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legislative, and we have an executive branch of government. What the Council wants to do here <br />is both write the laws and administer the laws; and I think that’s where the problem is. I think <br />Chris’s analysis, Planning Director Yuen’s analysis, here is very good. <br />I’m representing the Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce. I am president of that group. And I <br />want to put us on record as supporting Chris’s position here. And I want to do that because of <br />the fact that I think that while the Council has the ability to change the Subdivision Code, they <br />are the law-making body. They shouldn’t be the same body that’s administering it, because <br />that’s crossing over and trying to take over two areas. Additionally, I don’t think the Council has <br />the expertise in planning to be able to administer the amount of subdivision applications that go <br />through. The Planning Director has a background, a long background, all the planning directors <br />have, in planning, and they have the knowledge of the laws. Whereas, the County Council has <br />many, many different areas they have to work on. They don’t have the time to be specialists just <br />in planning. So it only makes sense to have the administration have a planning director who <br />enforces the laws that are set up by the Council, which is the way we have it now. And that’s my <br />testimony. <br />ALAMEDA: Thank you, Mr. Willliams. Do we have any questions for Mr. Williams? <br />Do you have a question for Mr. Williams? <br />RHO: I do. <br />ALAMEDA: Okay, Commissioner Rho. <br />RHO: I’ll preface it by saying that I don’t really know that much about what has <br />taken place, specifically with these amendments, and exactly who proposed them and exactly <br />why they’re being proposed. But it’s my general feeling that it’s being proposed, these <br />amendments, because there is great frustration over the, what’s seen as, I guess, unplanned <br />development, especially in the West Hawaii area. And I guess people see the infrastructure and <br />they drive daily and they experience frustration over that. So it is piecemeal. I agree with <br />basically everything everybody said on this table. And I guess I agree with you because I would <br />actually today vote for Chris Yuen’s recommended changes or his thing to not go with this <br />Council amendment. But it seems to me that the present system, whatever that is, and however <br />that actually really, really runs, is not effective enough or is not doing what it’s really supposed <br />to be doing, and maybe that’s just impossible to do. But it’s not, and that people feel that, and <br />then you bring pressure on the Council people who then react by proposing these amendments. <br />That’s the way I personally see it as this point. So I wanted your take on that, on my comment. <br />WILLIAMS: Well, I think there is a lot of frustration, particularly in West Hawaii. But <br />I think a lot of that frustration has to do with the infrastructure problem. And I don’t believe this <br />particular bill will solve anything about the infrastructure problem. Our roads, you know, how <br />many new roads have we built? <br />RHO: I agree with that. But I want to know if you have any ideas on how we <br />can, or what we can do, or what the Council can do, or what the community can do to alleviate <br />the problem in the future. It won’t happen tomorrow. I mean is it just to continue the way we’re <br />operating with the present general plan, with the community plans that are being developed, with <br /> EXHIBIT B 10 <br /> <br /> <br />