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AY 161989 BOOK 76 PAGE 859 employees. The average for all of these types of calculations is 26 employees. He didn't know what he would do with 26 employees, because he didn't intend to start General Motors in his backyard. He couldn't hang them from the chandelier, or for that matter, afford to pay them. Mr. Kirrie just felt that the number 9 is restrictive as he had 9 before he ever applied for an expansion. He wondered who in his right mind would put up a building, ask for an expansion, and turn around and be limited to exactly the same number of people he had in the first place. You don't buy 2 or 3 more trucks and put up more buildings and wind up with the same number of employees. Director Keating advised that the purpose in developing the criteria for trip end formulas is to determine road capacity. Chairman Wheeler was very sympathetic to Mr. Kirrie's needs there, but in going back through those Minutes, he felt the Board was talking about family members conducting home occupations. Piper Aircraft is not a home occupation. He really felt that Mr. Kirrie may have been caught in a bad crunch with the growth that has taken place in Florida in recent years, but pointed out that the Board has to look at the total picture. He felt that the Commission has tried to do that and give him all the slack we can, but still make this neighborhood work. Mr. Kirrie appreciated that very much, but pointed out that he has been put in place by a number of different Commissions over the years. If this Commission feels it must restrict the numbers, then the restriction is acceptable -- it is something that is on the books -- it is something that is workable. He stated that he is not an unreasonable person, but when somebody tells him he can have an expansion, but is limited to virtually the same number of people that he had before the expansion, he wonders what good it is. He felt it is a deliberate attempt to kill it. 26