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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Next on our agenda are statements from the public on agenda items. <br />Before we start, I would like to remind everyone that public testimony is going to be <br />limited to only items on the agenda. Testimony will be limited to three minutes per each <br />agenda item. I would also like to remind the Commissioners that they will not be allowed <br />to ask questions of the testifiers; but if a Commissioner wants to have someone stay back <br />for discussion on a particular item, let me know and we can ask the testifier to come back <br />up when we discuss that item on the agenda. First, we have Cory Harden. Good afternoon, <br />Ms. Harden. <br />CORY HARDEN <br />(At this time Cory Harden, came forward to address members of the Charter Commission.) <br />MS. HARDEN: Aloha, and thank you all for all your hours of volunteer work. I brought <br />some suggestions, which you also have in writing. I am in support of Communication 106 <br />for reconsideration of CA -18. I support CA -18 for four -year council terms so we get more <br />experienced council members and so their energy isn't taken by campaigns every two <br />years. I would like to see this only if it's combined with amendments on recall and <br />vacancies in office to ensure us with checks and balances. <br />I support Communication 109 for additional public hearings; we need to have more heads <br />working on this. <br />I suggest you replace CA -12 with CA -16, the Initiation of Charter Amendments or <br />Revisions. CA -16 uses a process recently added to the Charter for another action, Initiative <br />and Referendum. That process was developed jointly by citizens, League of Women <br />Voters and Debbie Hecht, and by government, the County Clerk and approved by voters in <br />2006. <br />I support CA -14, Legislative Auditor, to strengthen the auditing office by allowing them to <br />retain independent legal counsel and adding a "right to audit" clause to all county contracts. <br />Perhaps that might have prevented the "million dollar bulldozer," which the County sold, <br />then rented back for thousands of dollars. We would like to see this combined with CA -34, <br />Budgetary Independence of the Legislative Auditor to further strengthen the auditor. <br />I support CA -20 for Council Standing Committees, to ensure that all Council members will <br />be members of all committees. <br />I support CA -25, Community Development Plans, to strengthen local control. <br />I support CA -26, Conservation of Natural and Cultural Resources, so people protecting <br />these resources can say "It's so important, it's in our Charter." Perhaps you would like to <br />add plants and animals. <br />oil <br />