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WATANABE:You know, I guess I’m still stuck with what is technically a hobby; and I still think that that’s the main issue. And I’m thinking that with the one-year period maybe that’ll go away. Maybe then if those things do actually happen that maybe then you’ll have something that, I don’t know, might be more acceptable to his neighbors. You know, but that said, just moving his business, I don’t think even that is going to put an end to this; and, yet, what we’re discussing here really doesn’t cover the hobby, so to speak. And you’ve also heard what the Director said, whether there was a complaint or not, they would cited him for that so- called hobby because it exceeds 200 square feet.Now whether 200 square feet is reasonable or not, I don’t want to get down that nitty-gritty. I think my main idea here is to make sure that there is something in place to make the Applicant realize that that hobby is possibly more than likely the root of all these problems. You know, if you’re saying we should just say cease and desist, then, you know, we would say no, absolutely, then what does that mean? Does he stop running his business from there? Where does he put his trucks in the meantime? To me, I’m thinking we’re giving him potentially two years to find a new place to run the business from, maybe more importantly in my mind, to scale down his hobby. ALAMEDA:Mr. Graham, you want to respond to that? GRAHAM;Yeah, I only had one. I’d like to hear from Mr. Salavea, too, but I only have one other comment. I know Mr. Nishimura’s earlier client today when I initiated a condition that wasn’t on the application, was on the original recommendation, right away we went back and asked Mr. Nishimura if there’s any problems with that condition. Well, we’ve got a whole bunch of new conditions here so I think we need to go back to the Applicant, find out how he feels about the conditions, too. ALAMEDA:That’s reasonable. Commissioner Salavea? SALAVEA:I guess this is a question for Commissioner Watanabe. The intent of the motion is to provide the Applicant time enough to relocate his business or is it to, what is the intent of the motion? WATANABE:Basically, it’s to get things rolling and, yeah, basically relocate his business. But to be honest with you, I think if he scales down his hobby, he might be able to get support from his neighbors. I don’t know, then -. I don’t see where on a two-acre lot that they’re concerned about ten vans going in and out. SALAVEA:Follow-up? ALAMEDA:Commissioner Salavea? SALAVEA:So with that idea, I think kind of what I’m beginning to, what I’m feeling after hearing what Commissioner Graham’s comments were, is that if we handed out -. The previous Special Permits for the similar types of businesses were handed out with the intent because there’s no available land, and to give some time to relocate your business we’ll grant you this Special Permit for a timeframe of five years, and then within that time it’s your responsibility to go out and secure an alternative site for you to run your business that is within the correct zoning and land use designations. So what I’m hearing is or feeling is that if we did that for prior applicants, then if we’re going to hand out the timeframe to relocate, that timeframe EXHIBIT D 24