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were to agree with Mr. Lim’s request to defer this to the March meeting? And if there was a legal question about the Director initiative having elapsed, could that not be refiled? GRAHAM: Mr. Yuen? YUEN: Well, I would like to see the matter move forward, and the only consequence of the 60 days having run out already is that it should already have gone to the Council with a negative recommendation. GRAHAM: All right. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Commissioner Watanabe expressed his discomfort with the two extremes, and hoping to find some kind of a middle ground that would be satisfactory that could be worked out between the Department and the applicant. But we haven’t heard from Mr. Lim on that, if he feels that his, that the applicant would want to hold a hard line to 50 lots or would be willing to negotiate the number of lots and a decreased density. So unless we know if there is a willingness to negotiate on that, your point would become moot. So Mr. Lim, would you please respond to that? LIM: Yes. I’d have to of course reserve all my legal rights to the RS-15 zoning. But on the question of whether or not the applicant would be willing to negotiate on something less dense, the answer is yes; and the answer is we’ve tried and we were rejected. GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Lim. Commissioner Domingo? DOMINGO: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask for confirmation from our legal counsel with regard to the statements made by Mr. Yuen regarding the time schedules and what would be in his power to make decisions that he is making, and with regard to, you know, the elapsing of the time, the time and the ability to send up a negative recommendation to the full Council. GRAHAM: Mr. Torigoe? TORIGOE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am not entirely sure, exactly what you would like to hear from me is -. DOMINGO: Well, you know, I was hoping to have caught the Chairman’s attention at the very instant when Mr. Yuen had completed his statement and to ask at that time whether in fact that what Mr. Yuen is saying is how you interpret the law or the policies and the Rules of the Commission. GRAHAM: You mean the very last statement that Mr. Yuen just made a couple of minutes ago? DOMINGO: No, not the last statement. He was explaining the applicant initiated measure and the Planning Director initiated measure. And I remember in my discussion, I pointed out that, okay, if the applicant, and we have that 60-day limit when if no action is taken, then it’s sent up to the Council as a negative recommendation. But I think it’s not that clear if in EXHIBIT A 17