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There is always a small delay, but we put on it "This is not official." We do revise the Code every six months, I believe. CHR. HAITSUKA: Thank you, Mr. Goodenow. Any other discussion on Section 3 -14? Let's move on to Section 3 -15, the General Plan. Any discussion? MR. NAHALE -A: Yes, Mr. Chair. It is obviously one of the more important sections of the Charter, and how it's implemented has major impact in the County. I'm curious, since no one is here is the assumption that it is working fine and there are no issues or concerns? Last meeting the issue we brought up was that as we are going through these, section by section, we were hoping our County officials would come and let us know, right now; if there's an issue with the General Plan we wanted to know at this agenda. CHR. HAITSUKA: Mr. Hookano, I believe that notice was sent out to all department heads. Is that correct? MR. HOOKANO: Yes, the memo was sent out letting the department heads know the schedule of the Charter Commission, on when they will be covering the articles of the Charter. With this General Plan section, it falls under the Legislative Branch, Article III. We have Kenneth Goodenow here, the County Clerk, which is kind of his section. CHR. HAITSUKA: Mr. Goodenow. MR. GOODENOW: Ken Goodenow, again. I can comment as to how the process works, but of course, as to policy questions, that's best left to the Planning Department and other departments. The way it works now, I don't see any problem with the way it works. Basically it follows in the - - -in the State law it says that zoning has to be done in compliance with a long range plan. So, even if it weren't in our Charter, we would have to do it. The General Plan has been adopted. The only way you can amend the General Plan -- -those provisions are all in the General Plan. It's kind of a self contained document. There maybe have been complaints - - -I have the Code back there, I can tell you exactly. For instance, when the Council initiates an idea, it gets referred to the Planning Commission. They review it and they have so many days to get back to the Planning Director. Then the Planning Director makes recommendations to the Council. It seems to be a pretty comprehensive system, but the policy questions are best left to the Planning Director. As far as the Clerk, it seems simple to execute; it's a clear process. MS. JARMAN: Mr. Chair. CHR. HAITSUKA: Yes, Ms. Jarman. MS. JARMAN: Since the Planning Director probably spends more time with the General Plan than anybody else in the County, she may not have thought about it being in this section. Maybe that's the reason she's not here. So, maybe we can schedule this -- -when are we doing the Planning Department? Oh, it's today. Do we know if anyone from Planning D