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based on, well, their lack of expertise and the potential undesired effect of discouraging people <br />from using the P.U.D. as a solution. <br />GRAHAM: Thank you for the motion. Do we have a second? <br />WOODWARD: Second. <br />GRAHAM: Seconded by Commissioner Woodward. Any discussion on the <br />motion? Commissioner Iwashita? <br />IWASHITA: I certainly, I’m going to vote in favor of the motion, but for the <br />reason I stated. <br />GRAHAM: All right. That’s a ditto from before. Commissioner Rho, did you <br />have something? <br />RHO: My understanding is No. 7 which we just dealt with – just talking <br />off the cuff – but my understanding is legally the Council doesn’t have any control or right to <br />taking over the duties of the Director in Item 7. That’s my understanding. <br />GRAHAM: I think the Planning Director kind of reiterated that. <br />RHO: Right. In No. 8 my understanding is that the Director talked about <br />the Council could in fact adopt their change, and they would be in compliance with the law. Is <br />that not correct? <br />YUEN: Yes, that’s correct. The Planned Unit Development has an option <br />exist in the Zoning Code because of an ordinance that put it there. And the ordinance now says <br />that the Planning Director makes a final decision on Planned Unit Developments. But if the <br />Council wants to change that so that the Council makes the final decision on a Planned Unit <br />Development, it can do that. Our recommendation is that’s not a good idea, but they certainly <br />have the power to make that change. <br />RHO: Right, so that if they actually make the change, would it not put <br />your Department in a bind in terms of manpower and additional workload, etc.? <br />YUEN: If they made the change that was proposed, it would somewhat <br />increase the workload in the Department, simply because, the Department would still have to <br />review the PUD. We would end up bringing the PUD here at the Planning Commission and <br />having a presentation, which involves a certain amount of work, as you know; we’d have a <br />recommendation, we’d have a hearing. And so that would be on agenda. Then it would go to <br />the Council. And again we would, you know, we would do all the same work we do now, but we <br />would also make a presentation to the Council, and the Council would end up making a final <br />decision. So, yes, there would be an increase in the workload to the Department just from the <br />change in process. <br />RHO: So just to share my thoughts, in No. 7, I mean I don’t have any <br />problem with that because, you know, I suppose there is a legal basis which will prevent them <br />EXHIBIT G <br />2 <br /> <br />