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4. Third party adjusters have reduced the employees' workload. Can staffing be reduced accordingly <br /> or can we eliminate third party adjusters? <br /> RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT <br /> Agricultural Grants <br /> 5. Program Measures for the FY2004-OS budget estimate indicate the issuance of 8 promotion contracts, 5 <br /> research contracts and 6 informational/education contracts. However, it states that "figures for FY2004-OS <br /> cannot be estimated since prospective contracts for each program are not yet known." <br /> Can R&D identity these "prospective contracts'? Is it anticipated that any of these contracts will represent <br /> continuation or replication of prior year contracts? <br /> 6. Is the purpose of filling two (2) temporary Economic Development Specialist positions to manage <br /> community-based Ice grants? <br /> 7. What county lands have been identified and are proposed to be "dedicated to agricultural research"? <br /> 8. How does R&D measure its objective of increasing "the total value of agriculture in Hawaii County by $5 <br /> million per annum"? By gross sales? Farmgate value? <br /> 9. In all instances, do R&D grants truly "leverage" all other state, federal and private grant sources, or are <br /> county grants supplemental to other funds? <br /> 10. What do "completion rates" of 138%, 250% or 300% signify? What methodology generates these <br /> percentages? <br /> Tourism <br /> 11. What new tourism product development or promotion programs will be funded with state HTA grants? <br /> What visitor count and/or market development outcome analysis is applied to these grants? <br /> 12. What has been the response to the "As Far As Faraway Gets" national advertising campaign? <br /> 13. What are the goals of the upgraded Film Office web site? <br /> 14. On page 251 of the Operating Budget Proposal, why are no expenditures shown for the FY2003-03 budget or <br /> FY2004-OS Request? <br /> <br /> Economic Development <br /> 15. When will the updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) being prepared by HIEDB <br /> be presented to the Council? <br /> 16. What do the "Right Track" community computer training centers offer to the public? <br /> 17. What can be done to stimulate use of the Hilo Foreign-Trade Zone? <br /> 2 <br /> <br />