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basically we’ve had testimony, you know, such as the testimony of Mr. Tyler and others who have actually witnessed and seen the walls before they were destroyed -- to say that, you know, the walls are actually now 10 feet inside the boundary on this property, whatever it is, the owners in the future can say, well, wait a minute, we have all our rights established here you can’t take those away from us without compensating us, and so forth.So what I’m saying is because there is this present uncertainty about the location of the trail that what we can do is establish a preservation area that would allow, you know, whether it’s 20 feet, or 15 feet, or whatever it is, you know, that would allow for the future restoration of the Judd Trail, when that happens. And to be very frank with everyone today, I really would like to have it happen. To me these are the kinds of things that make our community unique, this is why people come here from other places, and that we really need to take the extra effort, take the extra time to do this, and do it right. YUEN:Can I jump in just for a moment? WATANABE:Go ahead. YUEN:I have to ask the Commission to be reasonable to people that come in for applications. The Judd Trail itself is only a 10-foot wide right-of-way. First of all, I don’t think it’s reasonable to require this landowner to reserve a right-of-way for the Judd Trail to be re-established on his property when there is no evidence that it was on his property. Second thing is that the owner has already agreed to a 10-foot wide no- building setback. If it’s the desire of the Commission that a condition say that that would be an area where the Judd Trail can be relocated into, I see Mr. Lau nodding his head, and if he’s willing to agree, I certainly don’t disagree with that. But, as I say, they’re preserving the Judd Trail on their property and there’s no evidence that it continued, except where the stonewall was and perhaps some prolongation of the stonewall that does not create a jog. LAU:In conferring with Mr. Tyler, Mr. Tyler feels that a 10-foot buffer area would be sufficient in the event that we had to restore portions of the wall as requested by the State. So Mr. Tyler is in agreement with 10 feet. IWASHITA:That will be 10 feet along the existing boundary? LAU:Correct. WATANABE:Okay, Mr. Graham? GRAHAM:Can I ask one question of the Planning Director? I don’t really see th us timing sequence here, looking at the May 30 recommendations and all. So like the metes and bounds survey that they’ve agreed to do and all, is that going to happen before subdivision gets done or -? And all these conditions, I don’t think it really says before this and that happens, these conditions have to be met and all. So I’m just wondering if maybe if the metes and bounds survey were done before any grading and work were done, that would be real clear where we have the trail; and we don’t have to turn around EXHIBIT A 27