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YUEN:No. And, you know, we think that some timeframe would be reasonable. I would say one year with a possibility of a one-year time extension I would look at as reasonable, given that the business has been there for a while. I would still request that, if the Commission went that route, that there be some screening of the view from the neighbors and then, also, some consideration on the sight distance and safety. But even if they had not filed for a Special Permit, you know, we issue a citation and we order removal and ceasing of the business by a certain time. We often extend times, you know, administratively to comply with the citation. So we’re not opposed to some timeframe here to move the business. But I don’t think that we wouldn’t support five years. GALDONES:Okay. Thank you. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Graham? GALDONES:Follow-up, Mr. Chair? ALAMEDA:Oh, sorry. Commission Galdones, then Commissioner Graham. GALDONES:Thank you. Mr. Yuen, I’m not sure if you’d be able to answer this th question but there was a letter dated July 12 from the Department of Public Works? YUEN:Okay. GALDONES:This was addressed to you. And I just wanted to clarify the second paragraph, what were they trying to say, “We do not sanction the plans. They may be subject to change, given specific code and regulatory requirements.” If you could elaborate, if you know. YUEN:Well, that is a standard sentence that they put in; and I think it means that, say, the person may have submitted a drawing, a building plan, for example. It doesn’t necessarily apply to this situation, but they might have submitted a building plan or a driveway location. And what they’re saying is that they haven’t necessarily reviewed everything about the application, like the building plan; and so just because they didn’t say anything about it doesn’t mean that there isn’t something wrong with the building itself. Let me give you another example. They might submit a site plan showing a driveway location; and the Department of Public Works gives driveway permits. When they actually go out for the driveway permit, they may not like that location, they may not give you the driveway permit. They don’t want the guy saying, “Look, you had my Special Permit application, I showed the driveway over here, you didn’t say anything about it.” Okay? I think that’s the gist of why they put in a comment like this and what they meant by that comment. GALDONES:Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chair. ALAMEDA:You’re welcome. Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:I’d just like to point out for the other Commissioners’ consideration what really stuck in my head a lot, and this is not an easy issue for me. But we did take up a very similar thing on a different scale on the highway going from Honokaa to Waimea for an existing EXHIBIT D 15