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YUEN: Well, you know, the conflicts between the neighbors and the farmers <br />certainly do come up. I don’t -. I’m not aware of any similar -, I’m not aware of a problem that <br />has come up where it’s a bed, specifically a bed and breakfast or bed and breakfast guests. The <br />closest thing I can think of is we had an enforcement matter against a motorbike track, and there <br />was testimony and the Department was saying that the motorbike track was not allowed. There <br />was testimony from an individual, who had a bed and breakfast, against the motorbike track. So <br />that’s about the closest thing I can think of, and then particularly saying that, look, you know, he <br />is in business, he has guests and they are upset by having to listen to this kind of noise, not <br />specifically on a farming activity, though. <br />SELF: Okay. How far can the Planning Commission go in limiting complaints <br />by the bed and breakfast operators? <br />YUEN: Well, it’s hard to put a condition that says somebody cannot make a <br />complaint, particularly if the activity in question, you know, may be in violation of a noise <br />standard, may be in violation of pesticide/herbicide regulations, may be in violation of some <br />other standards. So I don’t think that we would recommend putting sort of a blanket condition <br />that the bed and breakfast operator can’t make a complaint, period, and I don’t know where to <br />draw the line there. But I do have trouble with putting a condition that says, you know, that it <br />says you can’t make a complaint because you have a right. Particularly, you know, you can’t say <br />ahead of time that nothing that’s been done on the adjoining property -, it may violate one of the <br />standards that does exist, and to say that they can’t make a complaint about it is a little difficult. <br />ALAMEDA: Any other questions? <br />SELF: Just couple more. Have you ever received complaints by bed and <br />breakfast guests against these types of activities? <br />YUEN: I’m not aware of complaints specifically from a bed and breakfast operator <br />or guests against neighboring farm activities. <br />SELF: Is there anything else you’d like to add? <br />YUEN: Well, you know, just, and -. Thinking out loud about other kinds of <br />conditions that could be put on -. One aspect, the only thing that really came to mind was, has to <br />deal with expectations of the guests that you can put a condition on, the advertising of the <br />property that would emphasize that it’s on a working farm, it’s in the vicinity of a working farm. <br />It is, you know, the place should not be advertised as a, like a Zen monastery retreat kind of <br />setting, because apparently it’s not. Other than that I’m not really -. Additional kinds of things <br />that might reduce a potential conflict here are not really surfacing to me. <br />ALAMEDA: All right. <br />SELF: That’s all. Thank you. <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />26 <br /> <br />