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Basically, those are the conditions that were proposed for amendment. Are there any questions? FUJIKAWA:Any questions, Commissioners? None? Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:Norman, this question is a little bit out on left field maybe but itÓs part of your recommendation, right, so I thought itÓs probably the most appropriate time. With regard to the prior ordinance, the 1997 ordinance, and the fact that the conditions were not, you know, met on a timely manner and all, the staff re inability to comply is the result of conditions that could not have been foreseen, and speaking of unfavorable economic conditions, and failure to -. Is this stuff that the Planning Department staff actually goes and investigates and says, yes, we are, you know, we agree, we can see that is in fact the case, or do you just sort of take the word of the Applicant as to why, in fact, he didnÓt comply with the prior conditions? HAYASHI:Well, generally, we do review the files as to the progress that the Applicant has made. In this particular case they have submitted a subdivision application, they had received tentative approval, they had -. And we do, yes, review the reasons why they say that they cannot meet those conditions. Obviously, we donÓt go in depth and check with the banks or, but these are the things that we look at as, in the review of the reasons for asking for the extension or amendment. GRAHAM:So this really does represent the conclusion of your research and feeling that this is the accurate reasons and that kind of stuff, and will always be so in such situations? HAYASHI:Well, whether thatÓs accurate or not we do, these are our reasons for recommending approval for the amendment to the conditions. GRAHAM:Okay. Thank you. FUJIKAWA:Commissioner Kubota? KUBOTA:Norman, what is the timeline that the Applicants is, are other than the five-year extension? How soon do they expect this project to go on or are you privy to that kind of information? Because if youÓre talking about five years, the traffic signalization could possibly go, be five years in the future. HAYASHI:We have not discussed that in detail with the ApplicantÓs representative. However, the reason why the Applicant is coming in now is that they know that the State will be doing the intersection improvement and they know that the State does not have the money to do the traffic signal. So what they want to do is have all of that done simultaneously with this highway intersection improvement by putting in the, I guess, the conduits, you know, at this time, so they donÓt have to break up the road again once the improvements are done. So they want to try and work with the contractor to make sure that those improvements are put in simultaneously. 3