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~a SIRACUSA: Excuse me, it's not three more months; it's three months all together, not three more months. ALAMEDA: Oh, one more month. SIRACUSA: It's one more month. ALAMEDA: So less of a big deal then to me. SIRACUSA: And WATANABE: Yes. SIRACUSA: I just want to say I, you know, I suggested it because it gives us more wiggle room, it gives us some time. We don't have to use it; like, you know, a lot of things will have 90 days or 120 days to make a decision on and we can make it in a lot less time. But sometimes we do need that extra time, and I don't see why we should tie our hands behind our backs. WATANABE: Okay. Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would agree. We've been pushed to the wall on a couple of issues lately; you know, where it takes awhile for the issue to come before us to be put on the agenda, we may have to have a West Hawaii meeting and an East Hawaii meeting. And I would say, what difference would one month make? It gives us a little more room to be able to make a decision and not have to make a rush decision. You know, if for one month we don't have a quorum and we have to take it on both sides of the island, then one month is not going to make a difference. And I would agree. WATANABE: Okay. Mr. Domingo. Anything to add? DOMINGO: I'll not fight it. WATANABE: Okay. DOMINGO: We are just advisory. We sit in an advisory capacity. Sometimes I get mixed up with my prior responsibility than responsibilities now, so You know, who knows, maybe Ms. Siracusa will be a Councilman by that time. WOODWARD: Should be a Councilwoman. DOMINGO: Councilwoman. WATANABE: Okay, then, we've had some discussion over this. Would anyone care to make a motion? WOODWARD: I would move that we accept the Planning Director's initiated - I don't have my glasses on, let me put them on - amendment to Chapter 2, Article 7, Hawaii Code 1983 9