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DAVID:Aloha, Maile David, lineal descendant of Keakealaniwahine, Intervenor. GIFFIN:Thank you. And the woman to your left. DAVID:Oh, IÓm sorry, Karen Eoff. GIFFIN:Thank you. Mikahala? M. ROY:Mikahala Roy, representing Intervenor Klana Huli Honua. IÓm Executive Director. My father, David Roy, is president. GIFFIN:Thank you, thank you. Lester? ISHADO:Good morning. GIFFIN:Good morning. ISHADO:Lester Ishado, Deputy Corporation Counsel, attorney for the Planning Director; and with me is Planning Director, Christopher Yuen. GIFFIN:Thank you. Thank you very much. IÓm going to defer to Mr. Torigoe regarding the fact that the sixth witness for the Applicant is not here, Mr. Fielding Schultz. TORIGOE:Thank you, Madam Chair. At this point I believe itÓs in order for you to make a decision regarding whether the written testimony of Mr. Schultz will be received into evidence or whether it should be stricken. I believe the parties have stated their positions yesterday on the record. GIFFIN:I think itÓs a good time to review them, though, for the Starting with you, Maile, your position on this issue that the sixth witness for the Applicant, Mr. Fielding Schultz, is not here, although his written testimony is. DAVID:Thank you. As I said yesterday, since now we know that Mr. Vitousek is not going to be calling him, then I would question whether the records could be, his testimony, is now going to be received in the record. I do have a concern that the landscape, the subject of landscape has a lot to do with the impacts on this site, the adjoining sites. I didnÓt know how the legal or the procedural issues on that where you eliminate or youÓre not going to include a subject, that might have a lot to do in making decisions. GIFFIN:Are you referring to the ramifications then? DAVID:I guess I am. IÓm just, you know, wondering how that would affect the decision that is going to be made here, if without the landscaping, which I think the 3