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questions, you just let me know. And any Ag business that he does on the property, as long as it’s not two o’clock in the morning or something unreasonable with the other neighbor, we can completely condone. And that’s the reason why we choose to live in the neighborhood actually. So, we thank you. ALAMEDA: All right, fellow Commissioners, we’ll still entertain whether or not we are going to grant standing. So, and basically all we need from our potential petitioner and our applicant is questions to get us to figure out how we are going to do this, so I am ready to entertain a motion on this, and then go into discussion. Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE: I move that we grant standing to the intervenor on this Special Permit Application, SPP 06-000039, because clearly I think he has an interest greater than the general public. ALAMEDA: Okay. SIRACUSA: Second. ALAMEDA: Motion made by Commissioner Watanabe to grand standing, seconded by Commissioner Siracusa. Discussion? Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM: Mr. Conventz seems like he has something he likes to say. Could we have a word from him, too. ALAMEDA: Sure. Mr. Conventz? CONVENTZ: I would like to point out to this Commission that the general public is not really aware what it means, a contested case hearing. The general understanding is that I appear before this Commission and get a contested hearing in front of all of you and present my case, and that’s the end of it. If there is any way that both parties could agree right in front of you to a certain way -, they make both the same noises because they have both Ag property and that is the basic business both have. They are not aware that a contested case hearing is before an independent -. I remember the time that one of you Commissioners was a case officer, and that’s a different story. That the last time I was in one that was an attorney from Honolulu was a case officer, and on both sides were a total of three or four lawyers, and the attorney for the Planning Director, for the Planning Commission, whoever, and a hell of a bill, in plain English, and actually for no good reason sometimes. And I would like you to make the intervenor aware of that. And if there is an easier way and not a dead end just ending up in a huge bill. ALAMEDA: Okay, thank you. Thank you for that. Commissioner Watanabe? WATANABE: Well, as a follow-up to your comments, I think we all recognize that and that’s why we spent as much time as we did, hoping that you all could communicate the situation between yourselves. However, the intervenor has stated that he has concerns because the Special Permit goes with the land, transfers and, oh well, he doesn’t have a problem with your client; he may have a problem with a future owner. And so it’s really unfortunate that we have to go that route but I don’t see how we cannot grant standing to the intervenor because he clearly has a separate interest from the general public. EXHIBIT A 10