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DOMINGO: You know, considering a fact, because we have some strong arguments, and especially by the neighboring families, and the fact that there isn’t .5 acre lots in the present time in that area and also considering the fact that we approved the 1-acre zoning up the street, you know, I was thinking would it not be better if we would just extend that one-acre zoning to this application? Now I realize that when we speak of Urban sprawl it’s more likely to happen, you know, it’s more likely to happen when you look at the zoning map and the State Land Use designation there. As a matter of time, it will happen. What we’re looking at is slowly easing into that Urban area with a change. Probably .5 acre is too drastic at this time to do it. WATANABE: Okay. You’ve stated some reasons and yet I think procedurally it’s clear that we don’t have the option of changing on the fly from an application that states .5 acre to 1 acre; therefore, we would have to vote this down. And like I stated earlier the process starts all over again. That’s -. IWASHITA: Mr. Chair? WATANABE: Yes. IWASHITA: Toward facilitating that discussion I’m prepared to make a motion. WATANABE: Okay. IWASHITA: I move that with regard to SLU 08-000020, and we’ll just do that part, State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agriculture Urban for 6.3 acres of land that the Planning Commission forward a negative recommendation to the County Council. BOWMAN: Second. WATANABE: Now you would have to state reasons, yeah. IWASHITA: Yeah, the reasons being that, well, my reasons being that there is no present need shown for the requested subdivision and the general concern to minimize the Urbanization of agricultural lands. WATANABE: Thank you. And we do have a second on that. Discussion? Yes, Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess I look at this entirely different. This is a property that’s located in an area that the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide has designated as Low Density Urban. So within the parameters of that designation you could actually have six lots per acre. And really the only cogent argument we’ve heard is from the neighbors who say essentially “not in my backyard,” and I can’t see a legitimate course based on that fact alone. So I have a hard time saying that the request is not a reasonable request. WATANABE: Thank you. IWASHITA: Mr. Chair? EXHIBIT A 18