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Comm. 91: Approval of Report No. 198 by Committee on <br /> Finance, dated September 5 , 1979. <br /> Comm. 92: Copy of Resolution 485 adopted by County <br /> Council , dated September 5 , 1979. <br /> Comm. 93 : Letter from Edward Silva, Director of Personnel <br /> Services requesting copy of draft on proposal <br /> for Article VII of the County Charter, dated <br /> September 6, 1979. <br /> Comm. 94: Copy of letter from Council Chairman Stephen - <br /> Yamashiro, dated October 9, 1979 to Mr. 5. P. <br /> Bowles regarding the Charter amendment on the <br /> Department of Water Supply. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: On Communication 93 I have one <br /> comment to make. I think if you will look at that communication <br /> from the County of Hawaii, Department of Personnel Services, it <br /> is addressed to my brother and not to me. (Copy of Charter draft <br /> forwarded to Edward Silva, Director, September 11 , 1979. ) <br /> Are there any other corrections on the communi- <br /> cations? <br /> MR. TRULSON: Mr. Chairman, I move that we <br /> receive and file Communications 90 through 94. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Do we have a second on this? <br /> MR. YAGONG: I second it. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: It has been moved and seconded <br /> that we receive and file -Communications 90 through 9,4. All <br /> those in favor? Carried. <br /> Before we go into any other things, there are two <br /> communications that came in. One is from Mr. Sewake. - Mr. Sewake <br /> is the Chairman for the Citizens Committee for Clean Water and it <br /> is dated October 18, 1979. It reads. . . . "The Citizens Committee <br /> for Clean Water (CCCW) is deeply disappointed inthe educational <br /> methods of your education committee headed by Commissioner Gloria <br /> Kobayashi. While the CCCW could do nothing about your proposed <br /> amendments to the Charter, we felt the Charter Commission would be, <br /> at the very least, fair in its presentation on the proposed <br /> amendments to the general public. The CCCW- feels that the Charter <br /> Commission, through its education committee, - should be informing <br /> thepublic on the impact of the proposed Charter amendments on your <br /> local government rather than- pursuing a straightforward one-sided <br /> campaign. (para) The fact' that the 'f'education' committee was <br /> authorized to publicize the proposed " amendments 'as it sees fit' <br /> does not necessarily make their actions proper and right. - If, <br /> as your legal counsel has stated publicly, that you - have the <br /> 'statutory authority to act on behalf of the public, ''' why are we <br /> having an election on the proposed amendments? The CCCW feels <br /> -2- <br />