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FUJIKAWA:Any other questions? Graham? GRAHAM:I was just wondering, just looking ahead, you know, if youre accepted as an intervening party and you spoke of your kind of usual, neutral role as just as a communicator and all, how will you exercise your role as an intervenor in this manner? MCGANN:Well, we were concerned about that. And one of the things that we did was we took a poll, and the polling place basically was the Puako Store, where we asked community members whether they were opposed or in favor of this development and whether they were opposed or in favor of the Puako Community Association raising money, spending monies and taking a position in this. And we have only positive responses to the issue of should the Puako Community Association raise money and take a formal position on this particular issue. And so, you know, what we tried to do is say wedontknowwhetherthecommunityreallywantsustogetinvolvedhereandallofthe information that weve got from the community is that the community very much wants a central organization to represent the whole community in dealing with this particular issue, if that is responsive to your question. GRAHAM:Its probably appropriately a response at this point of time, so thank you. FUJIKAWA:Any other questions, Commissioners? If not, Corp. Counsel, you want to say something? OTOOLE:Yes, I wanted to say something about Dr. Addarios filing. I think were going to proceed now to ask that the petitioner his position on each of the th interventions. But as staff stated that June 11 would have been the day to file and thth June 11 was a holiday. So, I guess, the issue is do you go to the 10 or you give them a th break and go to the 14. Your rule on computation of time talks about not counting a holiday or if something falls on a Sunday to go to the Monday, but thats in counting forward. It doesnt say anything about counting backward. But I think it is not clear that thth it is late if you say that he should have filed on the 11, but the 11 was a holiday so he filed it on the next day when the office was open. And, so, I bring that up now so that Mr. Vitousek and Mr. Matsukawa canaddress that in terms of that particular petition. FUJIKAWA:Mr. Matsukawa and Mr. Vitousek, is it clear? Any questions with the Corp. Counsel? VITOUSEK:Was the petition delivered or mailed? OTOOLE:I believe it was, well, Ill ask staff. I just was told that it was file- stamped on that day. FUJIKAWA:Commissioners,anyquestionswiththeCorp.Counselonthis matter? If not, Mr. Vitousek, you want to go ahead? 9