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need to continue it or not. Typically, we do continue. However, before we take a vote on that, let me take a little latitude here, and let the Director present us with his side. YUEN: Yes, and I’m not going to talk about pros and cons of the issue itself very much, but I did want to suggest that the Commission discuss this and take a vote on it today rather than continuing it. And the issue itself has probably set the record for appearing the most times on the agenda of the Commission of any single piece of property.What happened here is, as you know, I initiated a rezone of this property to RA 5-a, and there were a number of split votes essentially at the Planning Commission on that – some of you were in favor and some of you were against – and it went up to the Council with a negative recommendation. I should also mention that the applicant has asked for a time extension on the RS-15, and that has gone up to the Council – and I’m trying to remember – I know it was voted against by the Council at the Planning Committee; I can’t remember if it has actually been completely voted down because it would go from the Planning Committee to the first reading. Now, getting back to the rezone to 5 acres, the Council amended that to rezone to a 15-acre minimum lot size, which would allow – rather than a subdivision to seven lots of the 5-acre zoning – it would allow a subdivision to two lots. That’s a Council initiated rezoning, and I advised the Council that, because this was a major amendment to the bill that went up to them, that it should come back to the Planning Commission for – I’m sorry, guys – but for the Planning Commission’s review because it is something that the Planning Commission has actually not ever looked at – the question of whether it should be rezoned to 15 acres. So this is being processed as a Council initiated amendment. The applicant is not the property owner; the applicant in effect is the County Council. The rules are that you have 120 days from the time the Council sends it back, the total nd timeframe, to send it back up to the Council. So it came on May 2 to the Planning Department; nd so the Planning Commission does have until September 2. The Planning Department’s recommendation is negative for the reasons stated. We still believe in the 5-acre zoning, at proposal, and hope that the Council changes its mind and goes to 5 acres rather than 15 acres when this goes back to them, as it ultimately will with a recommendation. So it’s not up to -, normally a rezoning is initiated by the property owner and, yes, if the property owner wants a delay, that’s fine. I have to -, a couple of just timing things, the August 22 meeting is quite full on the agenda; we’re going to have two Community Development Plans on that agenda to look at. The votes, and just if the people sitting here at the Commission vote consistently with their votes that were taken before, it’s possible that this would go up to the Council with a negative recommendation, which is the most that the property owner could hope for at the Planning Commission. That’s the only thing the Planning Commission can do, which is have a positive recommendation or a negative recommendation. If the Planning Commission takes a vote and there are not fives votes for a positive or a negative, then it would continue to the August 22 meeting. But I’m making a pitch for the Commission to talk about it, take a vote; if you have five votes for a negative recommendation, it goes up to the Council with a negative recommendation. WATANABE: Mr. Woodward. EXHIBIT C 2