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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -4 October 12, 2018 But I couldn't quantify saying, you know, you need five years in the area to do it well. Nationwide I think we see more and more attorneys are assuming the directorships of departments just because of the nature of the beast. It deals with a lot of regulations and there's a lot of out of work attorneys I guess. So there does seem to be a lot of attorneys but I wouldn't say that you need to be an attorney to be in charge of the position. So as far as qualifications, I don't know that we need to set forth any. I think when we were selected by the Liquor Commission they kind of go forth and look at past experience, administrative experience, those types of things. I think supervision and I think they did a good job in trying to set forth, you know, maybe not written qualifications but what their criteria were when looking for a director. CHR. ADAMS: Seeing no other questions, thank you so much for being here today and we appreciate your testimony. MR. TAKASE: Thank you. CHR. ADAMS: I would ask, Director Waltjen from Department of Parks and Recreation. I see Director Waltjen. She is very tall. Please state your name for the record. c. Department of Parks and Recreation — Director Roxcie Waltjen (Note: At this time, Deputy Parks and Recreation Director Maurice Messina came forward to address the members of the Commission.) MR. MESSINA: I am not Director Waltjen. I am Maurice Messina, Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation. Roxcie wanted to apologize for not being able to be here today, and she also wanted me to pass along the thanks to the cormnission for everything that you guys are doing. She really appreciates that. Just want to start off with a brief overview of the Department of Parks and Recreation. We currently manage 327 facilities. We have over 466 employees. Over the last 12 months we filled 101 positions, and we currently have 16 open positions that we're looking to fill. Our facilities include beach parks, community parks, camping areas, senior centers, gyms, ball fields, pools, the Hilo Dragstrip, Hilo Municipal Golf Course, Pana`ewa Zoo and Equestrian Center, cemeteries, and emergency evacuation centers, which we got a quick learning curve on that over the lava. Review of our attendance logs over the last 12 months showed that we have had over four million people take advantage of the many recreational facilities and the activities that we offer. Our facilities contain some of the best and most diverse Page 14