MIN CHARTER 2019-04-25 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -10 April 25, 2019 General Plan says and what our... all of our Ordinances having to do with the Community Plan, and that is really the one area that the Community Development Plan Boards are supposed to have some power to look at what do you recommend and not have... now, that's great, the current Administration I think is doing more of that but I can tell you the past Administration did not and the previous Administration did not, and it should be memorialized and then CA -30 this has to do with the Ethics Board and really giving them a little power to instead of just coming out with what their advice is and the system isn't working the way it is right now and that would help to make it work better. CA -22, I agree with. Communication 3 on Ad Hocs of course, I mean that is just a working one, but I really encourage that. I know a number of the things that I submitted and came and testified were never really looked at and I know you have a really big plate, but I think that would enable for more deliberation to take place and for you all to hear more of what we have to say. Thank you very much. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you. Ms. Begier if you could please come to the table. Ms. Stanbro. SAMMI I- STANBRO: Proposal No. CA -18 in support and Proposal Nos. CA -27 and CA -44 in opposition. MS. STANBRO: Sammie Stanbro from Hilo and Kona. I am just speaking to the major, the four major ones that are in front of us. I definitely think that we do not need a special election. We are already pinching our pennies as it is and my tax dollar does not need to go and pay for a special election that can be done when the other elections are... I always think it is really ridiculous. I think you guys have done a lot of hard work, but I don't think we have to have a special election on just for what you have been working on. I also, I am totally in favor of 18. I think we need to change that a little bit. You have heard about that a lot, so I am not going to repeat myself. On CA -31 I have been on Commissions. I have watched you know, the people who have been... usually I have gone back and forth this island to be on the Commission. I really didn't need to do that. There are a lot of people that the Council person could have tapped into but because the Mayor was the one making the decision, a lot of good people get overlooked and I think it is really good to have the Councils involved in picking out people for that. On the CA -27, I really want you to refer to Trust for Public Land, Lea Hong, the letter she wrote. All the people that work in Trust for Public Land are lawyers. They work on the land but they are really good lawyers and what she points out in the letter is really good because we... I am on that Board and that is all we look at is law and land, and law and land, over and over and they have acquired some pretty amazing pieces of property and that is all they deal with, is the law. So please refer to her comments on 27. Page 20