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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -10 April 25, 2019 <br />CHR. ADAMS: We appreciate your testimony. Thank you. <br />MR. SUSSMAN: Thanks. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Is Sammie Stanbro in the audience? <br />Ms. Wille. <br />MARGARET <br />WILLE: Proposal Nos. CA -3, CA -18 Draft 2, CA -22, CA -26 Draft 2, CA -28, CA -29, <br />CA -30 in support, Proposal No. CA -27 Draft 2 and Comm. No. 46 in opposition, <br />and Proposal No. CA -31 commenting. <br />MS. WILLE: Aloha. Margaret Wille testifying on behalf of myself. I want to <br />start with CA -27. I oppose. That is the one on emphasizing use of easements and <br />whereas I conceptually think it is a great idea and we all like partnerships, and we <br />all like trying to cut costs, based on my experience on a number of easements, it is <br />an implementation ... a really bad idea and I will give you one example and that <br />was the Waimea trail system a section of it worked out with an easement with <br />Parker Ranch instead of doing it as in fee. Based on that we lost opportunity for a <br />great deal of federal funds. The, and this is there are a number of different federal <br />funds whether it was through D.O... Department of Transportation.... <br />Department of Interior, whatever... anyway, we could not get it because they said <br />they would only give matching funds if it was in fee. And as well, in negotiating <br />the easements, you know it is back and forth. You are trying to accommodate. <br />Yeah hey you are supposed to be doing an emphasis on an easement and we <br />ended up, if you have any questions on this, get ahold of the easement agreement <br />with Parker Ranch. Basically we paid as if it was a fee. It is a non-exclusive <br />easement allowing all kind s of things to go on. So I am just saying great idea. <br />Doesn't work. The only other one I oppose is CA -46, I don't... I think that that is <br />very bad. I agree with CA -18. I would prefer to have the amendment to allow for <br />some payment and one might compromise and say that it is at minimum wage so <br />you don't get into people negotiating salaries and different things like that. <br />I agree with CA -26, Draft 2 in terms of the requirement for Public Works. I very <br />strongly encourage CA -28 that has to do with removing the language for the <br />majority on the different political parties. There is enough problems trying to sort <br />out, you know, we want boys and girls, and all of this, and our State tends to be... <br />we have a Democratic party with a Republican wing... it just at least here you can <br />allow for more people to be on it. What is happening right now is people are told <br />to put down Independent even if they are a Democrat. It just shouldn't be what <br />party you are in. It should be how you qualify for that Board. <br />And I agree with CA -29. It really is... it has to do with looking at capital <br />programs and looking at it and paying attention to the General Plan and the <br />Community Development Plans which would correspond to our, what our <br />Page 19 <br />