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WATANABE: Mr. Woodward, you have something to add? WOODWARD: Well, are we able to take comments, or we need a motion first? WATANABE: No, I think we are in discussion. You know, the hardest part for me right now is the technicality of Mr. Lim now not being willing to handle it informally without Findings of Fact. But it’s on the table, so we may as well discuss it. WOODWARD: All right then. When we voted initially to defer this, we were trying to avoid the situation where essentially the tail was wagging the dog.What’s really important is a final decision regarding the zoning of this property, and then the SMA will follow that. So to make a preemptive strike against the SMA until we know what’s going to happen to the rezoning, I think, again, the tail wagging the dog, the cart before the horse – use whatever you’d like. But I am still in favor of deferring this until we have definitive action by the Council, signed by the Mayor. The zoning is in limbo; there is no reason this shouldn’t go along with it. WATANABE: Thank you. Anyone else has any further comments? Yes, Mr. Housel? HOUSEL: I had a question to Mr. Yuen. You state here in your letter that you intend to reintroduce a rezoning to I think it’s RA-5. Is that contingent upon the decision today? YUEN: No. HOUSEL: Okay. So is there, I mean, with the transition, with your leaving, is it going to be the future Planning Director’s decision whether or not to file that? YUEN: The incoming Planning Director, if it’s not filed before the changeover in term, could withdraw the request. So yes, it’s completely up to the Planning Director. However, there are only three parties that can initiate a zone change: One is the property owner, the other is the County Council, and the third is the Planning Director. I think we all agree that something has to be done. So you know, I initiated the 5-acre zoning. Unfortunately, the Council, instead of initiating their own bill, amended the 5-acre bill with a 15-acre bill; otherwise, the 5-acre bill would still be conceivably alive at the Council. But now it was amended. And you know, I did recommend to the Mayor the veto of the 15-acre bill as being too drastic a change in landowner’s entitlements. And then to go to 5-acre, the only alternative at this point is for someone to introduce 5-acre zoning. As I said, there are only three parties that can do that. HOUSEL: I see. Thank you. WATANABE: Thank you. Mr. Iwashita, do you have comments? IWASHITA: Given Mr. Lim’s statement about how we are proceeding as a contested case matter – this is a small tiny procedural thing – I don’t know if that really meant, you know, like, the Director should really be sitting next to him now as far as any further proceedings. EXHIBIT A 10