2014-12-11 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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Ms. Garson suggested using the airport as a hub for the Kona/Kealakehe airport as an example. Ms. Kelly said a primary example for a hub is the airport to the West Hawai‘i university center because there will be immediate growth in that area. Another example would be having other hub service the resorts. Ms. Garson suggested having a hub in the airport/civic center area and another hub in the Waikoloa area as an example of how a hub system would work. Ms. Maddox asked Ms. Kelly if there will be three hubs on the west side, one would be at the airport, one in Waikoloa, where would she the third hub. Ms. Kelly replied either Kohala or down south. Ms. Kelly stated there are a lot of elderly people living in the Ocean View and Discovery Harbor areas because it’s affordable and most of them have no transportation; this would encourage them to take the bus. Mr. Mitchell said the Federal Aid Highways 2035 Transportation Plan has concrete evidence to support these discussions and Mass Transit will need to make some adjustments to serve this larger population. Ms. Kelly asked Mr. Mitchell if he could send the link to this report for everyone to review. Ms. Garson stated an example for the hub recommendation could be to “Create hubs in the Kealakehe/airport area, Waikoloa area and Kona/Ocean View areas.” All Commissioners agreed. Ms. Garson clarified recommendations for the next agenda would be: A – computer tracking system; B – explore corridor with examples of hubs for different areas; C – explore revenue generating ideas for Mass Transit hubs; and any new recommendations. Ms. Maddox informed Mr. Mitchell that the recommendations he submitted to Ms. Kualii will be placed on the December 18 agenda. Ms. Maddox also noted presentations from Will Rolston, the County’s Energy Coordinator, and Director Warren Lee from Public Works will be on the next agenda. Ms. Maddox asked Mr. Perry if he would be ready to report on Water Supply. Mr. Perry replied yes. Mr. Matsuda indicated he would like to discuss the Department of Environmental Management. Ms. Maddox said any other items for the agenda need to be submitted to Ms. Kualii by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. Ms. Maddox said the following departments have not been reported on yet: Housing, Planning, County Council, Fire and Liquor. Mr. Mitchell would like to talk to one more person at County Council and he will be ready. Ms. Kelly will coordinate with Mr. Matsuda to interview the Fire Department and Liquor Department. Ms. Maddox stated the next meetings are December 18, January 8 and January 15 with the report due on January 20. Ms. Kelly asked when will there be a draft of all the recommendations. Ms. Maddox replied as soon as they are approved and into draft form. She hopes it will be 95% done by the January 8 meeting with fine tuning done on at the January 15 meeting. 9