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COTTLE: The “B” on the first page was to show you the change that the Council made back in 2010. And then <br />if you look at the proposed bill that we have, on the second page, you’ll see that it still has the old language. <br /> <br />KERN: And so that is going to stay. What’s stricken out is going to be removed and what is underlined is <br /> <br />going to be put in, is that right? <br /> <br />COTTLE: Correct. <br /> <br />KERN: So with that there is nothing in there that says anything about 10 days. It’s basically just totally taken <br />out? <br /> <br />COTTLE: Right. So if you look at the bill, this section of the Zoning Code refers back to Section 25-2-4. So <br />we took out any reference in this part of the Code to the number of days. But it refers back to 25-2-4, which <br />refers to the 10 days. <br /> <br />KERN: Which takes care of that, 10 days -. <br /> <br />COTTLE: Yeah. <br /> <br />KERN: Perfect. <br /> <br />LEITHEAD TODD: And -. <br /> <br />KERN: Madam Director, yes. <br /> <br />LEITHEAD TODD: It eliminates the potential that the same type of mistake occurs in the future. Like any <br />time you have multiple references to timelines in a Code when you go and amend one section you need to go <br />and amend all the others. By removing the reference to ten days in these sections and referring back to just that <br />one section that talks about notification, then all you have to do is if you want to change it to 15 days you just <br />change that one section; and everything else comes into line because it just refers back. And so these are the <br />kinds of problems that we’re encountering when a bill gets initiated and one section -. Unless you carefully at <br />that time go running through every section of the Code, you sometimes don’t discover until afterwards that <br />there’s some inconsistencies. And this will take of the potential for future inconsistencies by just removing the <br />language. <br /> <br />KERN: Great. Thank you, Madam Director. And thank you, Maija, I appreciate that clarification. There is <br />nobody signed up from the public to testify on this. With that, anyone willing to entertain a motion. Anyone? <br />Commissioner Au. <br /> <br />AU: So moved. <br /> <br />DOMINGO: Second. <br /> <br />KERN: So moved to -? <br /> <br />AU: I move to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council to amend Chapter 25 of Hawai‘i <br />County Code 1983 relating to the notification requirements for zoning amendment, project district and <br />agricultural project district applications. <br /> <br />KERN: Per the Director’s -. <br /> <br />2 <br /> EXHIBIT C <br /> <br /> <br />