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Mr. Adams: As I take a look at what the definition says in 2-91.3. It does <br /> identify the more than five (5) hours in any month, that also <br /> identifies it as an/or$275.00 in any six (6)month period. Are you <br /> also saying that you don't think you spent more $275.00 in any six <br /> (6)month period? <br /> Ms. Yamauchi: In any six (6) month period that is correct. Towards the end before <br /> the final reading of it, we weren't sure as opposition started <br /> growing and that's when we registered. We weren't sure if might <br /> exceed that limit. <br /> Mr. Adams: I did see and we did receive as part of our packets the meetings <br /> that you had in 2014, but it was actually hard for me to see. It is <br /> relatively substantial number of folks that you had the opportunity <br /> to meet with during this process. All of these are prior to you <br /> registering? <br /> Ms. Yamauchi: There's a few that happened after with the new Council members <br /> that were elected. We were registered at that point. The ones in <br /> gray were email correspondences that took five (5) or ten(10) <br /> minutes at the most. <br /> Mr. Adams: At what point did you decide that it was important for you to <br /> register? <br /> Ms. Yamauchi: It was when the opposition really started growing. In 2013, there <br /> was absolutely no opposition to the Bill. Maybe one individual <br /> that would come out at each hearing. The Bill passed unanimously <br /> and so there wasn't a lot of need. With the E-Cigarette Bill in <br /> 2014, there was a bit more opposition but it was still passing <br /> smoothly. After the elections is when we lost three (3) Council <br /> members. We had Three (3) new Council members and the <br /> opposition started playing radio ads in opposition directly to this <br /> bill that we knew we had to step up our efforts. <br /> Mr. Adams: So you were aware of the requirement. That wasn't the issue is <br /> you looking at the requirement was and whether or not you felt that <br /> you fell under the requirement in terms of the need to register or <br /> not. <br /> Ms. Yamauchi: It was brought to our attention in 2014 that we should take a look <br /> at it. Sometime in November, when we're looking at it and <br /> somebody had mentioned that we should take a look at. We've <br />