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E. MATSUKAWA: Thank you, Ken. Again, all this planning is for naught if the plan isn’t implemented; so I just want to cover some of the features of the Plan to insure its implementation. The CDP calls for programs such as the Design Center, the open space network, and the road, village redevelopment planning, also calls for capital improvement projects including infrastructure, public facility improvements – all of these are going to cost money. The financing plan, which is called for in the CDP will identify alternative funding sources for the programs and projects. Also, we should note here that with a help of contingency funds from Council Members Ford and Pilago, a contract has been prepared to engage a financing consultant to prepare a funding analysis of the CDP. And I think this will go a long way in terms of developing a financing plan; and it’s already being moving along. The Implementation Committee is a community-based organization; it is the official advocate of the Kona CDP. Its job is to make sure that the CDP is implemented in a timely and appropriate manner. It is composed of members from Kona, and will partner with the County and interface and involve the community. The implementation matrix – all of the actions that Ken went through, each of the sections that Ken went through, we have the objectives of policies, we have specific actions that are listed – this matrix just gathers all of these up, and identifies the agencies or entities responsible for implementing actions, and also puts the timeline on it. And it’ll also serve as a checklist for the Implementation Committee to see that these things are done. The performance indicators – it takes an annual pulse of where the community is at; it’s not like the implementation matrix that says what you have done, but it assesses some measurable changes that have occurred in the community to make sure if we are headed into the right direction or standing still or moving backwards. Okay, there are some things that the Plan just by its adoption will implement. It’ll adopt the official transportation network map, which identifies the transit routes and such that Ken mentioned. It also adopts the official land use map. It adopts the official concurrency map, which identifies which types of road improvements need to be put in with various developments in any of the 23 zones within the urban district. It also adopts the official public facilities map; and any public facility that’s going to be funded needs to be on this map in order to receive funding. There’re a number of amendments to the County Codes including the Zoning Code, and this will be necessary for the TODs and the TNDs that Ken mentioned. There are some automatic revisions of the Subdivision Code to put in the connectivity requirements as part of the Subdivision Code. And there will be changes in the park dedication code as well as the affordable housing Chapter 11. Again, these amendments are overlays on the existing County Code, and apply only to the North and South Kona Districts through the CDP. It also protects the current land owner entitlements. There is like an it-starts-here; so if you already have it, you’re not going to lose your entitlements. Next steps after Council adoption – it should set up the Kona CDP Implementation Committee, the Design Center, and develop the financing plan, as I just mentioned. It also mobilize community actions in partnership – these are things that Ken mentioned like the Cultural Resources Committee, the Kona Housing Non-Profit, the Kona Treasures Fund, and the Kona Housing Trust Fund. EXHIBIT B 7