2006-07-06 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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wanted to remove the agricultural zoning on a parcel, you would go to the Land Use Commission. Ms. Nicholson said there is a purpose in having a broader State overview of some of those actions. Ms. Provalenko said she agreed with Mr. Sakaguchi, that it should not be a two - tiered system and each County should have jurisdiction over its own lands. Mr. Sakaguchi said there is a duplication of services, which is not necessary, and that he knows people who do not trust the County and want to have the State to appeal to. The Chair said it is mainly a safeguard for the opposition, another arena where development can be opposed. Ms. Nicholson said this is an issue they should bring up when they have the Planning Director come, that it should be specifically addressed then. It would be worth discussing to find out Planning's view on this issue, and we should add this to our questions for Planning. The Chair mentioned that at the last legislature, Bunda said they were going to do away with the Land Use Commission, and the whole senate stood up and cheered. However, the issue did not even hit the floor. There has always been talk about doing away with the Land Use Commission or restricting it, but it never seems to happen. Ms. Nicholson said they could not make that recommendation because it is not a County function. Ms. Garson said what they could do is make a recommendation on whether or not the County should oppose legislation to get rid of the LUC. Ms. Nicholson said she would assume when Planning appears before them they'll talk about these issues, since they've put them down on paper. The Chair mentioned that an issue in the news recently was Angel Pilago wanting to establish separate Planning units in East and West Hawaii and how that would be interesting to ask Planning about. Ms. Provalenko said the bigger projects cannot be approved in Kona, they need to come to Hilo, and that people in West Hawaii get upset because of the time lag involved in this. Not everybody in East Hawaii knows what the problems are in West Hawaii. Motion and Vote: Ms. Nicholson moved to file this communication, stating that they may want to revisit it when they have someone from Planning speak. Ms. Provalenko seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. 14. DISCUSSION /ACTION ON DATA SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO THE COMMISSION'S LETTER DATED APRIL 10, 2006 The commissioners had questions on what the police microwave system is. Ms. Garson explained that it is the towers used for communication. Mr. Sakaguchi said he believed the County is using DSL lines, when instead the microwave system should be used. Mr. Sakaguchi said it comes back to the point of whether operations should be centralized or decentralized. He said it looked like Data Systems would like control over M