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Merit Appeals Board <br />CHR. NAHUINA: Okay. <br />MR. BRILHANTE: But, just to touch on it—it hadn't been lost. <br />CHR. NAHUINA: Okay. <br />MR. BRILHANTE: Two <br />CHR. NAHUINA: And that's more of a question. <br />May 9, 2018 <br />MR. BRILHANTE: Yeah. No—two weeks ago I met with Karen Teshima from HMSA and <br />she's the lead liaison here for the Blue Zones Project, County of Hawaii. So, following a <br />meeting she had with Mayor Kim, she went with then met with me and we decided we were <br />going to work together. We're going to make the County one of the employee -sponsored <br />programs that are there who will be in compliance with Blue Zone aCounty-wide. <br />Right now, what we have with the County is we have individual departments who've committed <br />to Blue Zone Projects Planning Department and the Prosecutors. So, we're going to implement <br />a County -wide program—Blue Zone compliance. And the way we see it is—it's low hanging <br />fruit <br />CHR. NAHUINA: Yeah. <br />MR. BRILHANTE: —from my perspective it is. If our mindset is going to be—County <br />workers, you're valued employees and we care about you, and we care about our family your <br />families. How better than to say, "Okay, this is the program we're supporting. Here's a regimen <br />where it tells you what type of exercise will be helpful. What type of dietary needs and things <br />you should be considering when you plan your meals"—and all that type of support service. <br />One of the things I noticed with the Planning Department is the their employ they regularly <br />have employee walking groups. So, like, maybe two or three times a day we'll see a group of, <br />maybe, five or six Planning Department employees. They'll walk around the building, like, three <br />or four times—not just 10-15 minutes. But, if you do that three times a day, it's all of a <br />sudden—its 45 minutes. <br />CHR. NAHUINA: Yes. <br />MR. BRILHANTE: And that's just something that—when you look at the workday for a County <br />employee—if you're going to—say 15 minutes in the morning that's a normal break you get <br />45 -minutes or an hour for lunch that's a normal break. And then you get your afternoon break. <br />So, when I say it's low hanging fruit, it doesn't cost the County anything. <br />CHR. NAHUINA: Yeah. <br />Page 13 <br />