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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 12 of 51 <br />TANAKA: Yes, you’re right. It doesn’t effect the Planning Commission directly, per se, with these <br />changes. And these are just the concerns of the Commissioners on the changes it would make to the <br />department. <br />RAY: Marni. <br />HERKES: Stop me if I’m wrong, but in my notes here, the reasons that you don’t recommend this is <br />because the Department of Public Works doesn’t have policies; because there’d be too much authority in <br />one department; and because the Planning Department needs to know. Are those the three main reasons <br />that you’re recommending that? <br />TANAKA: Pretty much, yes. <br />HERKES: So, if we put in the Charter that permits were granted with the stamp of an architect or an <br />engineer, and then they were transferred electronically to Public Works, and transferred electronically to <br />Department of Water Supply, and then granted, the Planning Commission really doesn’t have a lot of - <br />and I might suggest to the Planning Commission that they quit granting variances. People would spend <br />more time looking at their lot lines. Anyway - <br />TANAKA: You’re probably right. <br />RAY: Kevin. <br />BALOG: I’ve got one more question for you. I forgot. You’re a licensed contractor. If you could, as a <br />contractor, go to, quote, a department, have that department review your application for permit, and <br />approve it, vs. the current system - this is not as Commission representative - would that be favorable or <br />unfavorable, and how do you think that would go back to you servicing your customer? <br />TANAKA: As an applicant, I think it would be beneficial. <br />BALOG: And that would help speed up the process for you to do work for your customers, too, right? <br />TANAKA: It should, yes. <br />RAY: More questions? Sue, did you have a question? <br />IRVINE: I guess it was one of your very early comments about how Public Works had inspectors in the <br />field. But they’re not responsible for looking at setbacks presently? <br />TANAKA: No. <br />IRVINE: That’s a Planning Department function? <br />TANAKA: Yes. <br />HERKES: And that makes sense to you? <br />TANAKA: No. <br />HIGASHI: Maybe it makes sense in the sense that it’s approved as far as the setback, but when <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 9-29-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />