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Kona in order to provide an amendment to the Puna CDP. First off, the Kanaka Council supports the Puna CDP in form, and that we would like to add to the Puna CDP an amendment that I think is being passed to you, that the Kanaka Council met and put together this amendment so that we could try, well, in the Puna CDP it refers a lot to Hawaiian Resources, the culture, the tradition, the customs. And at that time what I testified to was that the Hawaiian or the Kanaka presence was missing from the Puna CDP. And so we put together this proposal, this amendment that states and provides in the opening paragraph, it lays the foundation. It provides all of the constitution laws, the Supreme Court decisions, the HRS Statutes that provides for the Kanaka to be inclusive in all of these decisions, especially with some of the Supreme Court cases that came before us with Palikapu Dedman, with Wao Kele O Puna, and the access and the protection of the resources, and with Kohana‘iki that was won by Angel Pilago, as well as the Ka Pa‘akai case, and also with Jimmy Medeiros in his law suit that he brought on with Hokulia. And so we laid the foundation in this amendment to make sure that this gives us our right to have the input, and also gives the direction into the protection of the cultural resources from mauka to makai as well as all of the traditions and customs. And you will see in this amendment all of the things that we have put forth; and we made it to form to fit into the Puna CDP. And so I look forward to your approval of this amendment. Mahalo. WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any questions for Mr. Kale? No? Okay, then, thank you, Kale. Nohea? CRUTCHER: Hi. My name is Luela Nohea Chang Crutcher. I’m a resident of the Wa‘awa‘a area. WATANABE: Could you speak into the mike, Ma’am. CRUTCHER: My name is Lela Nohea Chang Crutcher. I’m a resident of Wa‘awa‘a and my post office box is 928 in Pahoa. I support the recommendation that this amendment be added, the reason being that I think it adds more clarity to what has already been stated in a very well written CDP. The accountability to me is very important. What I see missing in government today is accountability. Things get done, areas get graded out; and this adds some accountability. It’s asking for a Commission. It’s asking for a Commission. And I support that the Commission be put in place so that there is some accountability that things get protected. It’s nice to state that we want protection, but we want to see accountability regarding that protection. Thank you. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. It doesn’t seem like anyone has any questions, so -. Your name was Jeff? DELANEY: Yes, Jeff. WATANABE: Yes, right. Name and address, please. EXHIBIT B 3