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GRAHAM: Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Yes. You know, this reminds me a lot about some of the special permits that are along Highway 130 but they enter from the side street in Paradise Park. And they’re usually for 5 years; and then some of them are starting to come up for renewals. And most of them have not even complied with the Rule 17 so that it’s very obvious from the highway that there are industrial uses there where they’re not supposed to be. So, you know, I’m thinking about the kind of standard conditions that the Director was referring to and I would have liked to see added those standard conditions. Well, I agree with the two years and no extension. I would also like it to be spelled out very clearly that this is not to be construed as setting a precedent for the area. I would like to see it set out very clearly that the applicant is to maintain Ag use as the primary use of the parcel; and that there be no signage to identify the property as a furniture warehouse or retail outlet. If we can possibly work those into the recommendations then I would be willing to vote for approval. Otherwise, I would not. GRAHAM: Thank you, Commissioner Siracusa. I might just say myself I feel very supportive of this application. And when I compare it from other ones that I’ve seen in the other four years I’ve been on the Commission, I mean to have all the testimony positive, to have nobody speak of any bad effects on the ground, they have an understanding of how we got to this situation, I don’t see why we have to put the most stringent requirement possible time wise on the applicant. I feel like we’ve had other ones we’ve passed where there was clearly public safety problems, there was, like you say, visibility problems, there are poor roads and everything; and we have on those 5-year timeframes and the Director can give extensions and all. So I’m just personally a little taken aback that the Commission feels so stringent in this particular application which I find very compelling. SIRACUSA: I’d like to respond to that and say that I am sorry now that I voted for some of those five-year ones. GRAHAM: All right. Thank you, Commissioner Siracusa. Commissioner Iwashita had something to say also. IWASHITA: Thank you, Mr. Chair. I agree with the Chair’s comments. I’d like to make that a record. And, I, you know, I view this application as a symptom of one -. You know, the lack, undisputed lack, of an appropriate space, you know, for the applicant to maintain a storage place for her business is testimony that, you know, what we have doesn’t really work. We talk about planning or we talk about, you know, having an effective policy to implement and have a vibrant economy here. But this applicant, it’s undisputed, has tried for months and months to find a place without success. And so we’re in this situation. And, you know, so from that perspective, I for one agree with the Chair’s comments about, you know, granting this application and giving the normal timeframe in terms of complying. I am concerned that, you know, one of the suggestions here is the applicant has found apparently a residential fee zoned property that EXHIBIT B 14