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<br />and we were going to meet with the public and hear what they had to say. From that, what I
<br />pictured was that would now start to give us an idea of what are some major issues, and I think
<br />when the other -, the Charter members from the past came here, they said, you know, generally,
<br />you're going to take on one, two, or three major change things, and then there's going to be a lot
<br />of housekeeping. And it seems to me that when we got done with the departments, at least first
<br />round, and Commissions, we met with the public, we'd have that kind of in hand, and we could
<br />start to deal with these large issues. And then once we had -, and this is just one person's
<br />attitude, then we would start to march through that. I like the idea of taking it section by section
<br />by section. What we would have in the background, the input from departments that are dealing
<br />with those specific sections, so we'd be kind of prepared for that. So the section by section
<br />would be our housekeeping, and then if anything came up in between, we could stop and take
<br />care of that.
<br />RAY: Okay.
<br />SANTANGELO: And that's just how I saw it.
<br />RAY: Okay. What about, from a logistical standpoint, we've got a lot of
<br />meetings scheduled already, and as I mentioned, we don't -, we haven't scheduled a number of
<br />departments, boards and commissions yet so, you know, one thought is I don't know how this
<br />would work out for them logistically. We could try to schedule some of that at the same time we
<br />hold these public hearings; that's certainly a possibility.
<br />IRVINE: John, I would think that would be absolutely necessary because we're not
<br />going to have probably as much public testimony as would warrant driving all around the Island
<br />to hear one person speak or even two. I think we need to present whatever information we have
<br />at the beginning of these meetings, like maybe what departments are thinking of what, and then
<br />take input. But I can't see just scheduling public hearings that might last 15 minutes.
<br />RAY: Okay. Other comments?
<br />BESS: Yeah, I -.
<br />RAY: Mr. Bess.
<br />BESS: What I think we ought to do is obviously combine, you know, the
<br />substantiative department with a public hearing. But first off, I think what the Commission needs
<br />to decide, because this is with regard to an earlier meeting, one of the early meetings about, gee,
<br />maybe all of the people will not go to all of these public hearings, that there will be committees, so
<br />that we should specify those are substantive that not all of these would necessarily be substantive
<br />meetings. So that, you know, maybe -, I'm not speaking on my behalf because I really do plan on
<br />going to all of these, but I think that, you know, from the standpoint, other people that have
<br />schedules that may not be able to commit to that, and so, you know, every other public hearing
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