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Development Plan Action Committee as Joe Carvalho will obviously testify, when you have
<br />members from two different districts involved. You are correct, Joe, in commenting on my
<br />statement regarding the idea that at a minimum Waikoloa should be kept together and not split,
<br />and that the minimum or worst case that we would see is to keep it together even if it happened to
<br />go to North Kona as the district, instead of traditionally now, in Waikoloa. But please remember,
<br />that certainly is the absolute minimum. It is much more important when you consider the
<br />growing community, as I have just heard, from the testimony of a couple members of the
<br />Commission, to try and make certain that we retain the integrity, not simply the community, but
<br />of that Community Development Plan process. And I urge Commission members, if it at all
<br />possible, and clearly some of Margaret's efforts in her plans, and others that have been presented,
<br />clearly testify to the fact that Waikoloa can be retained within and be together with Waimea as
<br />part of an integral unit that I think is necessary if we are going to move forward; not simply with
<br />Community Development Plans, but with overall development processes in the future.
<br />Please folks, it is important to remember that we are doing this in the best interest of the people of
<br />our districts, and while of course I am trying to be as objective as I possibly can, there are a
<br />number of examples which indicate that you can retain the integrity of that district without
<br />separating us or without splitting communities. Thank you, Rene for the opportunity to just pass
<br />the comment and as I indicated to you before, Dave Hirt, my Legislative Assistant, and I are
<br />certainly trying to follow, as we have in the past, the minutes of these meetings and the
<br />conversations and discussions. And again, I wish you the best of luck in trying to put this
<br />together. I know how difficult it is; please remember to try to retain the integrity of the
<br />Community Development Plan also. Thank you.
<br />CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you, Pete; and I want to say that that goes also for the Puna
<br />Community Development Plan, which includes Volcano.
<br />MS. POINDEXTER: And now I want to say something about the Hamakua Community
<br />Development Plan, because Hamakua, when we are talking about Community Development
<br />Plans, consider what is happening with Hamakua; so somewhere, somebody is not going to be
<br />happy, and we have just got to deal with listening at the public hearings, and what the grassroots
<br />people stated, and I guess weigh them more in favor. Their comments and their testimony heavily
<br />weigh on our decisions.
<br />CHR. SIRACUSA: I think we are all bearing that testimony very much in mind, and to a large
<br />extent, it mirrored what each of us was saying from the very beginning about our communities;
<br />because we all know our communities very well.
<br />MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: I would just like to comment, if I may, on what Mr. Hoffmann had to
<br />say. It is because there is some problem with guidance with this Ordinance that is here. There are
<br />several things the Ordinance says we may, shall, if practicable do. But there is no language in
<br />there that says, and if they can show me, in that Ordinance, where they talk about contiguous
<br />communities of interest. But I hear nothing of Plans, the Community Development Plans; and
<br />they may, some of the language in there may say that, but this is where there are people jumping
<br />on two different things. CDP's are going to be another Ordinance. So we need to please do
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