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HUSTACE: Commissioner, Lui? <br /> LUL I just wondered if we might hear from Pat Nakamoto to let us know king of how <br /> this was done last time because I'm still quite confused as to how we're supposed to get <br /> to the place where we need to go. `Cause I agree with you, Commissioner Lopez, I don't <br /> know your District for example so I can't comment on whatever you propose. So, I think <br /> there is going to have to be some horse-trading. <br /> HUSTACE: Thank you, Ms. Nakamoto. <br /> NAKAMOTO: Hi. Pat Nakamoto, Elections Program Administrator. Okay, bear with me, <br /> this was ten years ago, and my recollection is probably very, very fuzzy. What I recall <br /> and taking into the consideration, the timeframe we're working in is an entirely different <br /> timeframe than what we worked in in the past. I recall going to public hearings because at <br /> that time there were alternate plans submitted and they were available. I remember and <br /> we weren't we used the ESRI software, but everything wasn't done virtually. We <br /> weren't under this COVID condition that we are now. I recall taking plans out to these <br /> public hearings and people who attended the public hearings could view these plans. <br /> Then it got down to where, the Commissioners narrowed down the plans. They looked at <br /> all the different plans and they said, okay no we're not going to use these plans. And they <br /> narrowed it down to a couple of plans, maybe two or three, that they could work with, <br /> and they could adjust the lines. And then after that they had, I think it was after the two <br /> meetings in Hilo and Kona, they narrowed it down further to one plan that they did some <br /> tweaks on and they did it in a public setting, as I recall. They did the tweaks, they put in <br /> their comments and worked on the plan until they were satisfied with it and that was the <br /> plan that was submitted. So, that's sort of how I recall the process taking place. <br /> LUL Well, given that the deadline was today, right, for the public to submit plans. Is that <br /> correct? <br /> NAKAMOTO: Yes, today was the deadline for the alternate plan. <br /> LUL So, there's only one, Brenda Ford's. <br /> NAKAMOTO: No, there's two. <br /> LUL Two, one other one. So, we don't have,perhaps, as many different plans to look at <br /> as the last Commission. Is that—do you think that's true? <br /> NAKAMOTO: Yes, I think that's true. <br /> LUL So, we got those two. And then we've got ones that we're all working on, but I <br /> know I feel very flexible. It's not like I'm ready to submit a plan. I think I accidentally hit <br /> 22 <br />