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DELANEY: My name is Jeffrey John Delaney and I’m a resident of Pahoa, Hawaii. And I’d just like to say that I support the Puna Community Development Plan in its entirety as is, and I also support the intent of the Kanaka Council amendment. And I would also like to mention that I would also support seeing the plan pass as an ordinance, not as a resolution. Once again, I’m just here to show my support for the plan and for the amendment. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. Mr. Medeiros. MEDEIROS: Aloha, Mr. Chairman and ladies and gentlemen of the Commission. Thank you. Thank you to the Sumidas who gave us this time. You want name and address? WATANABE: Yes, please. MEDEIROS: Jim Medeiros, Sr., Honaunau, PO Box 166, 96726. I’m here in support of the Puna Community Development Plan in its entirety; and I’m here to ask for your support in the amendment brought forward by us, because I know many of you through litigating many of these issues. And we’re coming forward right now, the Hawaiians are coming forward to participate in the government and participating on these issues that keep coming up that we keep end up litigating. And in the litigating stage as Ivan knows we always tie ‘em, the community gets divided, everything suffers from the economy all the way down to the Hawaiians and to the endangered things on the lands, whether it be plants, animals, sites. So supporting this amendment will help, I totally believe it will help stop a lot of the issues that’s going to keep coming up. If we don’t do something we’re going to keep on going the same route; and that’s eating all of us up, the County government and us, too, the people and the Hawaiians. So please take a good look at this amendment, support this amendment, so we can move forward together. Cause we’re the best who know our culture, we’re the best who know what’s going to get impacted, and we’re already quite up to speed on all the legal pieces of all this puzzle. So now if we could get involved I think we’ll save all of us a lot of time, and we can do a lot of good for our communities. WATANABE: Okay, thank you, Mr. Medeiros. Yes, Mr. Domingo. DOMINGO: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Medeiros, so I take it that you will also try to include this amendment in the Kona CDP? MEDEIROS: Yes, I think we need it all around. We need to be like continuity right around this island on the cultural issues and how we work together. I think this is really good for our island. DOMINGO: Okay. Kale, Mr. Gumapac, what I gather is that all the resolvents [sic], all the statements and policies made in the past in favor with regard to the Hawaiian culture and their practices, and all of that, would be a reference in the Puna Development EXHIBIT B 4