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And I see that Kona has gone even further than that and they have several number of pages attributed to the emphasis of its importance and the structure and how it will be addressed. And I see that in regards to the Kona Cultural Resource Committee section it says the County of Hawaii shall create the Kona Cultural Resource Committee and they shall assist in the implementation of the Kona CDP’s goals, policies and actions of Kona along with the General Plan. Now this Committee will be made up of Kona residents, yeah. It says specifically made up of Kona residents; and some of the duties of the KCRC shall include the following items; and it goes one through five, and on and on. You know, could there be some indication that the Cultural Committee could consists of members of the Kanaka Council? And when I say that I don’t speak specifically on only certain individuals. I think it should cover, the Kanaka Council should encompass everyone that’s Hawaiian who has an appreciation and sense of value of the preservation of the heritage and culture of the Hawaiians ever since its beginning. And I was wondering if that could be included in that as a recommendation. WATANABE: Mr. Melrose? MELROSE: Thank you. I think that the intention all along in the creation of this cultural resource committee was to be inclusive and not exclusive. The kupuna that participated in the working groups that helped develop this and the moderator, Dickie Nelson that headed that working group, were actively involved in it.And, you know, the only caveate I think to that is that the members that are on that Commission would be members of the Kona Community where the knowledge of the community is there. That was the intention of structuring this committee. So it was to bring out more of the local knowledge, but not to be exclusive of others. From what I’m vaguely familiar of the Kanaka Council, they have a number of members that are from the Kona community, and certainly would be considered for this. WATANABE: Yes, Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, I would have a couple of comments and I made these comments at the last meeting. Not to criticize what you’ve done because I think it really is a work of art and I think you’ve done a great job, and I think you’ve captured the essence of what needs to be done. But my concern though is if you look at the public participation it is no more than 3 percent of the population. At a 37,000, and that’s given the 2000 Census which is probably way low, 800 people showed up at the first group of meetings, 350 at the second group meetings. That comes in at 3 percent. Now what you’re going to get on that 3 percent are retirees, people that represent interest groups, developers. You’re not going to get the mom with children. And I don’t bring this up as a criticism but a criticism of the process because we’re getting ready to do the Kau CDP. And having looked over Section 15.1 of the General Plan the only thing that is outlined as far as the Community Development Plan process is once the Steering Committee gets the information and processes it and forms a draft, up to that point you can do it any way you want. And what I had suggested to the Planning Department is when we do the Kau Community Development Plan that we send out a questionnaire with two simple questions: What do you see as the needs in Kau and what would you like to see changed? Period, and then have a list at the bottom of where the local meetings are going to be. And I’ve talked to Allen Salavea who has done the North Kohala Community Development Plan and he sent me an e-mail and said, frankly, if I had to do it again, that’s what I’d do. What they did was EXHIBIT C 3