MIN CHARTER 2018-12-14 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -6 December 14, 2018 to have the meetings that are, the many meetings once you have a draft. People can look at something rather than looking at nine meetings with blank sheets. I didn't find a lot of people came to those. I do think that at the, I just mention at final meeting of, and this is Redistricting Commission, that it should be that if someone feels that there has been a change during that last meeting that was for adjusted for favoritism or penalizing, they should be able to raise it and have another meeting and that is really, came out of the meeting where at the last ten seconds of the last meeting them someone came up and suggested let's draw this line around Fresh Onishi's block so that he isn't having to go against Yoshimoto and since that was everyone knows that eleventh hour you can sort of do things and I just, I think that the Cost of Government Commission while I was on Council, I didn't feel that that was really utilized, best utilized whatever funds are being done there and I think that if what I put in is say every couple of years, you have an outside consultant and taking a look at things and have it somebody more objective. On the Planning Director and that section, I am just trying to memorialize the roles that we have given by, in our statute to the Community Development Plan. I have also taken out some transitional clauses that I don't, that are no longer necessary. On the planning commission's I put in the preference for the diverse groups. At one point where a number of developers were being put on one, I was told Margaret, it doesn't matter, there is nothing here saying that we need to look to diversity of background, and that really goes to the Board of Appeals. I don't think that you want to be looking necessarily for people that are in the development planning business. Environmental Management Commission, I just added sort of adding which they're really doing right now, looking at protection of our natural resources at the same time they are doing otherwise, and in terms of the Prosecuting Attorney, I put in to establish one or more ombudsmen offices and that is a program that's worked very well in the past and... CHR. ADAMS: Please summarize on this Ms. Wille. MS. WILLE: Okay, so just, I will just mention on boards and commissions, I have tried to put provisions so we don't end up with a lack of quorum on many of them and the same thing of the Board of Ethics trying to empower them and give that more representation. CHR. ADAMS: Thank you very much for your testimony. If I could ask Karen Clarkson to come up to the table. Mr. Warshauer. RICK Communication Nos. 19 and 24 in support and Communication Nos. 21, WARSHAUER: 23, and 25 opposition. MR. WARSHAUER: Good afternoon Commissioners. Thank you for the time to offer my comments. I am a commissioner on both the PONC and the Legacy Lands Conservation Commission, but I am not giving comments in their regard. I have come to address two of the communications, number 21 and 24. I am first Page 22