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DOMINGO: As you stated, you commend those who were part of the formulation of this Plan. And does that mean that it ends here? To make it become, to bring it fruition, the community needs to be together, always be together, and be vigilant as to what’s happening. This is a suggestion I give you. Okay, Mr. Chairman, I’ll keep my watch out. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. Yes. WOODWARD: I might just make one comment because you brought up the comment that Kona had been through this several times before and nothing much has occurred. Well, in the past the Community Development Plans were submitted to County Council as resolution, which in a legal sense mean they were like a suggestion – so like if you pulled up to a stop sign that said, “Please stop if you like.” I mean that’s essentially what it was.The law has changed and the Community Development Plans now, once enacted by County Council – we only pass on our recommendation to County Council – but once they are passed by County Council, they are ordinance; they have the full effect of law just as all other laws County Council has passed. So things have changed and this is a meaningful process now. And I think it was kind of a meaningless process in the past; and I think you are right there. But just for your information. WATANABE: Thank you. Do we have any further questions? Okay, Shannon, thank you for your testimony. You may be seated. Marshall Blann? BLANN: Yes, Marshall Blann, 75-5865 Walua Road, Kailua-Kona. I’m one of the very citizens who did not participate in this Plan. I have read it twice now, and my comment is what a fantastic job. The document is a wonderful vision for the next 100 years for the development of West Hawaii. It is, as pointed out, flexible as written, and additionally can be amended after it’s adopted. Now, should it be adopted, after a couple of years wearing it, we’ll get the touch and feel of it, and of course we can then make minor amendments to it; and by success of approximation, it can indeed approach a perfect Plan. We can’t expect it to start out that way. But as pointed out, we can keep amending it as we go along this next century to do so. So my main purpose, since this could be amended to death – and I mean that literally – is to urge passage without amendment. Now, some concerns were expressed even today, and others, on flexibility; some of these points in fact can be addressed in the implementation phase, I believe. And for that I have to say there’re a couple -, well, you want to have a real good feel for what’s in that Plan; so to know what ordinances we might want to be adopted or charter amendments made in implementation, I can see that there’re a couple of people on that Steering Committee who would be excellent for the next charter commission, which the Mayor is going to appoint in 2009. So I was just going to, in this digression, urge that if you know the new Mayor and have influence with him, whoever he may be, that you suggest those names. WOODWARD: Or her. BLANN: That was neuter. That was a neuter point. I was going to say I won’t finger those people by name because up till now I consider them friends and I think they EXHIBIT D 11