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Motion and Vote: Mr. Adams moved to table this petition until later in the meeting. Mr. <br /> Goodenow seconded the motion. All members voted aye. <br /> **Petition No. 2015-10 removed from the table, minutes continued** <br /> Ms. Kahakalau: Any additional information? <br /> Mr. Revell: No. No additional information. <br /> Ms. Kahakalau: Mr. Adams. <br /> Mr. Adams: We also have the subject of the petition available. Mr. <br /> Kanuha would you like to make any comments. Perhaps <br /> you'd like to bring him up. <br /> Ms. Kahakalau: Mr. Kanuha. <br /> Mr. Adams: We've had plenty of opportunity to hear...we have heard <br /> from that...we've heard this petition in September at out <br /> September meeting. Again I believe at our February <br /> meeting and again in our March meeting. In my <br /> consideration having heard from the petitioners and also <br /> from the subject of the petition in this case Mr. Kanuha. I <br /> know that the Coalition for Tobacco Free is also part of <br /> that, but I would like to make my comments specifically in <br /> this case. Actually I guess it's combined. There's also the <br /> County employee piece of this and I'll get to that in a <br /> second. In looking at...for me looking at the gift piece of <br /> this. It's clear to me when it's parsed out that the purchase <br /> of the ticket to allow Mr. Kanuha to go to the Health <br /> Institutes award dinner, be provided and award and give a <br /> speech. The award in itself is not a gift, right, but the travel <br /> fee to allow that in the...under our Code and HRS which <br /> look identical is a gift. So the question is what do the way <br /> that we've looked at gifts...how do they pertain to this <br /> particular situation. In reviewing the situation again where <br /> we do have...there's stuff happening at the same time in <br /> terms of the ordinance that had to do with vaping and <br /> tobacco and all that kinds of stuff that was about to <br /> be...come before the Council, but hadn't yet and hadn't <br /> been prepared. Nobody necessarily knew that. To be <br /> honest with you, that's important and there may be a <br /> perception issue there, but for me it's actually not that. <br /> Actually it has to do with is there...can we find that this <br /> gift is an acceptable...there's an exception for this gift <br /> under the Code. I'm having difficulty doing that. Now let <br /> 12 <br />