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Motion: Ms. Nicholson moved to accept page 13 as presented. Ms. Provalenko seconded the motion. Discussion: Mr. Joseph asked whether Recommendation XIX(A)(1) was reviewed previously, and Ms. Nicholson said they had reworded it at the last meeting. Vote: All commissioners present voted aye on the motion. The commissioners continued to page 14 of Draft 2. Motion and Vote: Mr. Joseph moved to accept Option 2 on page 14, and Ms. Stremski seconded the motion. All commissioners present voted aye. Motion: Ms. Nicholson moved to accept the balance of page 14 as presented, using Option 2 for the explanation of Recommendation XIX(B). Ms. Noda asked to interject and pointed out that grammatically, for Recommendation XX, they may wish to delete the semi -colon and change it to a period, and delete the word "and." Motion: Ms. Nicholson moved to change the wording of Recommendation XX to reflect a period after "2006," to delete the word "and," to capitalize the "a" in "after," and to use Option 2 for the explanation of Recommendation XIX(B). Ms. Provalenko seconded the motion. Discussion: Mr. Joseph said that the wording regarding Jane Testa only stated that she was present at the meeting, when it should include that she provided information at the meeting. The others agreed. He suggested that instead of saying that Jane Testa was present, it should say that she "provided information on Research and Development," and "was present for the meeting" should be taken out. Motion withdrawn: Ms. Nicholson moved to withdraw her original motion. Motion and Vote: Ms. Nicholson moved, for page 14 of Draft 2, as follows: - to accept Recommendation XIX(B) as worded and use Option 2 for the explanation, with the correct page number inserted. - under Research and Development, to word it that "Jane Testa, the department's director, provided information on the Research and Development Department on December 7, 2006. After reviewing and discussing the responses from Ms. Testa, no recommendations were made." - to accept the rest of the page as presented. Mr. Joseph seconded the motion, and all commissioners present voted aye. The commissioners continued to page 15 of Draft 2. Motion and Vote: Ms. Nicholson moved to accept page 15, using Option 2 for both explanations and with the correct page number inserted. Ms. Stremski seconded the motion, and all commissioners present voted aye. 6 = NOTE: These minutes are unapproved, as no further meetings of this Commis- - sion are scheduled.