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CHR. SIRACUSA: Oh, before I even read it? Just for the record, let me read it anyway. MR. KAHUL Okay. MR. MELROSE: She only has a couple more times to do this. COMM. 59: DISCUSSION REGARDING FINAL REPORT From Commission Chair Rene Siracusa, dated December 10, 2011, regarding the preparation and filing of the Commission's Final Report to the County Clerk. CHR. SIRACUSA: Mike isn't here right now, but as you know, Mike is putting MS. POINDEXTER: We need a motion. CHR. SIRACUSA: Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. Mr. Kahui moved to close file on COMM. 59 Seconded by Ms. Ugalde. CHR. SIRACUSA: However, Mike is doing the part, writing the part of the Final Report that is the part that is required by law. Karen and Maile have already done the whole chart listing all of the maps that we reviewed and the reasons why they were accepted or declined or tweaked, or whatever; and Mike's part is going through the entire reasoning for every line that we drew and every change that we drew, so that's on the record. That is the basic thing that is required in the Final Report. But, above and beyond that, as you know, you Commissioners have all made comments during the course of this process about things that we would like to see changed in the future, so that God forbid, if we end up on the Commission again in ten year's time, we don't have to deal with some of the same problems. So, I would like especially, if those of you who haven't done so already, remind you to please write out your comments and your suggestions, especially, you know, talk about things that you felt were rather obstacles to our ability to do our job; and make suggestions as to how they can be resolved so it can be better next time. And, it would really help a lot, I think if you could identify, at least within your own districts, those bizarre census blocks. All you have to do is put your cursor on the "identify" and then click on the census block in question and a box pops down with a very long string of numbers, and that is the identifying number for that census block. So that if your report includes the problematic census block, just state where it is and what the problem is with it, then hopefully, if the administration follows our recommendations, and asks the Census Bureau to go back and fix or reconfigure some of these, the Census Bureau will know which ones to look at and what is wrong with them and why we want them fixed. And we might get a better response from them, because I understand that last time they were asked to fix them but they weren't given details 29