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an article sort of like risks associated with Kona; and just sort of bringing to light. What on a <br />community level, if suddenly there was a volcanic eruption or something. What response is <br />there? The person communicated to Quince Mento, head of Civil Defense, and he said, on a <br />community level we have nothing. So, what I am promoting is that people think about this, <br />and you all meet every ten years, so to just try to encourage a little far sighted thinking. <br />I put on the back the recent press release from the Obama administration, which is dated <br />September 4, 2009 Basically, I'm trying to incorporate a lot of the ideas that they're doing, <br />in those terms; they use the word resilience, how do we respond, or a surge capacity, so I put <br />that in there. There has been some State legislation offered last year. It was House Bill 990, <br />and there was Senate Bill 1, but nothing happened. They are going to be looking at it again. <br />One just sort of practical level is that if you have these things written as policies, that's how <br />you can get money. And there is a lot of money that is going to be available, but you need to <br />have something in a platform that is your policy, that could be like a pilot program. I'm <br />really trying to raise awareness. This is a rough draft; I haven't gone to anybody with it. I'm <br />just trying to get us thinking in these terms that I really think that civil defense and resilience <br />should be in the Charter, and people should be more aware in terms of preventing long term. <br />So, I'm going to save the other comments until Communication 30 comes up. Thank you, I <br />don't know if there are any questions. <br />MR. LINGER: First off, I don't know whether this is for you to answer. Is the Department <br />of Civil Defense the only department that is not covered in the Charter? <br />MS. WILLE: It seems to be. I couldn't figure out where it came under, unless it's under the <br />Managing Director. <br />MR. HOOKANO: The Department of Civil Defense is actually kind of a creature of the <br />State. The Hawaii Revised Statute (HRS) contains provisions on how our civil defense <br />director is appointed, their duties. Then, they are also mentioned in our County Code, where <br />the language mirrors the State language. It's a County department, but the director is <br />appointed by the State. It filters down through the State process. That's probably why it is <br />not mentioned in our County Charter. <br />MS. WILLE: So, it is sort of set up by the State, but it is administered by the County. We <br />are in charge if something happens. It's called to the County people, what are you doing <br />about it, and I don't know what that chain of command is. <br />MR. KEALHOA: Who funds it? <br />MR. HOOKANO: I'm not exactly sure offhand who funds it. <br />MS. JARMAN: So, if it's provided for in the HRS, do we have the authority to recreate it in <br />the Charter? <br />MR. HOOKANO: I'd have to look into that, I don't want to make a definitive statement off <br />the top of my head, without having looked at the HRS provisions in quite some time. <br />5 <br />