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YUEN: I did want to recognize that we have some other members of the Steering Committee in the audience today, and I wanted to mention their names. We had Ken Melrose and Mike Matsukawa come up earlier. The Steering Committee, they did put a tremendous amount of work, far more than anybody could have expected. We call them the Steering Committee – you also ended up doing a lot of paddling and heavy lifting, and not just steering. So, Janice Palma-Glennie is sitting at the testifying table; we also have Marni Herkes, Curtis Tyler, Chrys Yamasaki, and I think Ed Rapoza was here earlier – oh, I think he still is. Did I miss anybody of the Steering Committee? Anyway, I want to express a lot of thanks to all of them. And then since this question has come up a couple of times, and I don’t mind answering. The Transit Oriented Developments are shown as circles; certainly the circle is conceptual. We are not going to build these ideal communities that are in some kind of circular form. Every time you come in, there is going to be issues of terrain, landownership and alike. Most of them are on areas that are currently zoned Agricultural 5-acre; they are State Land Use Agricultural District. There are areas that the Plan supports becoming urban areas. When they come in for zoning and State Land Use boundary amendments, we would expect – and most of them are in large ownerships – we would expect that they come in with a master plan that conforms to the philosophy and the style of the development called for in the Community Development Plan – a central core around the transit stop with a walkable community surrounding that. And that’s the basic point of the Transit Oriented Developments, and this will be enforced through the zoning of it. But as I said, you know, they will -, when you get down -, they are not master planned in the Community Development Plan; they are laid out as concepts. But the concept would have to be fleshed out in the process of zoning the site. GREENWELL: Thank you. RHO: Okay. If we can move onto Bill Brooks. BROOKS: Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Fellow Commissioners. I also would like to echo the acknowledgement and gratitude that I have personally for all of those who made this happen, especially the leadership of Nancy, Roy, Ken and the assistants with Earl and especially the Steering Committee. Just going to the meetings that I went to – and I know how busy I am and how special my time is – and I know that those people put a lot of time into this, and I’m very grateful for it. I want to -, as a resident of Kona for 35 years now with two children that I cherish and care a lot about having here for the rest of my life – my primary motivation for going to the meetings and being involved – with that being said, I can’t tell you how much aloha and appreciation and respect I have for the Roy family, and Mikahala and her entire family have been very special to me over the years. And I share a lot of her concerns; however, I too made a very sincere effort to get more people out to the meetings. And I think Chairman (sic) Woodward summed it up very adequately when he said you can’t make people, you know, go and get involved and participate. I also would like to echo Jimmy’s concerns and what have you, and I’m really happy to hear Chris saying what he’s saying about the idea of being some flexibility and taking everything with EXHIBIT B 24