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BOWMAN: I just would like a point of clarification. So we are not reopening the <br />hearing? <br />WATANABE: We are -. <br />BOWMAN: Or we don’t know yet. <br />WATANABE: The intent is to reopen the hearing with the limited purpose of introducing <br />these two letters, the correspondence. It is not the intent to reopen the discussions because, as <br />Mr. Lim pointed out, you know, and we are just an advisory to the Council with regard to zoning <br />and the Council has pretty much stated their position, so -. <br />BOWMAN: But we will discuss these newly submitted documents, if we reopen the <br />hearing. That will be -. <br />WATANABE: It will be part of the record, and we could deliberate over it. I’m not sure <br />how fruitful that would be, though. <br />BOWMAN: Okay. I mean, I’m just -, you know, to get something 5 minutes ago and <br />not be able to look at it is a little difficult as far as I’m concerned. <br />WATANABE: Mr. Iwashita. <br />IWASHITA: I just -, procedurally, the reopening is just for these documents is my <br />understanding, and that there is no other -, for other purposes the hearing is closed. And what’s <br />left is for us to have a motion and have discussion on the motion and vote on the motion. <br />WATANABE: That was my intent, and I believe that was also Mr. Lim’s intent. But you <br />know, I was also advised by Counsel that once you introduce it and if you really want to discuss <br />it, you could deliberate over it, but -. <br />IWASHITA: But we are not reopening the hearing for discussion; we are just reopening <br />it for the purpose of submitting on the record. If on a motion there is going to be comments <br />about what has been submitted, that’s going to be allowed, right, because we are able to explain <br />our rationale. And if we want to make a comment on it, we are not prohibited from doing that, <br />even though the hearing is not reopened, right, just for purposes of explaining our votes. <br />WATANABE: Yeah. Is it clear? Clear as mud now? Okay. Yes, Mr. Woodward. <br />WOODWARD: Well, if we are in a comment and discussion mode now -, is that where we <br />are? Or we have to do something else first? <br />WATANABE: We’d have to officially reopen it, and I guess, you know, if you are <br />mentioning comment and discussion mode -. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />8 <br /> <br />