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GIFFIN:Great! Mr. Torigoe. TORIGOE:Yes, thank you, Madam Chair, I just want to clarify -. I just talked to Staff. And what we will be doing though is to make, give the parties an opportunity just to inform the panel while we're on site of exactly where they are in relation, you know, to some of the sites, and that will, notes will be taken on that. So we'll have a recorded, you know, document regarding that. GIFFIN:Okay. Any other comments, Commissioners? Okay, hearing none. There was a scheduling question that I wanted to talk about. Maile David's correspondence on th March 20, the last paragraph, "For scheduling purposes, please be advised that the two thth witnesses from O`ahu have scheduling conflicts on March 25 and March 28, and I am also waiting to hear from the Mayor's office as to his availability on those dates. Thank you for your consideration." Maile, maybe it might be appropriate for you to go ahead and expound on this last paragraph, and then we'll take it up. DAVID:Thank you. Two of my witnesses, which is Vicky Takamine and David Forman, both cannot make the hearing today or Friday. I have contacted them and advised them that following today's hearing I would have a better idea as to when a next available date would be, considering how fast this hearing process takes. As far as Mayor Kim, I understand that he is, his schedule is very, very busy, understandably; and I would be willing to accommodate his schedule if he would like to testify or agrees to testify via phone conference. GIFFIN:Lester. ISHADO:Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Just for the record, I have parties and the parties have no objections to testimony by phone. We just need to notify the Mayor of the date. And I guess that will depend partly on Maile date, or when that hearing date is going to be. But I appreciate the courtesy extended to the County in this matter, because the Mayor is tied up in a lot of serious matters right now, not to say that this isn't a very serious matter, also. Also, Mr. Vitousek has graciously stated that Pat Engelhard from Parks and Recreation need not attend today. GIFFIN:Louder, please. ISHADO:Need not attend today. Basically, I represented to Mr. Vitousek that, you know, Ms. Engelhard does not know anything about sale negotiations or anything like that. And I guess you, Mr. Vitousek is going to wait until the end of the day before making another decision. So the subpoena is left open. That is the representation I made to Mr. Vitousek. And so, I guess, once the panel decides on the new, well, if they need a new third day, you know, I'll call the Mayor's office and make sure that's okay. 17