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RODRIGUES:Absolutely, I hoped you would. We, without prejudice to calling our witnesses, are mindful of Commissioner Galdones comment about three minutes, with the exception of one witness which we consider an expert witness, and thats former Councilman Michael Tulang whos here. ALAMEDA:Would you like to call him at this time? RODRIGUES:Pretty much so. I know youre trying to get rid of me, but everybody else should be limited to about three minutes. We can do that, okay? But Mr. Tulang probably will take a little bit longer. Okay? Thank you. ALAMEDA:Question, Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:Yes, I had a question. In the background report, right at the very beginning,itreferstospecialpermittoallowtheestablishmentofacontractorsbase yard. And Im wondering if, Mr. Miranda is being called a contractor, obviously, and I would like to know if he has an APC license or -? RODRIGUES:You know, thats addressed in the memo; and thats one of the finer points. I wrestled with that. In fact, I wrestled Mr. Miranda and his office manager. I said, What the hell is a contractors yard? I said Youre not Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs where you have a contractors license. Why do you have that? I said Youre a PUC operator. You have a PUC license. And the answer was, Well, when we went down to the Planning Department to fill out our application, they didnt know how to classify us so they said contractors yard. And I said, Well, what do you do? There go the pie chart. What do you do? Obviously youre PUC regulated, youre not a contractor. When I think of contractor, I think of a base yard with trucks and retail people coming in and buying lumber, and cement bags, and this and that, and this and that. I dont expect to see four tractors and several cattle trailers and a forklift and a dump loader and thats it. I expect to see something about contracting. Thats not whats there. So this contractors yard thing really I think set this thing up on the wrong foot. It is not the contractors yard that you can think of HPM or anybody else, heavy, Willocks for example. Its not it. SIRACUSA:So then youre saying that just by beginning of the background report was a misnomer which doesnt really accurately describe whats on the ground, that its setting a negative tone for the whole application? Is that my understanding of your -? RODRIGUES:Absolutely, I got the assignment from Mr. Miranda the night before the last hearing, which was 30 days ago, and I saw that thing contractors yard, and I didnt even know what to say the next day in front of this Commission. ALAMEDA:Okay. Commissioner McCall? MCCALL:So, Mr. Miranda, you have a PUC license or -? 8EXHIBIT B