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SALAVEA:So if, and my question is if one party chooses to bring legal <br />counsel, then it wouldn€t be, that wouldn€t be possible? <br />TORIGOE:Well, counsel itself would not necessitate, you know, a really <br />formal procedure. Counsel can also be part of that agreement. <br />SPRINGER:Commissioner Watanabe? <br />WATANABE:Well, but I think he brings up a good point because, you know, <br />we€ve now granted standing to the people in Oregon and yet we don€t know whether they <br />would agree to a lower standard. So we would have to actually wait for that, then, <br />decision or -? <br />TORIGOE:Right.Well,atthispointwe€renotreallyatthepointofsettingout <br />what the procedure will be. At this point we€re just trying to decide whether you€re <br />going to take it as a Commission as a whole or if you€re going to farm it out to a hearings <br />officer. <br />WATANABE:I understand. But, I guess, what I€m getting at is if they€re going <br />to agree to something that is simplified, then we might be more apt to hear it on our own. <br />But, if not, then I€m not sure that we qualify even, even if we wanted to hear it on our <br />own. <br />TORIGOE:No, you would. <br />WATANABE:We would be? <br />TORIGOE:Yeah, you would be. Yeah, the Commission has heard Contested <br />Case Hearings in the past and, you know, the Planning Director and myself would help <br />the Chairperson -. <br />WATANABE:Guide us through? <br />TORIGOE:Yeah. <br />WATANABE:Oh, okay, okay, because -. <br />SPRINGER:Mr. Torigoe, from a process standpoint, in the pre-trial meetings, <br />who would represent the Planning Commission? <br />TORIGOE:If there€s necessity for the Planning Commission to represent, I <br />would do that. <br />SPRINGER:Thank you. In case the Commissioners were wondering if we had <br />to come together as a body to participate in the pre-trial meetings? <br />30 <br /> <br />