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IWASHITA:Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Nakamura, the property is not being farmed today, right? NAKAMURA:No. IWASHITA:Was it farmed in the past? NAKAMURA:Not very heavily. IWASHITA:But it was farmed in the past, it was? NAKAMURA:Yeah. They tried to grow thing but they were having a lot of problems. Its a real rocky area. IWASHITA:My uncle farmed back there too so I know about that. I had to pick up his macadamia nuts. Okay, thank you. GRAHAM:Do we have any other questions for the applicant? Commissioner Watanabe, no? WATANABE:No, I dont have a question for the applicant. Im just a little leary, so my question is to Commissioner Siracusa. Are you looking to make a positive recommendation or a negative recommendation? GRAHAM:Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:Im willing to make a negative recommendation. But it doesnt really much matter because if you guys all disagree then you can turn it down. At least it opens up the floor for discussion amongst us. GRAHAM:If we dont have any further questions for the applicant, then I think I would like to have Commissioner Siracusa, she was on first, go ahead with her decision. Is that all right, Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE:Yeah. GRAHAM:Okay. Thank you. You all can stay there since we dont have any public testimony today. But well just go into our own deliberations and decision-making now. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA:I move that an unfavorable recommendation be forwarded to the County Council on the application for a State Land Use Boundary Amendment, Docket No. SLU 06- 00002, based on the following reasons: That the parcel is already non-conforming and this will be the first RA-5a zoning in the area and therefore comes under the category of spot zoning, which sets a bad precedent for the area. GRAHAM:Is there a second? IWASHITA:Second. GRAHAM:Commissioner Iwashita seconded. Do we have any comment from the otherCommissioners? WATANABE:Iguesswereindiscussionperiodthennow. 6EXHIBIT A