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Hawai`i County Charter Commission — Public Hearing April 4, 2019 know where... but we need to be aware that we need to set a precedent and know that these disasters aren't going to I think lessen, but I think we are going to have a lot more to focus on, so I am absolutely in support of putting energy into a disaster fund and I am here to support you guys and help in any way. Connectivity and food are real big factors. You know during the eruption I looked under disaster and there were 30 pages regarding tsunamis but not one page about lava and how we deal with a lava eruption and it really surprised me so, I think that the more we focus on how to help each and every community that might face these issues, we are actually, even though we have a lot of lava to grade and rip and open and we need our roads open of course, but to have a fund that can be in place for every district, to make sure that the recovery is possible, is great so, I am in support. I also want to express my support for Council terms being four years. Yeah, I think there is a lot of... I think that four years is a great amount of time to really let a Council person dig in and get their work done and then be able to see the work that they have done and follow up and take credit for it. Just talking to an ex -Council person yesterday I said "wow, that was so great that you got that done and this done and that done." And she said "well, actually it was the one before me that did all the work to get that and I kind of got the honors." So I am really happy with our County Council right now and the people that are elected and for those people to have the opportunity to take their brains and really get nitty gritty for four years versus two years is up, now we have got to spend six months you know with the election once again. I think it diminishes the opportunity for them to really put good focus in on it so I am in support of that too and thanks very much or all that you guys do. Mahalo. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Let me just ask do we have any speakers or testifiers in Waimea? MR. BERGIN: None. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. Do we have any testifiers in Kona? MR. RUEDY: Good evening Chair. We have no testifiers here in Kona. CHR. ADAMS: Great. Do we have any other speakers or testifiers here in Hilo? It appears that we have no more speakers. I would like to thank all the testifiers for their statements. I actually have this written thing. I have this thing that is written down that I prepared a couple of weeks ago, but this is the last Public Hearing of the six that we went around to and I just want to thank the testifiers that have come to all of those hearings and have contributed their knowledge and their concerns, and their passions to what we are trying to do as a Charter Commission in placing important things having to do with the Charter in front of the voters. The voters will make the decision. The Charter Commission's responsibility is to try and do a good job in making sure that the things that they Page 10