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DOMINGO: Yeah, you know, a small project and the fact of the matter that there is hardly any continuous traffic that would necessitate such a road to be built in that condition. And that’s my concern. It just might be -. WOODWARD: Yeah, I would agree with Commissioner Domingo. I think this is, and if you look at the answers we’ve gotten when we’ve asked the questions, I think this is a classic example of government over-regulation. We can’t give them a good reason why they have to do it; it’s just what’s written down. And it doesn’t make any sense. They are going to have four guest rooms, and on the road that only has four dwellings on it. Why? Why should they be forced to pay to improve the road for that amount of traffic? As I say, you know, sometimes we’ve just got to rein it in and say, okay, government does some things well but it just does some things very poorly. And it tends to go, you know, it’s a knee-jerk reaction; well, this is what it says, so this is the way we’re going to do it. So I would move that we approve the Special Permit, SP 08-whole bunch of zeros-60, and delete Condition No. 7. WATANABE: That would include the revisions to No. 2 as Ms. Cottle indicated, which deleted the landscaping requirement, and also include the new Condition 5 and renumbering of the following conditions; new Condition 5, as she explained, was a limitation of serving only breakfasts at the bed and breakfast. WOODWARD: Right on. WATANABE: Thank you very much. BOWMAN: Second. WATANABE: So we have a motion, we have a second. Before we deliberate on this, let’s allow the Director to chime in. YUEN: As the Chair said, we had some input from Public Works that we thought was unreasonable for a project of this scale. I would want to say, though, that the condition, the driveway approach here, if somebody were building a new house, they would have to get a driveway permit to connect to a County road, this is how you would have to build the driveway. DOMINGO: So, excuse me, Mr. Chairman. WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Domingo. DOMINGO: Is there being built at the present time another new dwelling about? No? Yes? Ma’am? T. YERLICK: No, they are renovating an old house. WATANABE: Would you please use the mike, ma’am. We are -. EXHIBIT A 10