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HAYASHI:Im sure well be able to accommodate that. Its up to the Commission how you want to proceed. I think just to expound on Mr. Vitouseks concern, if you were to go to a hearing officers route then the procurement process takes a little longer than necessary. I mean, we have to go and select a hearings officer, and they have to get those, the hearings officer through the procurement process, the paperwork and everything; and that probably takes about couple of months. From there we have to go into having the hearings officer schedule, meet with the parties, and try to set up the schedule. So, its up to the Commission what you want to do. But yeah, we can put it on the agenda. It could be a separate time allocated for, or separate day allocated for the contested case hearing for this- for this application. GALDONES:Ms. Copman. COPMAN:I dont know if I have the right to say something but Im kind of wondering why theres such an amazing amount of urgency on this. The school has already recruited,Ibelieve,75studentsfortheelementaryprogramthatsduetoopeninSeptember. They plan to erect portable buildings on their existing campus. So they are proceeding according to their plan to serve the families, and Im not sure why there is this tremendous rush to develop the pasture in such a hasty fashion without proper planning. I believe the parcel needs a Master Plan with a connection to the existing campuses, I said previously. So Im not really sure what the urgency is to rush this procedure forward. I dont really understand why it cant go through the normal avenues that it goes through. So, thats my point. I dont really understand why theres a rush because theyre going to have the kids in portable classrooms next year anyway. GALDONES:Thank you, Ms. Copman. Commissioner Springer. SPRINGER:Just for some clarification. The Hawaii County Planning Commission is duly constituted and authorized to hold contested case hearings. In the past when there have been particularly difficult hearings that have required a variety of legal counsel it has become the preferred practice by some of the Commissioners to out source. I dont think that whether we out source or not is necessarily a matter of responding to what might be perceived as Mr. Vitouseks urgency so just -. Its not abnormal for the -. COPMAN:Okay, thank you for clarifying -. SPRINGER:Youre welcome. COPMAN:Because just to me it doesnt seem as urgent, so -. GALDONES:Commissioner McCall. MCCALL:Yeah, Id like to speak to my motion. I feel it would be, in my mind, it would be in our best interest to have a hearings officer hear this- both this and the previous thing. I mean, the applicants may have a different opinion, but in my mind these 2 should be seen together. I too, feel, that this is- I dont understand exactly whats going on, but I think these guys are, they make me feel very uncomfortable. We have 2, seem to me, competing interests to do some of the same things. I know they are both saying that they are not competing, that 9