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process is how do you deal with edge, how do you maintain with separation. Suzan Henderson stated they talked about this subject this morning with Roy Takemoto. Ken Melrose clarified and pointed out to the committee that Roy Takemoto (a former Executive Assistant under Mayor Kim and former Planning Deputy Director) worked closely with the KCDP Steering Committee through development process of the KCDP, along with Tracy Fukuda, Earl Matsukawa (Wilson Okamoto) and Nancy Pisicchio. Suzan Henderson: The whole issue of the edge, the way the model code is written is based on Transfer of Development Rights (TDR). In the State of Hawaii in general and on the Big Island in particular, that doesn't work. TDRs work on low density and very high land values. Hawaiian Homeland issues, there’s a high density permitted in urban areas by right. If get rezoned to mix-used (multi-family residential), there's not enough of a need for density for anybody to transfer ownership from one owner to the other. Where it will work to do actually transferring density within a single ownership to maintain an edge in Greenfield development that would work very well then the owner can put the density in the center. Take off the TDR terminology, it’s a legal entity, huge onus on the county for administration, setting up the legal mechanisms, huge expense. There are simpler ways to still achieve what you’re looking for. Mike Matsukawa commented since he will not be at session on Friday, how do you intend to convince the Public Works people who are set in their ways on the edge. Suzan Henderson Something that was done just recently in concert with a firm called DBZ who wrote the Model Code is for a small community in New Mexico called Taos who had us build them a Public Works manual for the Smart Code. Generic manual out there, public domain, if County of Hawaii is interested in calibrating to how it works, it would be a huge step forward. Ken Melrose asked about resource management. Suzan Henderson defined Resource Management as being a very generic term for all things that people have an interest in preserving, i.e. cultural, archeological, environmental, sustainability issues all fall under resource management. Then ask people concerned with issues to help with calibration specifically regards to list of civic spaces in the model code which likely is incomplete along with other historical gathering places not in model code to be included. Economic Development meeting is another very generic term of local business owners, local development community. Business owners in particularly who are concerned with things like parking, location, sight, block widths, what affects retail and offices. Tonight, Hazel Borris is going to walk us through a series of images, what's good, what's bad then vote. Panel discussion on feedback and all data will go into calibration. Tomorrow night, after all data gathered in first 2 days, will give summary table at 6:00 p.m. Thursday our first cut interpreting on what you told us then 30 min presentation and then open house to discuss further. Suzan Henderson then went over talk story schedule. Ken Melrose asked what are the outcomes after the process. Suzan Henderson replied at that point there will be a final pinup on work in progress and physical plans at a 1 to 200 scale. This is a illustrative plan that has no regulatory guidance and may change dramatically. It will show roof tops of all buildings, all parking, street trees, which will be real pretty and could use for marketing. The regulating plan shows pedestrian sheds, required mandatory