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I'm just wondering what you think about that, and how that might fit in to your new <br />restructured department. <br />MR. KUROHARA: Right now, it seems to fit. We have a sort of a broad scope of areas that <br />we do oversee, which is agriculture, energy, tourism; we have the HCRC, which is the <br />Hawaii County Resource Center; we have film industry; we have small business <br />development as well. <br />MS. JARMAN: Thank you. <br />MR. SHUMWAY: Hi, Randy. Does Mayor Billy plan on coming up with a whole set of <br />Powers, Duties and Functions to go along with that name change? Do you anticipate the <br />Powers, Duties and Functions staying the same, and just a name change? <br />MR. KUROHARA: That's what I believe it is, just a name change. <br />MS. JARMAN: Following Mr. Unger, it seems like if they're going to change the name, the <br />Powers, Duties and Functions might need some tweaking as well. So, I would suggest the <br />Mayor take a look at tweaking that, too. If I were to read that, it doesn't sound like a <br />Department of Economic Development to me either. To the extent that when he makes that <br />recommendation he can make it as clear as possible with other parts of other <br />recommendations, I would appreciate that. <br />MS. KAWAUCHI: The Powers, Duties and Functions section also talks about staff <br />leadership for social and cultural proposals. Do you know what that might mean in your <br />department, social and cultural proposals? <br />MR. KUROHARA: In certain areas we do administer funds. In the tourism department, we <br />provide funding for cultural festivals and events, things along that line. Also, some of our <br />other funding might somewhat touch upon social and cultural areas as well. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: What kind of background is required for the Director of the Department <br />of Research and Development? <br />MR. KUROHARA: I believe, at the discretion of the Mayor - -with our Mayor right now, and <br />with the economy we have - -one of his main priorities was to focus on the economy. I think <br />he wanted somebody that came from the small business sector, which I do come from. That <br />would be at the discretion of the Mayor, and the direction he wants to take. So, I do see that <br />leaving it like that is good, because it does provide some kind of flexibility, but that is just <br />my opinion. <br />MR. FUERTES: When you think of Research and Development, it's kind of a broad <br />spectrum. I like the idea of the Mayor changing it into Economic Development, because <br />Research and Development can be a subset of the department, when you look at it. When <br />he's thinking about economic development, can you also share with him about community <br />economic development as part of making some of the changes, because a lot of the small <br />19 <br />