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SPRINGER:I think that Commissioner McCall was sayingthat he preferred outsourcing because in the pre-hearing meetings there might be an opportunity for a resolution of the issues before the respective parties. TORIGOE:If the Commission were to hear the contested case then the Chairperson or delegatee basically would function as the presiding officer and that presiding officer could call pre-hearing conferences and hold discussions that are germane to the contested case, which might include whether theres a possibility of settling things. VITOUSEK:Mr. Chairman, may I address the Commissioners question? GALDONES:Mr. Vitousek. VITOUSEK:Thank you. Madam Commissioner, in my personal experience, often negotiationsandcompromisestakeplacemorereadilywithshortdeadlinesratherthanlong deadlines, in other words, if theres a lot of delay involved that doesnt facilitate the process of the parties getting together and talking and trying to work things out. SPRINGER:Weve, oh, Mr. Chair. Weve heard from Commissioner McCall as the record will reflect. Im a proponent of the Planning Commission serving as hearings officers more often than not, except in the instance of deeply complex legal matters. So Id be interested in hearing from any other Commissioners, understanding that we do have a motion on the floor. GALDONES:Any further discussion- any further comments from the Commissioners before we take action on this motion. Mr. Fuke? FUKE:For the record, Sidney Fuke again representing the Parker Trust. Because our application has been kind of like banded around together with this current application, and I dont know what the protocol is, but if Im at liberty to just express what the Trusts position is on this whole notion, Mr. Chairman? GALDONES:Were still open for discussion. FUKE:You know with respect to having the consolidated hearing, I mean, if thats the Commissions wish, we would just respectfully request that, you know, provided that both parties can agree to a consolidated hearing. You know they are- we can understand that there are some overlapping issues probably from the community perspective, but they are yet some distinct issues that separate the Trust activity from the schools activity; and I think we still need to discuss that. But if you give us the option to decide on the consolidated hearing, then we can so inform the Commission or the staff at the appropriate time. GALDONES:Thank you. In that vein, Norman, is it inappropriate to have the same hearings officer selected, if we decide thats the route were going to go, the same hearings officer appointed for both hearings? Would that be a conflict? HAYASHI:No. 12