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GALDONES:Thank you. Mr. Torigoe? TORIGOE:Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Having heard the objection, I think we do need to proceed with a little bit of caution since there was a formal objection raised with respect to Mr. Loves participation. Now he is basically commissioned to provide the Commission with a report and proposed findings, which he has done. And I think, as Ms. Song had stated, the rules seem to indicate that the parties should have an opportunity to respond to the report. And I do feel a little bit uncomfortable with, you know, with just kind of opening the floor to allow Mr. Love to make further comments, and that may be in rebuttal or that may tend to support some of his conclusions. So, you know, I feel a little uncomfortable with just opening the floor for Mr. Love to further comment on his proposed findings and report. So Im not sure exactly what, at this point, were asking Mr. Love to do. I suppose if he justwantstopresentthedocumenttoyouandseeifyouhaveanyparticularquestions about that authenticity of it, thats not a problem. But I would feel a little concerned about going, you know, allowing him to make excessive commentary on the substance. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Torigoe. Commissioners and counsel present here, this is my instructions to the Commissioners as to the procedure, how we will be proceeding on this matter, and Ill open it up for discussion so we all can be on the same page how we will be proceeding. The Commissioners have received three sets of Conclusions of, Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law, and Hearing Officers Recommendation. We have received Mr. Colins; we have received, representing the Department, Ms. Leithead-Todds; and, also, we have received from the Applicants, Ms. Songs. So those are the three sets of Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Hearing Officers Recommendation. These have been submitted to the Commissioners for your review and, today, we will be making a decision on those. In terms of procedure, we will be, I will be entertaining to accept Mr. Loves Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Hearing Officers Recommendations; and if the Commissioners have any questions for clarification purposes, now, we will be directing it to the maker, which is Mr. Love. Then we also will be giving the same opportunity to, for you to question the Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Hearings Officer recommendation from Ms. Leithead- Todd and, also, from Ms. Song. This is for the purposes of clarification and not for further rebuttal. That is how we will be proceeding. However, theres a little twist in this because of what Norman had mentioned, is that the, was that, the 15-day period in which they have a chance for rebuttal. HAYASHI:Yes. The deadline to file exception was today from the, that was 15 days from the date that the Hearing Officer filed his report with the department or to the Planning Commission. 5