2007-09-12 Board of Ethics Minutes mc

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CHAIR: Thank you. And the ladies will wait till that other issue comes up, right? And sir? Do you have any testimony? PRANKE: No —he's my driver. CHAIR: Oh. PRANKE: Sorry. CHAIR: So now we're at the point on the agenda, item 3, approval of minutes. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion and vote: Ms. Lum moved to accept and file the minutes of August 8, 2007. Ms. Malanka seconded the motion, and all members voted aye. 4. COMMUNICATIONS Communication No. 2007 -80: Letter to Lincoln Ashida from Kendall Sharpless, regarding her resignation from the Board of Ethics, dated July 15, 2007. Motion and vote: Ms. Lum moved to accept and file the letter, and Ms. Malanka seconded the motion. Without further discussion, all members voted aye. Communication No. 2007 -86: Letter to Chair Wayne Joseph from Lincoln Ashida, re the residency of former Board member Sharpless, dated August 13, 2007. Motion and vote: Ms. Lum moved to accept and file the letter, and Ms. Malanka seconded the motion. Without further discussion, all members voted aye. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. 2 Discussion on Planning Commissioner Rene Siracusa's letter to the Hawaii Tribune- Herald (Communication No. 2007 -90) regarding Linda Berry's opinion on the Ho `onani Pet Supplies store (includes Communication No. 2007 -91: letter from Gregory Henderson to the Hawaii Tribune - Herald published August 22, 2007, regarding Ms. Siracusa's letter). CHAIR: At this point, Mrs. Siracusa, would you like to come forward? SIRACUSA: I most certainly would. I want to start out by saying that I find that it is very significant that the letter I was responding to was never submitted to 2 This portion of the minutes is verbatim.