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HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSIONPage 6 of 51 <br />FUJIOKA: No. <br />BALOG: Okay, that’s kind of what I thought you’d say. I just wanted to see what you would say. <br />RAY: Any more questions? <br />FUJIOKA: So I know that it’s a difficult problem to address but it really needs some serious <br />consideration. Thank you. <br />RAY: Thank you. <br />BALOG: Thank you. <br />RAY: Wait a minute, before you go. I assume you are familiar with this issue of creating a Division of <br />Permitting? <br />FUJIOKA: We have not had a chance to discuss that aspect of your proposal. <br />RAY: Because, as part of that proposal, it was also proposed that the Board of Appeals move from the <br />Planning Department to under Public Works, so we’d be interested in your comments on that as well. <br />FUJIOKA: Yes, right. All right. Sure. <br />RAY: Thank you. <br />FUJIOKA: You’re welcome. <br />RAY: Leonard Tanaka, representing the Planning Commission, and there’s a letter that was just passed <br />out, dated today, from the Planning Commission. Leonard. <br />TANAKA: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the Commission, aloha. Mr. Chairman, I signed up <br />to comment on two items on your agenda. One was the new proposed Division of Permitting. The other <br />was on the holdover terms. <br />Allow me to speak on the holdover terms first, since Ms. Fujioka was finishing up on that. After further <br />discussion with the Commission, we came up with another recommendation. That is the 30 day holdover <br />period for the Planning Commission. We discussed several different scenarios, including the one that the <br />Charter Commission has proposed, a 90 day holdover, and most of the Commissioners felt that it was <br />maybe too long, and that a 30 day would be appropriate. <br />RAY: Can I ask you why? Why is that too long? I mean specifically. <br />TANAKA: We hope that the Administration will fill the vacancies on a timely basis so that you don’t <br />have to go the extra three months. Now for the Planning Commission, as you know - <br />RAY: Why is that an issue, specifically? <br />TANAKA: Okay, let me finish up. We had just switched over our agenda schedules this year so that we <br />meet twice a month now. Once in Hilo, once in Kona. We feel that it’s working out for both the <br />community and the Commissioners in that agenda items are lighter, and that the community has a <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 9-29-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />