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RAY: At some point, we certainly want to get them in the loop as far as - GOLDSTEIN: I was hoping that they would be here today too. RAY: Rodney, do you have anything to - NAKANO: I did discuss this specific issue with the Chairman of the Board of Appeals and I was instructed to inform the Charter Commission that the Board of Appeals expresses some reservation and would desire some discussion with the Administration in terms of this particular concept. Not having had an opportunity to review this, at this point in time, they just want to express that they had some reservations. RAY: We'll make sure we afford them that opportunity. Any more questions? Gary. YOSHIYAMA: 1 have a question for Rodney. Are you speaking about this whole thing or just about this Roman numeral 2 that Virginia was talking about, Board of Appeals being administratively assigned to Public Works? Are we referring to one stop shopping also, the concept, as you are conveying this message to us from the Chair? RAY: In regard to the Board of Appeals input, are you asking him as an NAKANO: I think the Board of Appeals, in addition to being administratively assigned to the Department of Public Works, perhaps has some reservations as to their duties and responsibilities as it relates to the transfer of these authorities. Aside from having this concept, exactly what is being transferred in terms of duties and responsibilities, is not quite that clear. At the present time, according to the Charter, the Board is the entity in which decisions that the Chief Engineer makes and decisions that the Planning Director makes is heard. I think, under that broad umbrella, not having some firmer idea as to what will be involved in the transfer, whether or not the appeals process effecting decisions of the Planning Director, whether they have any thoughts on that. RAY: Roland, you, have a question? HIGASHI: Getting back to that idea of having it tied to Corporation Counsel you said didn't fly, what happened? Corp Counsel thought it was a bad idea or the Mayor thought it was a bad idea? GOLDSTEIN: They felt, in some respects, that their department would also be 20