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ALAMEDA:Okay. Mrs. Hickman, do you have any other additional comments to <br />make? <br />G. HICKMAN:I think that was well said. But I would -. <br />R. HICKMAN:Good job. <br />G. HICKMAN:Yeah. He’s going to pay me later. <br />R. HICKMAN:You’ve got to do that at a public meeting. That’s on the record. <br />G. HICKMAN:Yeah, my major concern was that visibility wall that was there, it came <br />down; and there was some concern about kind of that barren land there.The lushness of the area <br />is what leads to the ambience there, so we have a vested interest in making sure that there is <br />some ambience left to the area. I understand that the Petitioner is willing to insure that that <br />continues; and I would just ask that it would be minimized so that it doesn’t detract from our <br />enjoyment of the property that we have there. But, clearly, we do not have the intent to try to <br />stop the project. We just needed better understanding about the process and how it would go <br />forward so -. <br />ALAMEDA:All right. Thank you, Mrs. Hickman. Let’s see, Commissioner Salavea, <br />then we go to Commissioner Watanabe. Questions? <br />SALAVEA:Yes. You mentioned something about the barrier coming down. Can you <br />tell us a little about what’s currently existing in terms of foliage? <br />G. HICKMAN:Well, there was a lot of -. <br />ALAMEDA:Ma’am, could you please speak into the mike. <br />G. HICKMAN:Oh, okay, I always thought I had a booming voice. There was a lot of just <br />natural foliage. I mean, it wasn’t a planted area or anything. It had, you know, an avocado tree, <br />and I think what you call rubbish trees, and just vegetation quite lush there. I guess it’s a coqui <br />frog haven. But it was cleared and it’s growing back now. So it’s providing some layer of <br />barrier between there; and we’re just asking that there continue to be something through the <br />process so that it’s kind of not, not barren when we look out and kind of looking at boulders and <br />just kind of a cleared area. And from talking to them, it appears that they’re quite amenable to <br />that. And, so, again, we want to stress that we’re not here to impede their progress. <br />ALAMEDA:Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Salavea. <br />GALDONES:Mr. Chairman, a point of process? <br />ALAMEDA:Sure. <br />GALDONES:Before us right now is the application for Standing in a Contested Case <br />Hearing that we have to deal with. Now, listening to the dialogue that is going on right now, it <br />EXHIBIT A <br />13 <br /> <br />