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Margaret Wille <br />Attorney at Law <br />65-1316 Lihipali Road <br />Kamuela, Hawaii 96743 <br />Tel: 808-854-6931 <br />margaretwille(cr�,mac.com <br />December 14, 2018 <br />To: Charter Commission <br />Fr: Margaret Wille, on behalf of myself <br />Re: Testimony on Comm. 17 CA -3 Revising Section 6-8.3 (Climate Change and <br />Resiliency Related) <br />NOTE: See also related testimony to create a Department of Agriculture and <br />Resiliency <br />While I agree with the general principles in the proposed amendment of Section 6-8.3 set <br />forth in Communication 17, I would modify and expand that amendment as follows: <br />Amend Chapter 8 "Department of Research and Development" Section 6-8.3 <br />"Powers, Duties and Functions" as follows: <br />The director of research and development shall: <br />(a) Collect and develop data necessary for managerial and legislative <br />decision-making, and program and policy-making. <br />(b) Provide staff leadership for public and private development programs, <br />enterprises and plans, including economic, social and cultural proposals, <br />which enhance and improve the county community. <br />(c) Coordinate informational and regulatory knowledge of all federal and <br />state grant- in -aid participation programs which affect the county. <br />(d) Establish a division of grant -writing, that shall be dedicated solely <br />to grant -writing in cooperation with other Departments and with <br />non-governmental entities, to promote the goals of this Charter and <br />in particular of the objectives of the general plan as stated in this <br />Charter Article III Section 5-2. The division of grant -writing shall <br />be headed by a person with at least three years experience in grant - <br />writing. <br />(e) Establish a division of climate change sustainability and resiliency, <br />that shall be dedicated to systematically addressing the multifaceted <br />crisis of climate change, including matters concerning sea level rise, <br />drought, destruction of sensitive ecosystems including both those <br />are on island and those in near shore waters, as well as associated <br />matters such as food security and energy security. <br />(1) The division of climate change sustainability and <br />resiliency shall be headed by a person with at least three years <br />experience in a related field. <br />Comm. No. 17.2 <br />