Dan, from the whole of that stupefying amalgamation of bureaucratic claptrap and fractured grammar, the only thing that bothered you is "would have"? Your ears must be deadened from hearing too many fingernails on chalkboards!

Yes, I think the correct phrasing is "If they had said..." Now, what about "when there wasn't", and "initiate more looking to see", and "a whole bunch of area", and......???? This man has clearly taken speech lessons from his boss.

Aloha,
Mark