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cover, barely, the facilities we have. So, I must say, <br /> although I 'm patting myself_on the shoulder herr', our staff <br /> has become very efficient, otherwise we wouldn ' t be <br /> functioning today. <br /> MR. CADINHA: What kind of coordination <br /> is there between your department and the state? How do you <br /> work it out? <br /> MR. HAKODA: In what terms? <br /> MR. CADINHA: There are a lot of joint projects <br /> where the state may put the capital in, as I understand it, <br /> and put up a project or park, _or pool , or something that is <br /> manned by the county or this sort of thing. In the planning <br /> aspect, how do you people go about coordinating this? <br /> MR. HAKODA: There are several ways in which <br /> we coordinate. One is delegation. In other words , if there <br /> is, let ' s say, $200,000 appropriated for a swimming pool <br /> a school. In the case of Konawaena, which is a recently <br /> developed pool , the state delegates the $200,000 to the county <br /> and we come up with county funds. We solicit additional <br /> state funds and we coordinate with the school to develop the <br /> swimming pool. Once the pool is up, the general agreement <br /> between the school system and the county is that during <br /> school hours, they have priority use and after school and <br /> summers we come in and staff it. Many of our facilities are <br /> on school grounds and coordination, I must say, is very good <br /> with the schools. <br /> MR. CADINHA: You said the county puts up <br /> money. Is this part of the budget you mentioned? Or are <br /> these projects completely separate? <br /> MR. HAKODA: No, usually our capital funding <br /> comes from the state, primarily, and to some extent from the <br /> federal government through different development grants or <br /> acquisition grants. The county •_;CIp. . . in the past, since <br /> I 've been onboard the last three years , has been almost nil. <br /> MR. CADINHA: Mechanically speaking, the <br /> Councilmen, theoretically, represent the different districts <br /> and if there are any major complaints or gripes that come up <br /> through the council , how does it funnel through your office? <br /> Do you, . .how do you work with the council , in other words? <br /> I know you report to the administration but when gripes come <br /> from the other side, how do you handle it? <br /> MR. HAKODA: We would like to see it come <br /> through the mayor' s office. But, as you know, quite often <br /> it comes directly to us and if it is within our means we do <br /> make a correction or changes. But, I think the usual practice <br /> is that they refer to administration and then it comes down <br /> to us. <br /> -10- <br />