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ALAMEDA:Any other questions for our Applicant’s representative? How about for staff? Seeing none, thank you. Seeing that there are no testimony, ma’am, you may remain there; but you have to be quiet. So I’ll save you the walk back. I wanted to possibly have a discussion on this projection by the Department and how, I don’t know where my fellow Commissioners are in terms of their thinking. Anybody would like to give an opinion on where you might be at with this? Commissioner Iwashita? IWASHITA:Again, I would, for the record, repeat my comments about the Community Development Plan. But in these situations, you know, where we have considered matters like these Special Permit applications in these ag areas, I think to be consistent with what the Commission has done in the past -. This application appears to be very similar if not identical to others which we’ve approved. So, subject to my reservations about the process and Community Development Plans, I do support the application. ALAMEDA:Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Iwashita. Any other commentary -? Commissioner McCall? MCCALL:Just for discussion purposes, I have some strong reservations about this project. And when I think back to other applications we have made, say, the World Botanical Garden, which is just up the road from here, we did require them to do a Traffic Impact Study, I believe, if I recall. And I’m trying to remember, but I don’t really think they were, I think they were, we’re not talking about a whole lot more people visiting the site than this one is. If this was just a fruit stand, just for product, you know, I don’t think I’d have a problem. But this does seem to be more, to me, more of a retail establishment. I have some real concerns about this and about the, just the general, you know, this spread; and I think I tend to concur with the Planning Director and his recommendation. ALAMEDA:Okay. Other Commissioners? How about Commissioner Salavea, and then Commissioner Siracusa? SALAVEA:Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m inclined to follow the Planning Director’s Recommendation. In the past, any commercial business, commercial activity that impacted, directly impacted, the main highway, we were pretty stringent. And the DOT was pretty stringent about requiring at least a TIAR, and traffic flow mitigation requirements would also follow the TIAR. So, in this case, it just seems more commercial and not enough groundwork done, preliminary groundwork done; and I’d hate to pass it along before any of that is done for the project. ALAMEDA:All right. Thank you, Commissioner Salavea. Commissioner Siracusa? EXHIBIT C 8