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GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Black. You want to hold on a second in case we <br />have a question? <br />BLACK: Sure. <br />GRAHAM: Commissioner Siracusa? <br />SIRACUSA: Yes. The area you’re referring to, that park-like area actually is <br />called the Hilo Tree Arboretum. <br />BLACK: I see. <br />SIRACUSA: The Tree Nursery is behind it in some of those buildings. So when <br />you go in from the other side where the DLNR building is, if you were to go, if you were <br />facing the DLNR building and you would move off to the right and go behind, that’s <br />where the buildings are where the tree nursery actually is. Okay, that’s No. 1. <br />I know the area you’re talking about very well; and, you’re right, a lot of the <br />informational signage is no longer there. There’s a handout you can get in the office that <br />gives you the numbers, and then you refer to the list that tells you what the tree is. <br />Unfortunately it’s just a list.It doesn’t tell you really anything about those trees. And a <br />lot of cases those numbers are so faded off or totally missing that it’s not helpful at all. <br />What I would suggest to you is that you deal directly with the DLNR who runs that <br />arboretum and make those suggestions to them; and maybe they would be open to a small <br />group, you know, a friends group, like Friends of Hilo Arboretum, helping them out with <br />doing those things for them, and doing a proper interpretative sheet on the trees that are <br />in there so that the public is really informed. And I don’t know about a restaurant. But it <br />sure would be nice, I’ve thought often that to have a couple of picnic tables in there that, <br />you know, or at least some benches where you’re wandering around if you got a little <br />tired, especially senior citizens, you could sit down for a while and admire the trees, <br />something like that. But that’s just a suggestion to you. Yeah? <br />BLACK: Sure. Well, thank you. That sounds great. <br />SIRACUSA: And thank you for caring about our arboretum. We have some <br />beautiful trees in there; and whenever I go in there I don’t see anybody else enjoying it. <br />BLACK: I know. I was the only one that day, so -. Thank you. Okay. <br />GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Black. Jeff, do you have anything further on this? <br />DARROW: No, I don’t, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. <br />GRAHAM: Okay, that will -. <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />11 <br /> <br />