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in the paper about that. My connection to the tourist industry through my uncle, Don Inouye, and our hotel,we have had several tourists, one who is directly connected to ISA. I don't know if you're familiar with that, the International Society of Arbor culture, and she came and specifically enjoyed and walked down Banyan Drive and looked at those beautiful, majestic trees and sent me an email. And in her email, she speaks of Africa, and she speaks of the boab trees in Africa,the majestic eucalyptus trees of Australia and the general tree in the Sequoia National Park. And she said the trees and the banyan trees in Hawaii are magnificent and need to be listed historically that way, and she's working on that project. She also specifically spoke of Honomu and the majestic banyan tree out there as well. She's very versed in their, in their life and how they have a micro-organism of animals and how it affects the ecosystem and its life that they have within their system. So she urgently sent me an email and wanted me to let you all know that they need to be preserved. And also for their historic value; she said that the famous people who are named under those trees also have significance. So in your planning, I hope that we can preserve those trees. She is willing to come back and she's willing to let you all know a little bit more about her involvement in the society of the arbor culture,the International Society of Arbor and Culture. So please keep in mind that, and I hope that we can preserve these trees, and I know that you know my uncle's working on a non-profit organization to try to keep the cost down to the County in preserving those trees and restoring them the best that we can. So thank you for hearing me today, and that's all I wanted to talk about in your development plan. DELIMA: Well,thank you very much but I'm sure you, it's obvious that we wouldn't be called the Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency without the banyan trees. HEIDENFELDT: Yes. Yay! DELIMA: I appreciate you coming today. HEIDENFELDT: Thank you for hearing me. DELIMA: Thank you. Larry Black. BLACK: I don't care to testify, thank you though. DELIMA: Thank you, Larry. David Tamura. TAMURA: I wasn't planning on testifying,but I'm here in case there's questions about Lili`uokalani Gardens. I'm a member of the Lili`uokalani Gardens board. DELIMA: Okay,we're not touching Lili`uokalani Park either. So thank you very much. We'll then move to our agenda of review of the Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency's conceptual land use master plan adopted at the meeting held on October 26, 2016. We'll turn it over to Mr. Mead. A brief interruption was made to allow public testimony from Donald Inouye. DELIMA: Mr. Inouye,you want to say something? INOUYE: Yes. Page 6 of 18 Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency February 22,2017,Minutes