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Members Absent: HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION Transcript of Public Hearing of April 1, 2000 Cooper Center Volcano, Hawaii J. Ray, S. Bess, M. Herkes, R. Higashi (from 9:24 a.m.), S. Irvine, G. Martin (from 9:32 a.m.), J. Santangelo (from 9:08 a.m.) E. Alonzo, K. Balog, D. Kurozawa, G. Yoshiyama And 13 members of the public in attendance. CALL TO ORDER Chairman John Ray called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. RAY: I'd like to call the meeting to order. This is the 1999-2000 Charter Commission. We're holding a public hearing today at the Cooper Center in Volcano, Hawaii. It's Saturday, April 1st INTRODUCTION OF CHARTER COMMISSION MEMBERS RAY: Commission members present at this time are myself, John Ray, Chair; Steve Bess; Marni Herkes; and Sue Irvine. And then we're expecting several other Commission members. If you are wondering, we do not need a quorum to conduct these meetings. We voted on that, so if that's an issue with you, we addressed that earlier. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS RAY: I'm going to make some brief introductory remarks, and then go through the Charter proposed Amendments. If anybody has to leave sooner, we'll take testimony before I go through the amendments, if somebody has to get out of here. So, we've been accommodating people if they do need to leave earlier, so let me know if you have signed up to testify and you need to leave earlier. Basically a little background. The original County Charter was constituted in the late 1960's. It's mandated in our County Charter that we review the Charter every ten years, so this is the third review that's taken place in the history of the Charter; one in the early '80s, one 90s, so this is the third. Besides this process that's taking place, there are two other ways that the Charter can be amended: By petition, amendments can be 1