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people feel the appointments or the representatives as presented by the Mayor, are for whatever reasons, not appropriate. I received a copy of some comments from Mr. Childs and I just wanted to comment on that. He suggests two ideas, that possibly the Commission be advisory or have the appointment of the Planning Commissioners done by the County Council. I think his proposal, and then his argument against the Commission being advisory, is accurate in that it would definitely overload the County Council. There was a proposal a few years ago, as I was a new Member of the Planning Commission, to have the Commission be advisory only. And as soon as we brought up the subject or the idea that the County Council not only have full power over SMAs and use and special permits, but they also take on the geothermal permits as well, they immediately backed off. So I think his argument is right in that it would severely overload the County Council. Regarding the appointment by the Council Members, I don't know, I guess I see that as being heavily political in that you probably would have a County Council and a junior County Council because they would all be appointed by each Council Member. So I think the system is in place. It comes down to representation, how you feel as far as the people that are being appointed from your Council districts; are they doing a the job that they are intended to do, and at the point of confirmation by the County Council, if there is any problems with the person, or any concerns, then that would be the time to bring it up. As far as a suggestion from the Planning Commission, there were a couple that were sent up to this Commission. I apologize that I don't have a copy with me here, but I think one of the important ones was - RAY: Hold one second, Leonard. Does everybody have their copy of the submittal from the Planning Commission? I've got one. Here you go, Leonard. IRVINE: This is the August 26th? RAY: Yes. LEONARD: Okay, I have one. Thank you. There is some concern as far as the holdover period for vacancies on the Commission, and we have a proposal in front of you that the holdover period be 90 days or until a successor has been appointed, and this is irregardless of whether we have an existing Mayor or a new Mayor. And I would strongly recommend that, as we are now operating with 8 Commissioners where we should have 0 and I think we'll probably go through the whole 1999 calendar year with only 8 Commissioners. One of those vacancies is from the Kona District. That's all I have to testify on, Mr. Chairman. If there's any questions, I'd be happy to 3