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WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, I would just reiterate, to me, this doesn’t pass the smell test. It smells to me a lot like Shipman is protecting their interests and they don’t want a competitor, period. MOORE: That’s fine if you have that belief; but you still need to, I think, consider this from a planning perspective. WATANABE: Yes. And to that end, as you know, this is a continued matter and we did address some of the infrastructure adequacy issues which were also presented by Mr. Yeh and testified to by Mr. Walter. And that is not to say that we are disregarding any of those issues. It’s my understanding that those are some of the key issues that were being discussed during this five week or so period where the negotiations were on-going. As you indicated earlier you came very close. Maybe you can share with us if the infrastructure issues were a hold-up. MOORE: No. WATANABE: Did that create a bottleneck? MOORE: No. WATANABE: So, so does that imply that the applicant is willing to improve the infrastructure to the extent that Shipman is satisfied that it’s not a liability issue? MOORE: Well, if I may share, I don’t know. But I think yes, I can say yes, that that was not a problem. WATANABE: Maybe, maybe I see, thank you, Mr. Fuke. FUKE: Oh, okay. WATANABE: Maybe we can, again, -. FUKE: It’s really like in deference to -. WATANABE: Mr. Moore is pitch hitting so, you know -. FUKE: Yeah, I understand that. MOORE: Although, Mr. Watanabe, I have been involved with Mr. Yeh in this matter so it’s not like I’m coming in fresh. WATANABE: I’m not trying to diminish your capacity. MOORE: Yeah, so I am very familiar with the substance of what has been going on. FUKE: You know, like there were multiple issues and, you know, I don’t want to go into all of the issues. But specifically as it relates to the access and liability question that EXHIBIT A 12