2025-06-24 Transportation Commission Agenda

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MEETING MATERIALS/BOARD PACKET: Pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Section 92-7.5, the meeting materials provided to members of this commission for this meeting is available for public inspection three business days before the meeting date during regular business hours at the Mass Transit Agency office at 2299 Ho’olaulima Road., Hilo, HI 96720. This information can also be requested by sending an email to heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov or by calling 808-961-8744. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SUNSHINE LAW AND ETHICS FROM THE DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL 4. APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 24, 2025, MEETING MINUTES 5. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC/PUBLIC TESTIMONY Interested persons who want to provide oral testimony on any agenda item may do so now, or at the time the specific agenda item is called. Public testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes in length per agenda item. 6. OLD BUSINESS 1.) Hearing on revocation of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, certificate number CH622 issued to Branden Henson dba B.H. Taxi, for failure to renew his taxicab license by June 30, 2024. 7. NEW BUSINESS 1.) Review Sunrise Taxi’s application for a NEW Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate in the County of Hawai’i (Tom Diaz will be present on behalf of Sunrise Taxi). 8. MASS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT Follow up:  Report on timeliness of bus pick up and drop off at Hilton Waikoloa.  Report of the minimum conditions a taxicab must meet before receiving a taxicab license pursuant to Hawaii County Code, Section 18-37.9.  Update on Hele-On’s fare-free program, which currently has an end date of December 31, 2025. New report:  Report on the County’s inspection of its new Gillig buses and Promaster vans conducted in April 2025.  Construction of a new bus shelter at Mohouli senior housing in April 2025.  Mass Transit Agency employees received training in May 2025 regarding Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs and activities that receive federal funding, including transportation.  Mass Transit Agency’s participation in the Center for Transportation and the Environment’s June 2025 Zero emission conference.  Update on Kona transportation hub progress. County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.