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Hawaiian organizations – I’m sure each of you could name quite a few; I won’t name any of <br />them here today – whose members would be suitable for some of these committees. However, it <br />is my very strong belief that individuals get selected or chosen or named or appointed or <br />confirmed to various groups because they’re raised up by the community for their own manao, <br />for their own na'auao, their own wisdom, their own perspective and experience, not so much <br />because of the organizations to which they belong. And I think that there is enough good work <br />that’s been done and good work to be done, and representatives and individuals from Kona who <br />understand the importance of this inclusivity or being inclusive, that we together as a community <br />can work with the Planning Department and the Council and others involved to come up with – <br />and the administration, of course – to come up with individuals who will best serve the needs of <br />this community. So I would, in closing, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission, I <br />would ask you please to favorably recommend passage of this Plan as it has been submitted to <br />you. I’ll be happy to answer any questions.And I thank you for your consideration of my <br />comments. Aloha. <br />WATANABE: Thank you, Mr. Tyler. Fellow Commissioners, do we have -? Mr. <br />Domingo. <br />DOMINGO: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Tyler -. <br />TYLER: You’re welcome. <br />DOMINGO: For your comments and for your contribution to the Kona Community <br />Development Plan and also with respect to the culture that you referred to. You know, I was <br />hard in expressing the possibility of having certain group be named in the council that was within <br />part of the discussion of the Community Development Plan at the last meeting. Now as you <br />speak and as I’ve thought about it ever since that time, you know, if we were to include that <br />within the Community Development Plan; I just turned that around, and be that that group that I <br />had referred to were included in there – and you know, I have tremendous respect for those <br />individuals because of their concern for the culture and their heritage – but then I also turn that <br />around and I thought what about those groups outside of this particular group that wanted to be <br />included, how would they accept the fact that we were suggesting that only one group, only a <br />group of that movement, be included. And then I felt it wouldn’t be fair to them, and I wondered <br />what their reaction would be if this is done. So to take the safest position, I think your comment <br />and the comment that Mr. Melrose made with respect to exclusivity in the last meeting, I take it <br />very seriously and I think that’s the best route to take and just leave that portion of the <br />Community Development Plan as written. And I thank you again for coming forward and <br />expressing that. <br />TYLER: Thank you, Commissioner Domingo. I very much appreciate your <br />perspective. Mahalo for that. Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. <br />WATANABE: Thank you. Fellow Commissioners, do we have any -? Mr. Melrose, you <br />have some additional comments, please. <br />EXHIBIT D <br />3 <br /> <br />