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Mr. Adams: We never went into closed hearing. <br /> Mr. Yoshimoto: We never went into closed hearing but you said the room was clear <br /> but I want to make sure for the record. <br /> Mr. Adams: You can't just say it...we have to vote on it. <br /> Mr. Yoshimoto: So the records clear it was in public so... <br /> Mr. Goodenow: But Nancy Cook-Lauer did leave the room. Okay we're going into <br /> open session that we never left. <br /> Mr. Adams: We want to make sure that she knows we're still in open. She <br /> might be doing something else. I don't know...just in case. She <br /> left at that specific time. <br /> c. Petition No. 2016-11: Review of draft informal advisory opinion regarding <br /> the petition from Susan Akiyama, to determine whether there would be any <br /> conflict of interest with an employee whose father is the owner of a <br /> construction business who is on the list that does work for the Office of <br /> Housing & Community Development. <br /> Mr. Robinson: Motion to approve. <br /> Ms. Kalele: I'll second. <br /> Mr. Goodenow: Alright it's been moved and seconded to approve the draft informal <br /> advisory opinion 2016-11. Discussion? <br /> Mr. Adams: I will be voting to approve this opinion, but I would just like to <br /> make a signing declaration. I have no issue with the lack of a <br /> conflict of interest regarding the limited involvement of the <br /> petitioner. I would just like to clarify that we are not <br /> necessarily...that we're not necessarily making a statement that all <br /> agencies that we give Carte Blanc to all agencies in the County to <br /> come up with lists for members of the public to use. In this <br /> particular case it was a list that was provided to for the RERP <br /> program. So even though we identified it's appropriate for the list <br /> to be provided...we had some conversation about that and what <br /> that list should indicate in terms of there being no endorsement by <br /> the County of any of the entities on that list...that it's done simply <br /> as a public service for members of the public and that in the future <br /> this is a non-precedent in my view a non-precedent setting opinion <br /> regarding that particular portion of this opinion. <br /> 18 <br />