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GIFFIN: Fine. I was just waiting for you to introduce the agenda item. WATANABE: Yeah, okay. I did introduce Parker School. But before we get into the crux of the matter, maybe we can talk about the potential conflicts of interest and explain all those things. And as I understand, you plan to recuse yourself GIFFIN: Upon the request of our corporation counsel, I, Geraldine Giffin, do here by recuse myself from participating in this agenda item. I should say that I do this with much regret; however, I am bowing to the recommendation of our corporation counsel. WATANABE: Okay. And because HawaiÒi is such a small community, and Waimea in particular is such a small community, IÓm sure thereÓs potential for some misunderstandings. And with that, IÓm going to ask Mr. Beaudet to explain the process he has gone through to determine whether he would need to recuse himself or not. And with that, Mr. Beaudet? BEAUDET: Good morning. For those of you who may not be aware I am an employee of Parker Ranch under the company title of Parker Ranch, Inc. The applicant, Parker School, is a benefactor of Parker School Trust of which is a beneficiary of the Parker Ranch Foundation Trust. So through inquiry itÓs been determined that there isnÓt -. WATANABE: Conflict of interest? BEAUDET: There isnÓt a conflict of interest for me to sit on thi therefore I -. WATANABE: Choose to participate. BEAUDET: Yeah. WATANABE: Okay. ItÓs my understanding, Mr. Gonzalez, that you also took a close look at this and you have an opinion on that? GONZALEZ: Yes. And it was my recommendation to Commissioner Beaudet that there was no apparent conflict of interest; so if he wanted to participate on Item No. 1, he could. WATANABE: Okay. With that then Î we have a number of other Commissioners here Î for the record, is there anyone who feels otherwise? If you feel otherwise, please voice your opinion now. No? So we are all good with this then? WeÓve taken care of the potential conflict of interest on that? Okay, very good then. Before I forget, because, you know, this agenda item may potentially prove to be a controversial one in spite of the fact that the expansion of the school is included within the CDP, and so I want to remind you audience at this point in time that we will be taking public testimony; however, I would, the Commission would very much appreciate it if your testimony would be limited to three minutes, that you organize your thoughts. And please donÓt be overly redundant. I think the Commission can fully appreciate probably the two major concerns in this issue, one of which is traffic, IÓm sure, and the other which is education, yeah? So with that in mind, think about it as we proceed through this and go EXHIBIT A 2