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MR. KANUHA: Before you move to reject this plan; this plan was made by Margaret Wille, and she had some issues regarding the deviations. Margaret, would you like to come up and give your testimony about your deviation issues and how you would be able to correct that, and how we can correct it if we wanted to. MARGARET WILLE (At this time Margaret Wille came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. WILLE: Thank you very much. I just want to say that I went on to the integrity check when I was working on the maps and, for example, this Plan _3 8 checks out that it is fine. So a lot of the maps that you are going through, I think the public misunderstood and went and checked their maps and what I sent off was checked off connectivity, checked off deviations, and did not realize you had to make a change from the integrity check and change it to 5 %. So, I think the public was confused on that, and I think that is one reason you are finding all these deviations wrong. We went by the software, and the software wasn't correct for just going by that. What I did when I realized that, I took one of mine, Plan _3 9, and I sent in a corrected version. I think you should have a communication on that. Do you have Plan-39 as corrected? CHR. SIRACUSA: Yes, Margaret, we do. What I would like to suggest, if it's okay with you, is we just go ahead and agree to eliminate Plan-39, and then review Plan-39, as corrected. Will that work for you? MS. WILLE: That sounds good; and I'll make one comment in terms of what I was trying to accomplish there. That is, let me just say, this map may be all wrong for the Puna area. I only know, and I was working with District 1, District 9 to District 8. Whatever you do with Hilo and Puna, I would just like you to consider along the lines of this map. You start Hamakua at the river, so that it comes within the deviation range. You maximize Waimea staying together. I am very protective of our South Kohala CDP (Community Development Plan) which is the integrity of keeping the people of Puako in. They are meeting this Monday, because they want to come testify. They want to be the mauka /mauai. What Waimea does with its water, what happens, we have really worked to work together. The people I know in Honoka` a, I know a lot of people in Honoka` a, they say they are working on their Hamakua plan. If you look at Puna and Hilo, I didn't pay any attention to that area. Just try to separate what Jeff has said in terms of not moving Hamakua into the central district of Hilo; keeping that rural area together. Water, I think is going to be key these next ten years, keeping the integrity of those areas. So, Rene, everything is wrong down south; I apologize. MR. KANUHA: Thank you Margaret. I have a question for Mike Udovic. MICHAEL UDOVIC (At this time Michael Udovic, Corp Counsel came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. KANUHA: This corrected version was submitted to us on September 20, 2011, which is after the deadline date for submission of Alternate Plans. 31