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one individual . But then we have other problems that exist. What I am trying to say is that there is no real set way that you are going to cut things in' a' direct -line to eliminate these other .problems., If you are going, to write a law ,or an ordinance for every single aspectof county government, i think we are all going to operate with our hands tied so badly that we can' t move inL '; ,therCdi.rect%dri. without having, legal advice to interpret what we have to work with. I think there are certain things that you i lust can ' t tie down by words and then if you dotie them, down you can ' t move.. I look at the charter as it gives you con- siderable authority to move in many directions and to prepare and to plan, and yet I still think that maybe we should take a good look at your suggestions of changing some of these. But if you look at it, it gives you a lot of options. As far as making staff available to the County Council , the clerk ' s office has that authority to appoint the necessary staff. He services the County Council so he, already, has the authority to give them whatever staff is needed and I think in the last section here of Section (,g) on Page 12, it says it gives you the authority to "exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the planning director and the administrator of the commission as authorized by law or ordin- ance and exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as shall be required or delegated by the Mayor or council . " A lot of things that you have indicated, here, I believe are provided for. And, yet, I may be looking at it from a different aspect. MR. FUKE: This is what I talked about. The council ' s having the ability to have a limited staff supplied. I didn ' t make any suggestion that the charter be amended and this would also be in answer to Commissioner • Sensano' s question about RM' D,®; I had rased the concern, earlier, but again in evaluating the charter closely, I felt that there was sufficient language to not even warrant any change. I only more or less talked about some of the things as they relate to the Planning Department and what kind of areas should be changed because of the problems that we have had in the past in terms of the current interpretation of the charter. The Board of Appeals and what does "sustain of appeal" mean. In terms of the whole general plan revision effort right now. MR. SCHUTTE: Then the only change that you are really suggesting is that we do not need council confirmation as far as the Planning Director is concerned . MR. FUKE: There are certain changes I think that as they relate to administrative variances delegated by the Planning Commission. Clarity in terms of the Board of Appeal ' s functions. Deleting certain functions of the Planning Commission which are already outdated. On the section dealing with the General Plan depending upon what - 25 -