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have been a resident in Hamakua for 21 years now. I feel that Plan _A is a disservice to Hamakua Coast, and thank goodness for our community grapevine, which Margaret - - -I am a victim of the two by four, because I just found out about this through her folks that she collaborates with. They were concerned that Hamakua people were not that aware of what was going on, and I admit, that I was unaware. Thanks also to Dominic Yagong, for being so present with the issues and notifying me by email about this issue. Yes, we would like to be kept whole; the Hamakua Coast, because we have a lot of issues in common and our County has spent so much money for our CDP's that it is really important, especially for Hamakua, we are just in the middle of putting together our CDP; and Kohala has been very active with their CDP and I think it just makes good economic sense to keep us together and cohesive, so that we can progress with the CDP programs, which are really, really important. Hamakua has had so many plans, and this is like our final plan to get some control over how we want our area to develop. I really appreciate your giving us this opportunity to testify. It is always an education, and learning all this different information for all the different areas. I think Kohala has a really active community and I really admire that. I am from Honoka`a and I definitely want to remain in Hamakua, so I think that Plan _40 is a more workable plan and it services more of our community. Thank you so much for this time. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. We now come back to Hilo. Sharon O'Connell. SHARON O'CONNELL (At this time Sharron O'Connell came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. O'CONNELL: I am a resident of the Hamakua Coast; upper Kawiki Road, and I would just like to say that I don't care which plan it is, A, B, 409, WD40, please do not break up the Hamakua Coast. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. We have now hit the 12:00 noon mark, so I would like to ask the Commissioners if they want to break for lunch now, or if they want to hear the rest of the testimony. MR. KAHUL Madam Chair, I propose we move forward through the testimony, and then maybe decide thereafter what to do. CHR. SIRACUSA: Are there any other opinions? MR. CARVALHO: I think we should finish it up and then maybe break for lunch. CHR. SIRACUSA: Does everyone agree to continue on the public testimony now? Okay, let's do it then. Our next testifier is Patrice McDonald. Okay, if she is not here, then we will move on to Lori Beach. LORIBEACH (At this time Lori Beach came forward to address members of the Commission.) 30