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GOLDSTEIN: Because for example, this past year, the Mayor's term - he's not a
<br />new Mayor, nevertheless we have had the vacancy and could not use even this 30 day
<br />to holdover two Commission Members, for even that month, just because he's not a
<br />new Mayor.
<br />BESS: Okay, 1 understand now. Thanks.
<br />RAY: We jumped a little bit ahead of ourselves. We were trying to follow
<br />the submittal here so 1 want to make sure we're through the permitting section and
<br />also, I think, number two is related to that as well, but let's stay with that and make sure
<br />we get that covered. Daryl.
<br />KUROZAWA: 1 have a very basic question, actually. I'm trying to understand. 1
<br />hear what you're saying about moving the permitting issues over to Public Works but
<br />could you go through, briefly, the process, say, if I wanted to open a subdivision. How
<br />does it work? Where does it go from start to finish? I don't want a long explanation but
<br />I'm trying to figure out because it sounds like we're moving everything from Public
<br />Works right now, but Planning Department is still involved, aren't they? Won't they,
<br />along the way, be involved still?
<br />GOLDSTEIN: No. What we're saying, with this proposal, is that we would
<br />essentially be giving up whatever functions that we have with respect to subdivisions.
<br />• With subdivisions right now, as long as your land is zoned for that particular lot size,
<br />theoretically you can go and subdivide. It's an administerial action. It doesn't require
<br />any public hearings or any public notice or anything like this. You submit your
<br />application to the Planning Department. We submit that application to various
<br />agencies, like Water and Public Works for example, for their review and comment. And
<br />there are provisions within the subdivision code that give these departments certain
<br />amount of authority and jurisdiction. For example, Water Supply has authority to
<br />comment and require certain kinds of water improvements, that there be a water
<br />system. And portions, not all, of the roadway requirements are given to the Chief
<br />Engineer, so in their review of the subdivision application, they'll come back and tell
<br />us, okay, these are our comments. We, then, take those comments, incorporate it in a
<br />letter back to the applicant and tell them, you have a tentative approval but you've got
<br />to submit and do all of these improvements. They either do it or they try to revise
<br />things to fit what Public Works is asking, for example, with respect to roadways and
<br />things like that. Then they submit construction drawings. The construction drawings
<br />get sent to Public Works and to Water Supply and, essentially, from the engineering
<br />and structural standpoint, they approve it. It comes back to the department for a final
<br />okay. It's a confirmation on part of the Director. And then, bonding. Again, if the
<br />subdivider decides he's going to bond the improvements, then that bond, and the
<br />amount, goes to Public Works and Water Supply for their review to make sure that the
<br />amount is adequate, and we sign off on it. So there is this kind of back and forth, and
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