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Community Development Plan, I think, around that time. So to me, I’m more interested in the dialogue between the developer and the community and seeing that result, if you will. GRAHAM: Thank you, Commissioner Alameda. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Yes. Relevant to that, I believe the County Council passed some resolutions about rezonings in the three districts where the Community Development Plans are being worked out. And so I’m wondering if a rezoning comes under that purview of those resolutions. GRAHAM: Mr. Yuen? YUEN: We attached copies of the resolutions to the materials that were submitted to the Commission, and the proposed rezoning that I initiated does not contradict the resolutions which ask for a moratorium. I believe that a time extension doesn’t, if this were a new zoning, it would contradict the resolutions. As far as, you know, what the applicant wants, I’d have to go back and look at it to be sure, but I don’t believe that the resolutions apply to time extensions. And in any event, the Planning Department and the Planning Commission have to, if an applicant chooses to submit a rezoning request that contradicts one of these resolutions, the Planning Department and the Commission are still obligated to process those through under the timeframes that are contained in it, in the ordinance. The Council can defer action, if they want, indefinitely; the Council can vote down the rezoning application. SIRACUSA: I’ll follow up. GRAHAM: Go ahead, Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA: Since everyone was giving their opinion and I hadn’t stated mine, I was th just asking questions. I would be willing to go along with the Director on January 11. I think there has been lots of time already for information gathering. That still gives a month; it doesn’t th take that long to talk to people. And if on January 11 everyone seems to agree that more time is needed, I understand that it can always be agreed to grant some more time. But I don’t want to th see this dragging on forever, and so I would vote to continue the matter to the January 11 meeting. GRAHAM: Thank you. I’d like to move our process forward. I’m not saying I want to move the application forward; I’d like to move our process forward. I think we have agreement on the SMA matters with Mr. Lim and Mr. Yuen about the schedule that Mr. Lim proposed. Could we not take a motion, and move forward and say this is how we want to handle the SMA matters as far as our continuance and what we expect from the parties? And then once we’ve done that, then we can look at continuing the rezoning requests both for the applicant and for the Planning Director, just so we can move through this logjam we are in in our procedures today. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Okay, I’ll make that motion. DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman? EXHIBIT A 20