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Hawaii County Council - 2 December 18, 2002 I thank you for your consideration. I, especially. thank the Mayor and his people for a significant amount of work and aloha. Thank you. ACTING CHR. TYLER: Okay. Are there any questions or comments for Mr. Soon? Yes, Mr. Elarionoff. MR. ELARIONOFF: Mr. Soon-- MR. SOON: Yes? MR. ELARIONOFF: You mentioned "90%of the way What is "90% of the way"? MR. SOON: What is 90—well, if you'll note on—I think it's Section 7—and 90% is clearly an approximation. There are a number of areas that we've agreed to continue to talk about that we were not, yet, settled on. One—the first being establishing some type of new County zoning for farming and pastoral activities: developing infrastructure standards that are adequate to the—to servicing more rural areas and not necessarily at—at urban level standards; working on processes for exchanging information, testimony, etcetera. And, in that way,just being more on top of what each other is doing, so we can work together. And, finally, on developing a process or better processes to reduce the likelihood of'property tax delinquencies in the future. MR. ELARIONOFF: Okay. And had this conversation level taken place only on the top or all the way down to the bottom whereou're talkingabout people that p p are involved---also are aware of it? MR. SOON: We held jointly meetings in the community—three large ones—one in Kona, one in Waimea,and one in Hilo. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands also held meetings on the homesteads—and a very informative meeting from my perspective—with the leadership of all the homestead areas in Hilo. We've heard from people from the bottom to the top. And, yes, there were public meetings. I'm not sure if the County did—did more meetings beyond what we did. I do know that the Mayor extended himself to talk to a lot of people individually. I don't know if they were at any other meetings. MR. ELARIONOFF: And my very last question— MR. SOON: Sure. Page 43