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four main communities within South Kohala: so that is, of course, Waimea, Waikoloa Village,
<br />Kawaihae and Puako. I might comment, too, that originally we had hoped to produce a
<br />somewhat shorter Plan; our idea was, let’s have a short readable Plan that won’t weigh too much.
<br />But kind of, as a natural process in trying to address four separate communities, the Plan kind of
<br />grew so that this final document is close to 200 pages. We apologies everyone for having kind
<br />of a weighty document now, but that, I think, turned out to be necessary in a way.
<br />Again, in terms of the action orientation for the Plan, you’ll note a lot of the writing is directed
<br />toward specific action programs. And those programs are summarized toward the back of the
<br />Plan – actually this is from Pages 150 to 152. There is a three-page, relatively brief, kind of a
<br />table or matrix outlining the critical actions, what needs to be done, who the implementers might
<br />be, some comments about costs when costs are available. And the last column – not always
<br />contained in this kind of table but was strongly suggested by community members – tries to
<br />briefly summarize what impact, what benefit do these actions have for the community. So that
<br />was a way of summarizing the actions.
<br />Lastly, without trying to go into all of the content here, I’d like to emphasize two what we feel
<br />are very important parts of the Plan. First, at the very beginning, the first page of the document
<br />contains a vision statement for South Kohala as a whole, as well as a summary of some of the
<br />important community values that we heard again and again from the community in developing
<br />this Plan. And then, starting on Page 47 is a section on district-wide policies. Again, yes, this
<br />focuses on four separate communities, but there are some very important district-wide policies.
<br />And these next few pages – Pages 47 to 53 – there are actually five major district-wide policies,
<br />and then there are some more detailed, related, what we call sub-policies. But just to draw your
<br />attention to those major policies and to paraphrase briefly, the five overall district-wide policies
<br />address preservation of culture and sense of place, providing for transportation needs, providing
<br />affordable and workforce housing, developing programs to protect people from natural hazards
<br />and disasters, and promoting environmental stewardship and sustainability. These are big, big
<br />important themes for the community, and I feel that the details of the Plan really flow from these
<br />overall themes. And hopefully, you can see that most of the details in this Plan are very
<br />consistent with those kind of overarching major themes. So that’s what I wanted to summarize
<br />for you today, and I’ll be glad to answer any questions that may be of a technical planning
<br />nature. Now, I believe Sherman, no, Uncle Billy is going to -.
<br />WATANABE: Okay, since it seems like the two of you gentlemen are going to provide
<br />some testimony, may I swear you in. That would be, I guess, Dr. Bergin and Sherman Warner.
<br />Could I swear you in. So would you raise your right hand, please. Do you swear or affirm to tell
<br />the truth now before the Planning Commission?
<br />BERGIN: Yes.
<br />WARNER: Yes.
<br />WATANABE: Thank you. And I guess you are Dr. Bergin, is that correct? Before you
<br />begin your testimony, could you state your full name and address for the record, please.
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