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a 5-year action plan. And when the plan was actually created it was the first plan that had been developed in almost 30 years. A lot of our community plans have occurred over the past, but a lot of them also sat on the shelf. There are many lessons learned about how do you move forward with an action plan. And as time passes, of course, there’s new information. And conditions change in the community so it’s an evolving plan. The Five-Year Action Plan Update - if I may briefly just describe the three parts. There’s Part 1 which is a timeline and overview of the Action Plan; two is the actual Action Plan Update; and three is a reflection section about VisionKeepers and an outline for the next steps. So what’s new in the Action Plan that we have? There are new columns. One of the key portions to the Action Plan is that it does identify lead solution partners. We have sustainability measures, we describe the actions as types, and we have project start and status. There are also colored icons to differentiate between the focus area and a new column to differentiate when an action has started and whether it has been completed. There is also a link to second pages that when this plan is put on line you’ll be able to see updates. So this is a visual rendering of the plan itself. It has a focus area topic, it has strategies, and has individual actions and columns to differentiate status. So the content and the changes that are before you basically have been including some grammatical corrections. Over the last five years we’ve worked with lead solution partners, and we’ve had their input, and we’ve incorporated a lot of their suggestions. There are also new strategies because with time, you know, things change. A lot of new ideas that weren’t thought of back then have now been included in the plan; and there are also new actions. And community involvement was a major component of the constant changes, a lot of the ideas and revisions were presented at each stage during the process. Criteria for inclusion is we always met with community groups, such as lead solution partners; and they have been identified in the plan as people who will carry forth the plan. So as you can see community involvement formed the foundation for the changes and additions. ALEXANDER: I’m going to speak briefly now about that community involvement process. The VisionKeepers formed in January 2006 as a volunteer implementation committee. Their mission is to energize, guide, inspire and strengthen partnerships within the community to implement the plan. Over a five-year period they held 47 meetings and contributed to EDH 2025 in a variety of important ways. In partnership with the County of Hawai‘i Planning Department, the VisionKeepers produced two progress reports which provide updates on the implementation process. They produced an implementation guide which says there are advice and lessons learned from other committees that are overseeing implementation of a community plan. They co-hosted two town meetings and they participated in a number of public events, as well as they gave presentations to community groups to promote implementation of the plan. And they also helped to coordinate the sustainable design assessment team program, which was a program awarded to Downtown Hilo by the American Institute of Architects in 2009. At present in recognition of the current economic challenges, the VisionKeepers are evolving from a committee model to a network model. We are in the process of reconnecting with past members to establish a VisionKeeper’s network, which will no longer meet monthly but rather will communicate primarily by email as needed. 3 EXHIBIT A