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• - 5/29/79 Meeting • • KAWAMATA: Earl . TANAKA: Yes. KAWAMATA: On this part, on Section 8-2, on the geographical areas on Commissioners , I think it is set as a fairly good way although I do feel that an area like Kona because of its growth and the span of North and South Kona, • somehow I 'd just like, I guess I believe, there should be more than, one • • commissioner from that 'area. And,. I 'm not recommending that any other . areas should be knocked off or anything like that but I do believe somehow or another that area is big enough to warrant another commissioner, not an additional commissioner, but somehow. TANAKA: I guess then that particular matter is something that you know is really more a recommendation to the Mayor and the Council rather than to the Charter Commission unless .you're specifically saying as was recommended by the Department, and correct me if I 'm wrong, Akira, but the Department has recommended to the Charter Commission that in the Charter, they specifically state a number, give a specific number to each of the districts. At the present time, we show six districts without giving a specific number and it is left to the Mayor and the Council to determine the number of. commissioners from any given district and the Department has recommended to the Charter Commission that a specific number be placed to specific districts, am I correct, Akira? MANAGER: Yes. TANAKA: And, so is that the same thing you're saying as the Department is to set a specific number for a district? KAWAMATA: • No. I guess our. approach would be to the Mayor. TANAKA: As a recommendation to him to consider. So then you don't feel that, then what you're saying is that should we leave it as is? KAWAMATA: I would say so. • TANAKA: • Anybody have any thoughts contrary to that or any other specific thing? Is that in agreement with everybody that Section 8-2 should be left as is? • SUGTOKA: No objections. • -4 • -