2014-07-03 Hearing Transcript - HACA SPP 845

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employment, and this is in regards to the representation of Intervenor Susann Tita who is being represented by Jamae Kawauchi who had previously been employed with the County of Hawai‘i. There was a request for an informal ruling on this matter before the Board of Ethics, and this has been going on for some time now. There was another hearing before the Board of Ethics on th June 25 and at that time, the Board had decided to continue the matter until July 16, 2014, and they are requesting the presence of the Planning Director as well as Ms. Kawauchi so that they can ask them questions in regards to this matter. So, again, this matter has been continued from thth their June 25 to July 16, 2014 meeting. At this point, the Planning Director is asking that this matter be continued until after the th July 16, 2014 Board of Ethics hearing on this matter. Since our last hearing on this matter, we have received several correspondence which has been submitted to the Planning Commission. st One is a letter dated July 1. This is from Dorothy Sanger. This morning, we have received a response letter to that, an email from Cynthia MacDonald. And, lastly, we have received a st correspondence from the Board of Ethics dated July 1, 2014. That concludes our presentation. Thank you. MIYASATO: Any questions for staff, Commissioners? Commissioner Henkel. HENKEL: Jeffrey, at our last meeting, didn’t you announce that the Board of Ethics had never received a notification from Ms. Kawauchi as she stated under oath to us that she had submitted. rd DARROW: That was in a letter dated May 23. Let’s see. No, I’m sorry, that is not correct. That was the letter that was referring to the Planning Director’s submittal after that. st KANUHA: April 21, Jeff. st DARROW: Okay, thank you, April 21. We have a correspondence from the Board of Ethics st dated April 21, 2014, which states, this is to inform you, and this letter was directed to Planning Director Kanuha, this is to inform you that to date, the Board has not received a Petition or st request for opinion from or regarding Ms. Jamae Kawauchi. And so that was dated April 21. th The date of the hearing that was in regards to that matter was on March 6, that a--that representation was made by Ms. Kawauchi. HENKEL: So, Ms. Kawauchi was sworn in to tell the truth, and it’s obvious that she wasn’t. Is, is that something that should be brought before the Board of Ethics in itself other than the original issue? DARROW: I believe that will be addressed at the time of the hearing. I mean, there could be a possibility that she submitted something, and it just didn’t make it to the Board. I mean, we can’t unfortunately, well I mean, we can’t jump to conclusions. There’s possibilities that could have happened. She stated on the record that she did it, so if she didn’t do it, then she’ll have to answer for that. HENKEL: Okay. 2 EXHIBIT F