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30 days is ample, uh, 60 days is ample time for us to make the decision; yes, we support the community. And then, you know, with that thought in mind and with respect to the community’s efforts and their goal, I say, let’s go with the 60 days, act on it as soon as possible in sending up to the Council. And I would feel in my mind that I’m honoring all the work and the efforts that they put into it, and you know, I’m respecting their decision. I don’t want to change it; I respect because you know, that’s the bottom line with community involvement. Let us have community plan their destiny. And that’s what’s going to come up to us; what the community really wants. I cannot foresee anyone of us drastically making changes to it because in my mind I feel that we are obligated to yield to their desires. WATANABE: Thank you. Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, I would like to make one comment. And that is these Community Development programs, the ones that have been in progress now are not even in a final draft form, but they have already directed the Planning Commission; we pay attention to what they had to say even though it’s not in their final form. The County Council pays attention to it. In point of fact, these things will not become part of the General Plan until 2015. So if a community puts out a Community Development Plan, that is going to guide the Planning Commission, it’s going to guide the County Council. And whether or not it has our final seal of approval, as I say, even if the County Council acts on it one way or another, it will not become ordinance until 2015. So I don’t think it makes a difference if we take two months or three months to put our stamp of approval on it because just the fact that the community has developed it – and I can tell you, having been a part of this body now for a year – we have paid attention to what they have put out in Kohala, for example, even though it’s not even in a final draft form at this point. So the fact that the community is doing it is guiding the government. It’s not going to be enacted in ordinance as part of the General Plan until 2015. So I think the matter of whether it takes us two or three months to put our stamp of approval on it, probably it doesn’t make much difference. WATANABE: Thank you. Mr. Alameda. ALAMEDA: Yeah, just a word of caution. I think we’ve got to be careful in assuming that the Community Development Plan represents everybody from the community. I’ve participated in many facilitation groups with the community, and we go quick too, and so you get about 15, 20 participants. We’ve got to be real cautious in saying that this Plan from these representatives from the community represents the whole community, and therefore we should just buy into everything that is in this document. Most of the people right now participating in these Community Development Plans are people who get time, cause maybe, you know, maybe that they don’t work, older adults. Right? So it misses various segments of our population: the low, poor income, ethnic minorities. So we’ve got to be real cautious in suggesting that this Plan represents the viewpoints of the entire community, for some communities. Some communities, more diverse than others; some communities, they’ve really captured a good representative sample of that community, so maybe it reflects. But I like the idea of having the option to scrutinize even that Plan because I know plenty of people who’d like to participate in the Plan, no can, because of time constraint, kids, whatever. So we’ve just got to be careful, yeah? WATANABE: Thank you. I haven’t heard from you yet, Lani. EXHIBIT B 11