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<br />As far as, you know, going out to the public, did you -, do you recall using any, you know,
<br />particular tools or methodology to engage the community more? In other words, did you go out
<br />with a agenda that you were going to be discussing, you know, these types of things versus just
<br />going out and, you know, have you folks got anything to say? In other words, depending entirely
<br />on the public, you know, for coming up with, you know, questions versus, you know, figuring out
<br />a way to engage them before you went out because that -?
<br />BETHEA:
<br />would have?
<br />Didn't we go out fairly early for the general type of remarks that they
<br />YUEN: The Commission went around the Island pretty early, and we went to Ka`u
<br />and Kona and Honoka`a. Didn't we have a meeting -. I'm sure we had a meeting in Honoka`a. I
<br />don't know if we had a -, I'm sure we had a meeting in Waimea. I don't think we went up to
<br />Kohala. And I'm pretty sure we had a meeting in Pahoa but did not attempt to publicize the
<br />meetings beyond the regular kinds of notices that are held. After the -.
<br />RAY: And did you get much input of -? You know, I know Bob commented not
<br />much input of real substance but, you know, I mean, how was the turnout and how pertinent was
<br />the, you know -?
<br />YUEN: There were a few community organizations that had very extensive kinds
<br />of comments. There were probably two or three community organizations really came with, you
<br />know, a list of changes, and there were a few citizens who had gone through, you know, go
<br />through it and yellow pencil everything that they would like to see changed. There were -, more
<br />often, there were people that had a specific thing, but it wasn't -, none of them were your TV
<br />classic public hearing with, you know, people pounding of the tables and -.
<br />RAY:
<br />YUEN:
<br />Okay. From a -.
<br />Everything was very civil.
<br />RAY: Okay, from a process standpoint, input from the public versus input from
<br />the, you know, County departments, and, you know, how that works. In other words, you know,
<br />we ask for input from the County departments, or say we did all our County department review in
<br />June and July or whatever, right, and then we went out to the public, and then we got
<br />suggestions. Then did you go back to the departments for, you know, comments or input on
<br />things that had come up that weren't covered initially or -?
<br />L' ORANGE: I think Bob asked the question, I think the chairman asked questions of the
<br />department if there was something -.
<br />YUEN: You must have sent a letter to -.
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