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are trying to do. I don't think the Public Trust Doctrine, or the even the Precautionary <br />Principal, because the Precautionary Principal is really designed for when you do not have <br />enough information about a natural resource to make a decision about it. This is my <br />understanding of the Precautionary Principal. So, I would think that statement, which also <br />recognizes the need for development at some level, is a better statement to put into our Charter. <br />Even though it's in the Constitution, the advantage of putting it in the Charter is a lot of people <br />don't read the Constitution, and they would be reading the Charter. You could go to the <br />Charter to see that. We all didn't know necessarily that the Civil Defense Department, we all <br />know we have one, but we didn't know it came out of the State. So, again if it were repeated <br />somewhere in the Charter, everybody would be aware of that. Do you have any comment on <br />that? <br />MS. WILLE: I appreciate what you say, and I think I would probably agree. I'm going to go <br />back and read those cases. On the point of, is it duplicative and is it a good idea, there have <br />been comments that this does not self - implement. That was really my concern, how does one <br />implement this. One way to implement it is to put it in the Charter. <br />MS. JARMAN: That's correct; the Supreme Court has said that it's not self - implementing. <br />MS. WILLE: Yes. <br />MS. JARMAN: Thank you. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Are there any other questions for Ms. Wille? <br />MR. UNGER: I've got a couple. First, regarding your Code of Ethics, it's pretty apparent that <br />there is no code of ethics governing the Commissions. It all has to do with County employees. <br />Is that true? What I'm reading is that's the case. I know we did fill out a financial disclosure <br />form. I don't know who dictated that, or where it came from. It's probably not a bad idea to <br />have this apply to the Commissions as well. <br />MR. HOOKANO: Mr. Chair, if I may comment to that. It does apply to Boards and <br />Commissions, because commission members and members of boards are considered officers of <br />the County, and the Code of Ethics specifically says it is applicable to officers and employees <br />of the County. <br />MR. UNGER: Okay, there you have it. I just have one other question. I have never fully <br />understood the role, and how they get formed, the committees like the one you belong to up in <br />Waimea. What is the name of your committee up in Waimea? <br />MS. WILLE: The Community Development Plan Steering Committee. <br />MR. UNGER: How did that get formed? <br />MS. WILLE: My understanding is all of the Community Development Plans were the result of <br />a lawsuit that was filed quite a long time ago saying that only major land owners were being <br />20 <br />