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preserves the integrity of Hamakua district and keeps Waikoloa and Puako in District 9. As many other testifiers have said, Waikoloa is linked historically, economically, and socially with Waimea. They are both integral parts of the South Kohala Community Development Plan, the North Hawaii Community Hospital Service Area, and the South Kohala Traffic Safety Commission. Waikoloa does not belong with Kona, but with Waimea. So I urge you to keep Waikoloa undivided and in District 9 by supporting Plan 40, which accomplishes this objective. Thank you very much for the opportunity to testify. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Let's go to Pahoa. MS. LIVELY: Thank you Madam Chair our final testifier here this morning is Greg Smith, and he will be commenting on Plan_40 and Plan—A. GREGORY SMITH (At this time Gregory Smith came forward via videoconference from Pahoa to address members of the Commission.) MR. SMITH: Good morning Commissioners, and thank you again for your hard work. Again, I echo the commentary of other people about Plan A; I think it is totally unreasonable and should be taken off the table. I think Plan _40 is, so far, the best that you have come up with. Again, I think that you should revisit Plan_40 with Plan _11. I believe this would keep the people of Waikoloa with South Kohala. I also believe too, that it would keep most of Puna in two districts. Under most circumstances, I don't want to see any of our excess population go to Hilo. I hate to sound vindictive, but the thing is, is that for the 23 years that I have been on this island, we have suffered from Hilo centric politics and policies that have basically hurt the growth of our community. We are the most underrepresented. Just to remind people all across the island, Puna is the fastest growing district in the State of Hawaii. We take care of a lot of social problems in our community island wide; i.e. the poor people, the people who can't afford to live in other parts of the island, this is where they live. The fact is, our infrastructure is some of the poorest, and way behind; 30 to 40 years behind our population growth. Nonetheless, if we need to give up excess population, which apparently we have to do, I would prefer it to be given to at least Ka`u, and not give any population to Hilo because I am sick of having Hilo centric politics and policies imposed upon us, the people of Puna. I know Volcano and the Puna mauka communities want to be a part of the two Puna districts; but apparently that's just not going to happen. At least Ka`u and Puna are very much similar as sister communities. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Now we come back to Hilo; Erik Jacobson. ERIK JACOBSON (At this time Erik Jacobson came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. JACOBSON: Hello, good morning. I am from Waikoloa Village and I would like to testify that our community does have the connection with Waimea. Our social gatherings on the part of the Rotary Club, it is Rotary Club of North Hawaii, we don't attend the 17