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IWASHITA: Yes. WATANABE: Do we have any further questions? Well, we’re not going to vote on this today because, obviously, we’ll address it later. You get to see us again. MELROSE: Yes, we get to see you Friday next. WATANABE: Yeah. And I understand you guys had a very efficient meeting the last time so maybe I’ll have Alvin conduct that meeting again. MELROSE: We missed you. WATANABE: So with that then, I guess, Mr. Domingo? DOMINGO: Yeah, as a general question, you know, might be to the Planning Director. When we talk about the Implementing Committee can you see this being included in all community development plans where you have this committee to, who will be familiar with the development plans in their community, to go through that and walk the walking process with the developers, and whoever would come in for any permits and help them along? YUEN: Well, there is an ordinance that was passed that sets up the framework for the future; and it’s actually called the Action Committees. Every, and the way it works is that when a CDP is passed the Steering Committee becomes no more and the Mayor appoints an Action Committee. And the Action Committee is supposed to be the community’s voice in advocating for the implementation of the CDP. Their role is not going to be primarily review of land use applications. There is no substitute for the fact that the Planning Commission, the Planning Department, the County Council and the Mayor have all got to be familiar with the CDP. And so when applications come in the Department is, you know, just like we analyze the General Plan, the Department is supposed to analyze the application against the CDP and provide the Planning Commission with a recommendation. And the reason, you know, Nancy talked a little bit about the reasons for some of this, but otherwise essentially we were going to have a two-level advisory process before stuff went to the County Council. There would be a presentation at the Action Committee, and then a presentation at the Planning Commission, and then a presentation at the County Council. And rather than add this other layer we felt that it was best that the Action Committee focus on the implementation, the projects of the plan, and that they would be informed of what was going on on the land use regulatory side, but that wouldn’t be their major role. And the Planning Commission and the Council would retain their major roles in the regulatory side you know, looking at the rezonings and the SMA permits and the like. There is no, you’ve got to have a Planning Commission. The State Law requires the Planning Commission, so if you start to have other bodies then you still end up having to go to the Planning Commission. DOMINGO: Can’t that responsibility be integrated with the function of the staff’s performance of their duties, you know, as an additional responsibility and go beyond the scope of what they’re doing now, rather than just accepting and processing? EXHIBIT C 14