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Comparative Analysis of Hospitalization and Emergency Department visits for Puna <br />d. <br />Residents; John A. Burns School of Medicine - $27,500 <br />The study will investigate whether the residents who live in proximity of the Puna geothermal <br />plant are more likely to experience negative health impacts based on existing health data on all <br />payers and all visits to local medical facilities. Data will be drawn from the Hawaii Health <br />Information Corporation databases and compare Puna data with control data in other Hawaii <br />communities. <br />Enhanced Level 1 Environmental Site Assessment on former HGP-A brine water pond <br />e. <br />sites - $25,000 <br /> <br />Study would collect existing environmental data and conduct soil sampling from the former <br />brine pond sites to analyze for the presence of any hazardous materials that may be in the <br />ground as a result of the early years of geothermal development. <br /> <br />ARAI: Again, what’s before you right now is general update and overview by the Office of the <br />Mayor regarding the Geothermal Public Health Assessment study dated September 9, 2013, <br />prepared on behalf of the Geothermal Public Health Assessment Study Group and its findings and <br />recommendations. Once again, this is just an update; you’ll be taking no action on this particular <br />matter. And again, Item No. 6, which can be discussed concurrently, will be the hiring of a <br />professional claims adjuster in accordance with your Rules of Practice and Procedures in order to <br />utilize funds from the Geothermal Asset Fund for claims by the Mayor’s Office for community <br />approved geothermal impact mitigation projects. So with that, we do have the Mayor in attendance, <br />as well as a representative from his Office that will provide you with this overview and discussion. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Very good. Mr. Kenoi, the floor is yours. <br /> <br />KENOI: Aloha, everybody. Good morning. <br /> <br />ATTENDEES: Good morning. Aloha. <br /> <br />KENOI: Happy New Year. My first time I’ve come to testify for the Planning Commission. Can I <br />talk like this, or you need the mike? <br /> <br />GONZALES: I’m going to swear you in first. Raise your right hand. <br /> <br />KENOI: All right. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Do you swear to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? <br /> <br />KENOI: Always. <br /> <br />GONZALES: All right. Thank you. <br /> <br />KENOI: To Chairman, Ron Gonzales, to the distinguished members of the Planning Commission, <br />first of all, I want to say thank you. Thank you to all of our board and commission members, but <br />especially the Planning Commission; of our many boards and commissions, and I know, this is my <br />sixth year as mayor now, we’ve appointed over about 220 members to boards and commissions – <br />Liquor Commission, Water Commission, Planning Commission, both Windward and Leeward – <br />and of all the commissions, all very important, we all ask our residents to volunteer their time. But <br />2 <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />