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reflecting that kind of input. Any other discussion on that correspondence? Okay. We <br />have a motion and a second, and we vote. All those in favor of filing correspondence, <br />please say aye. <br />ACTION ON MOTION: All: Aye. <br />MS. NICHOLSON: <br /> Oppose? (None) Motion carried. <br />MS. NICHOLSON: <br /> Just in the nick of time. I believe our speaker is here. Is this Alex <br />Frost? <br />MR. FROST: <br /> Yes. Sorry I’m late. It’s all set up. <br />MS. NICHOLSON: <br /> Mr. Frost, would you like to come to the table and introduce <br />yourself? <br />PRESENTATION REGARDING THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I’S GREEN TEAM <br />MR. FROST: <br /> Yes. My name is Alex Frost. I’m an economic development specialist for <br />the Department of Research and Development. I’m also the coordinator for the Mayor’s <br />Green Team which is made up of volunteers from various departments. <br />MS. NICHOLSON: <br /> So what do you have for us today? Are you first going to give some <br />general remarks or are you going to go right into your presentation? <br />MR. FROST: <br /> I will just go right into my presentation. To just give a little bit of context of <br />the work of the Green Team as why optimize our resources, and then a little bit about <br />the Mayor’s Green Team, and going to show results in some of the cost saving <br />measures that’s been identified which may be helpful to this commission. <br />Alex Frost did a Power Point presentation on the Mayor’s Green Team. <br />(Presentation is attached to the minutes.) <br />That’s it for my presentation. Thank you for inviting me to share the work of the Mayor’s <br />Green Team. Any questions? <br />MS. WONG: <br /> Let me start off. The partnerships that you garnered, how did that come <br />about? I’m kind of impressed by it. Did you just ask him, was it you, or was it the <br />Mayor, or how did the partnerships develop? <br />MR. FROST: <br /> We’ve been cultivating some of these partnerships for years. But like <br />Kohala Center, we have a very strong partnership, County has with the Kohala Center. <br />They helped draft our energy sustainability plan in 2007 with Yale(?) University We <br />work closely with them. The Natural Step Canada, they are an international non-profit, <br />real leader in transitioning organizations to move towards sustainable practices. They <br />provided trainings last year to local community leaders. So we built that relationship. <br />MS. WONG: <br /> And with those partnerships, was it R&D that got the ARRA funds or did <br />that <br />6 <br /> <br />