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IV. REPORTS <br /> A. Treasurer's Report <br /> The following item was approved by the Executive Committee: <br /> 1. Treasurer's Report for July 2013 as submitted by the HSAC <br /> Treasurer. <br /> B. County Reports <br /> 1. Maui County Report. Maui County Council Chair Baisa <br /> summarized the recent County Council Chairs meeting hosted by <br /> Honolulu City Council Chair Martin that all four Council Chairs <br /> attended. She informed the Committee that it was very interesting <br /> to compare the rules of each County at the recent meeting. She <br /> reported that the four Council Chairs committed to meet quarterly to <br /> foster greater collaboration and communication between the four <br /> counties. She further informed the Committee that she and Maui <br /> County staffer Danny Mateo recently met with several state <br /> legislators to discuss Maui County's share of the general excise tax <br /> (GET) and transient accommodation tax (TAT), and other Maui <br /> County state legislative initiatives. She stated that Senator Donna <br /> Mercado-Kim opined that the next legislative session would be the <br /> ideal time for the counties to request a higher portion of the GET as <br /> Senator Kim believes that the county has a legitimate and <br /> reasonable argument justifying a higher share of the GET. In <br /> contrast, House Speaker Souki informed her that he does not view <br /> the GET as an inherent county fiscal resource. She concluded by <br /> distributing a chart outlining the history of the GET and TAT that <br /> Senator David Ige prepared and distributed at their meeting. <br /> 2. Hawaii County Report. Vice President Onishi reported that the <br /> Council recently held a public hearing on Bill 79, which bans the <br /> propagation, cultivation, raising, growing, sale or distribution of <br /> genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the entire County that <br /> lasted two days because of the number of testifiers on both sides of <br /> the issue. He informed the Committee that another hearing on Bill <br /> 79 is expected to be scheduled next Monday. He concluded by <br /> reporting that the Council passed six legislative proposals to be <br /> included in the 2014 HSAC legislative package for consideration by <br /> the Committee, <br /> 3. City and County of Honolulu Report. Secretary Chang reported <br /> that the Mayor signed Bill 65 (2012) into ordinance approving the <br /> Ewa Development Plan thereby clearing any remaining hurdles for <br /> the D.R. Horton -- Schuler Division's "Hoopili" development. He <br /> 2 <br />