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the Community Development Plan. Earlier there were remarks about whether Lakeland was represented. I have spent a great deal of time in the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee. We have had people from North Kohala, because of the shared connectivity of roads, appear at our committee and have problems that need solving; same thing with Lakeland. But to move us into Kona, makes no sense. We are roughly 8,000 people. My feeling is that in 20,000 people, most likely the representative will come out of the urban area of Kona and it makes sense for a politician to satisfy those 12,000 at the expense of the 8,000. Kona is mostly an urban center and a sprawling urban center. Waik6loa is just a small village near the coast, trying to protect the reefs, trying to protect the mountain. It is a traditional district, the people think that way, they should be allowed to stay that way. I think it is time that you stop pushing Commissioners Plan A, which was Plan 17, which was Plan 46; you keep going back to it, there is more and more testimony opposed to it. I think it is time you move to what the community wants; and I would appreciate you doing that. Focus on fairness instead of politics. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Do we have another testifier in Waimea? MR. HIRT: Yes, our next testifier is Alexandra Bernstein, representing herself, and she also wishes to represent Fran Taber who signed up to testify but had to leave. ALEXANDRA BERNSTEIN (At this time Alexandra Bernstein came forward via videoconference from Waimea to address members of the Commission.) MS. BERNSTEIN: Waik6loa is more tied to Waimea than to any other area on the island. We share infrastructure, and really important things like water and medical care, and the South Kohala Community Development Plan, that basically keeps us moving forward, and remain intact. Most of my life is lived in Waimea and Waik6loa, equally, in terms of socially and shopping that I do. I only go to Kona maybe six times a year to get my car fixed or run some errands, and I feel that a representative that is representing mostly Kona wouldn't be that interested in the concerns that we have as much as the representative who represents an area like Waimea because we are both communities in the middle of big ag lands, and in the middle of big undeveloped areas and we have different concerns than the city that is very, very dependent on tourism. Fran wanted to say that she feels that we have common goals with Waimea and a very stron relationship, and she is a resident of Waimea. She said it would be to everyone's advantage right now to keep Waik6loa with the rest of South Kohala because a number of important pending projects will be coming up in the next decade. For example, the South Kohala corridors where major infrastructure and inter - island facility issues will be confronted, such as the design and construction of the proposed bypass from Kawaihae Harbor across South Kohala. Keep up the good work. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. We now move to Pahoa. 12