEDA: Right, right, right. <br />WATANABE: So, you know, and granting standing does not create a decision on the <br />Special Permit in itself. All it says is that, yes, you are, let us -- and I’m not wanting to put <br />words in your mouth -- but you are within close enough proximity of the subject property that <br />you have a special interest over and beyond the public. That’s all we’re trying to determine at <br />this point. And as a reminder to our Fellow Commissioners, in the past we have been fairly <br />liberal with granting standing for any intervenors so that their concerns might be addressed. That <br />is not to say that we would necessarily agree with their interpretation or, you know, what they’re <br />asking for. But, again, we’re just making a decision on whether to grant standing or not. <br />DOMINGO: Mr. Chair? <br />WATANABE: Mr. Domingo. <br />DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman, could Corp. Counsel describe the specific criteria on what <br />we would be looking at from the standpoint of legality. <br />WATANABE: Well, thank you for taking me off the hook. <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />7 <br /> <br />