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about neighborhood boards, we want a presentation, we want research. We may not do that in <br />Hilo, we may do it in Kona. That's something you would invite the public to, If you want to <br />talk about nonpartisan elections, I think we should have somebody come and talk about <br />nonpartisan elections. There's a lot of stuff going on as far as elections go with the census, and in <br />2002, we're going to elect everybody all over again, no matter who gets elected in 2000. So <br />there's a bunch of stuff going on that we need some expertise, presentations from, besides <br />department heads, and I see those being scheduled up front in the next four to five months, that <br />you can work with any of us to start to flesh out what are our questions, what are the issues, and <br />start to develop that calendar so that the public can come to any meeting they want to anywhere <br />on the Island; they'll know what the agenda is. It's not just department heads. <br />RAY: Okay. <br />HERKES: As far as I'm concerned. <br />RAY: So let me ask this. Do you think it's premature that we schedule these <br />six -? You know, this is just a tentative schedule right now, okay. You know, do we really want <br />to go out for these six meetings and then, you know, in addition, you know, all these other things <br />you're, you know, speaking about. <br />HERKES: Yes. Thank you. <br />• RAY: I mean, maybe we don't want to do these six meetings right now. <br />HERKES: We do. <br />• <br />RAY: Because the original plan was to do just two meetings, one in Kona and <br />one in Hilo, as a first pass, and this scenario of additional meetings came up, you know, at the last <br />meeting. Daryl. <br />KUROZAWA: I think it's a great idea, you know. If you look at your time line, you'll <br />probably get all the public hearings, at least the first public hearings done by June, and that means <br />in July we have time to start planning your next phase, which will probably be what you're talking <br />about, what Marni's talking about, about setting up, figure out what where we want to go. But <br />that'll -, in six weeks from now, we'll probably -, we might have a good idea where we want to <br />go from the public hearings. <br />RAY: Well, this schedule takes us through July, if we go with it. <br />KUROZAWA: July? <br />RAY: Yeah. It's two meetings in June and four in July. <br />8 <br />