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minutes 12-04-99Page 23 of 39 <br />HIGASHI: Yes, I like the idea of having a subcommittee. <br />RAY: So, Roland, would you be willing to head up an effort on putting together some information? <br />HIGASHI: I’m committed to him on doing one item. <br />RAY: How about Sue and John? <br />SANTANGELO: Sure. <br />IRVINE: Who else wants to join us? <br />RAY: Marni? <br />HERKES: No, I’m on - <br />IRVINE: Gary’s going to join us. <br />RAY: Gary? <br />YOSHIYAMA: Okay. <br />IRVINE: And anybody else? <br />BESS: Daryl, you have a lot of scientific input. <br />KUROZAWA: Can I make a quick comment about this? <br />RAY: Sure. <br />KUROZAWA: Are we talking about just a Commission or are we talking about setting up a Department? <br />HERKES: Both. <br />IRVINE: We’re looking at them both. <br />KUROZAWA: Both. So, just my comment for the record. I think it’s a reasonable thing to look into, but it bothers me <br />because we cannot even have Public Works, currently, and Department of Water do their own job, and for us to set up a new <br />department to do what the other departments are supposed to do, doesn’t make much sense to me. We may have to look at <br />how we fix the current system instead of adding a new department to the system that may make it just a little more difficult. <br />SANTANGELO: And the comment on Daryl’s thing. Daryl, and because I did go out and take County resources, and <br />research this a bit, in a lot of places, especially when there’s big problems like LA or anywhere else, you have something that <br />is environmental, that deals with the waste stream separate from Public Works. It’s fixing buildings and fixing cars, and <br />paving roads and a lot of that other stuff that these are specialized departments, and that is handled separately from a Public <br />Works. So, in essence, and mind you, I’m talking about a Commission, it’s their idea to have this department, but this <br />department may well, and in a lot of municipalities, solve the problem that we’re in today where Public Works is not <br />equipped, and doesn’t have the expertise to do what they’re supposed to do. This department would have that, and so it does <br />answer it in a way. <br />RAY: Roland. <br />HIGASHI: Daryl is correct, but I think we need to look at this in a futuristic fashion, that immediate problems may not be <br />resolvable right away, but we can work on that. But I think what we’re talking about is something planning for the longer <br />range, the longer haul, and eventually solving some of these problems in a more reasonable fashion. <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 12-04-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />