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<br />health of the community; and should any such conditions exist, the Director shall notify the <br />subdivider, and the subdivider shall, in consultation with the Director, revised the preliminary <br />plat map and supplemental materials to mitigate those conditions indicated by the Planning <br />Director. That was a mouthful, I know, but what it basically—let me give you a brief preface of <br />what occurs during the subdivision process. <br /> <br />A subdivider or land owner or their consultant prepares a preliminary plat map which is a <br />subdivision map that shows how a given piece of property would be carved out. That map is <br />then submitted to the Planning Department. The Department reviews the map for minimum <br />requirements as required by the Subdivision Code. The map is then distributed to the various <br />reviewing agencies which include Department of Transportation, Public Works, Department of <br />Water Supply, and Department of Health. And there could be other agencies if we determine <br />that certain information is necessary to be reviewed by the reviewing agencies. When the <br />information and comments from the various agencies are received by the Planning Department, <br />we then envelope that into what we called a tentative subdivision approval, which lists all of the <br />requirements that the subdivider needs to comply with before we can grant them final <br />subdivision approval. I should note that the final subdivision approval requires the submittal of a <br />final plat map which is the final layout, and that must be prepared by a licensed engineer or <br />surveyor. <br /> <br />What Bill 182 is attempting to do is mandate to the Planning Department site visits to each and <br />every parcel that is subject to a subdivision application. We simply don’t have the resources <br />available to conduct a site inspection of each and every single property subject to a subdivision <br />application. We rely on the applicant and/or their consultants to provide the information, the site <br />conditions, the location of easements, the location of utilities, to be shown accurately on the map, <br />and that map is then presented to the Planning Department for review. We do not have the <br />expertise; we do not have the resources to go out to each and every single one of these <br />properties, some of which could cover hundreds of acres to verify each and every bit of <br />information that is shown on a preliminary plat map. That is why the final plat map is required <br />to be prepared by a licensed engineer and surveyor. That is where the burden lies. That is where <br />the responsibility lies. It should lie with the subdivider and their consultant. We simply do a <br />check to verify that their information as shown is at least represented, and that’s where the <br />responsibilities and the requirements lie so with that, that is why we’re recommending <br />unfavorable consideration of this Bill 182. <br /> <br />However, as part of your recommendation, we also note that, we offer a suggestion to the County <br />Council as well. Along with an unfavorable recommendation that maybe the Council should <br />consider an amendment to the Subdivision Code to require that the preliminary plat map also be <br />prepared by a licensed engineer or surveyor. Right now, the way the Code is constructed, the <br />preliminary plat map does not have to be prepared by those professionals. So, as a reasonable <br />compromise, we are offering that to the Council as well, as well for your consideration. So with <br />that, I stand ready to answer any questions you may have. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Any questions for staff from the Commissioners? Mr. Henkel. <br /> <br />HENKEL: Has the, has this been brought before the Leeward Planning Commission yet? <br />2 <br />EXHIBIT E <br /> <br /> <br />