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ordinance, this is the same recommendation that we would make if we had taken 120 days. Its just that we took less thanthe required maximum amount of time to do that. The ordinance allows you to take less than the maximum time; and if the Commission is ready to make a decision today and send its recommendation up to the Council thats great. If its not, then this matter gets carried over to another meeting to discuss and consider again. SIRACUSA:Mr. Graham? GRAHAM:Thank you, Mr. Yuen. Yes, Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA:I have a question for Mr. Torigoe. Everyone is talking about its a resolution it doesnt have the force of law. But all the paperwork in front of me is, you know, drafts for a bill for an ordinance which would amend the General Plan, on the General Plan Amendment Procedures. Would you please clarify that for me. TORIGOE: Thank you. When were talking about a resolution not having the force oflaw,werereferringto,ofcourse,thatResolution430-06whichtheCountyCouncilusedto initiate the proposed amendment which would streamline the General Plan Amendment procedures. So ultimately, yes, ultimately the result of the process would be a change in the General Plan and in those procedures, which is a change in the law. But the thing that kicks off that process is a resolution; and a resolution does not have the force of law except as it may be provided for in law. In this case, the resolution from the County Council has the force of law only to the extent that it initiates the amendment process and directs the Planning Director to start the process, do his report and recommendation, feasibility study, whatever you call it, to the Planning Commission. SIRACUSA:In that case are we going to be voting on a resolution or an ordinance? TORIGOE:What you will be doing is making a recommendation on the proposed amendments to the General Plan and sending that recommendation to the County Council for their action. SIRACUSA:Ordinance then? TORIGOE:Right. With respect to the initial question that was raised by Mr. Iwashita, Commissioner Iwashita, as I said, its good that he raised this question; and it is always possible that someone could try to challenge an action that you take. And the language that the Council put into this resolution that were talking about 430-06, you know, it does seem more mandatory than apparently they intended it to be. So theres always a possibility that somebody could try and challenge, you know, based on that language. I think though in a case like this that because it is really possible for us to remedy any harmful effects of that language, basically, on the record, we have the Planning Director saying that, no, you know, he wasnt influenced by that language directing a shortening of the timeframe. And if the Planning Commission also on the record recognizes that the language in the resolution really does not have the power to cause you to shorten your timeframe under the General Plan for review of this amendment, then basically on the record it seems like theres no harm done, you know, that everybody recognizes that this really did not 7EXHIBIT B