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issues. Do we have problems with rats what what other issues? Cesspools, septic <br />systems, maybe a problem with the property. So consolidated enforcement would be a <br />streamlining of the way in which we interface with the community as to the many <br />problems that they maybe faced with, with all those different areas, as well as one of <br />the other things I had listed here was real property tax. Are we really actually taxing <br />that property properly? So Igo out there, we show it as vacant land, but it's got six <br />structures on it. Are we taxing that property correctly? And so we would be able to <br />make that evaluation and pass that on to Real Property Tax. So that was the idea behind <br />consolidated enforcement, is that make it easier for the public dealing with one <br />individual. When Igo out there, when I comeback, I don't have to write a letter to <br />several different organizations as well, or carbon copy them, and saying here now, you <br />have to go out and inspect this as well. We're able to do it all in one shot. So streamline <br />the process significantly. So that's the idea behind consolidated enforcement. <br />O'HARA: Can I ask one question there? <br />LEONARD: Yes, ma'am. <br />O'HARA: Under what department would this consolidated enforcement division reside? <br />LEONARD: Yeah, I think it'd probably be best to put it under the Police Department. <br />Now there's a couple reasons for that. Because we already interface with the Police <br />Department, when Igo out and do inspections, sometimes because of the area and maybe <br />the type of issue that I'm faced with, I will contact the Police Department to find out what <br />am I stepping into, do you have any issues with this particular property. And then if I <br />find like junkyards, chop shops, I'll take that information and may pass it back to the <br />Police Department and see if any of those vehicles that I found are stolen vehicles. So we <br />have a degree of interface already. The other thing that is beneficial is that when we're <br />looking at monetary constraints on the county right now, limited funds, working with the <br />Police Department in the area of enforcement may allow us to be able to get some grant <br />money, because the Police Department is a little easier to get grants and to do things for <br />enforcement than, let's say, if the consolidated enforcement was under Planning <br />Department or Building Division or such. Grant money is generally not available. So <br />politically, I think that moving it over to the Police Department might be a good idea. <br />O 'HARA: Thank you. <br />CHAIR: Are there other jurisdictions that do it this way? <br />LEONARD: In the state of Hawai `i, no. In other communities on the mainland, yes, <br />there are people that consolidate their enforcement. <br />MATSUDA: <br />the Police Department jurisdiction, as far as - <br />LEONARD: I don't know. I think the other ones that I'm thinking of, which are in <br />California, I don't think they're in with the police department. But a lot of these other <br />jurisdictions do things significantly differently than the way we do. For instance, like the <br />building responsibilities are also under the planning department, and so you have <br />M <br />