Laserfiche WebLink
DATE: March 16, 2010 <br />PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa <br />78 -128 Ehukai Street <br />Kailua -Kona, Hawai`i 96740 <br />TIME: 4:40 P.M. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawai`i County Council <br />Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br />REPORT OF THE <br />COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS <br />Re: Comm. No. 713.1 <br />Res. 305 -10 (Draft 2) <br />Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred <br />Communication 713 and Resolution 305 -10, Draft 2, reports as follows: <br />Resolution 305 -10, Draft 2, transmitted via Communication No. 713.1 from Council Member <br />Pete Hoffmann, dated February 16, 2010, urging the State Legislature to support a Farm -To- School <br />program and implement a statewide Farm -To- School policy. <br />On March 2, 2010 meeting of your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental <br />Relations, there were six testifiers from the public, all in support of this resolution. <br />A motion to amend to correct the third whereas statement, by replacing State Bill with Senate <br />Bill, was made by Brenda Ford and seconded by Council Member Emily Naole- Beason, was <br />unanimously approved. Communication 713.1 from Council Member Pete Hoffmann, dated <br />March 2, 2009 presented the correction, as incorporated into Res. 305 -10, Draft 2. <br />Council Member J Yoshimoto presented Council Member Pete Hoffmann's Legislative Assistant <br />Kareen Forissier to answer questions about this resolution and about the status of the Senate and <br />House Bills. She reported both bills are dormant. The House Committee has asked for a <br />feasibility study, and Bill 1179 is alive in Senate. No hearings have been scheduled. <br />Council Member Donald Ikeda asked Ms. Forissier for further description. She stated, in <br />general, the House Bill asks how could it be done, what are the economics? The Senate Bill is <br />simpler and no feasibility study has been applied or requested, thus far. School lunches are a <br />Federal program, but school districts are allowed to change the menu. Schools using <br />Farm -To- School can change menus to allow substitution for what's available. Mr. Ikeda <br />elaborated that farmers need co -ops, and currently school menus have foods that locals don't <br />want to eat. <br />Council Member Dennis Onishi stated he would like to hear directly from the Department <br />of Education (DOE). He motioned to postpone, and the resolution was next heard on <br />March 16, 2010. <br />On March 16, 2010, there was one public testifier in support. <br />PWIRC RPT. NO. 70 <br />