03-19-18 Regular Session Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF ETHICS MINUTES—REGULAR SESSION Monday, March 19, 2018 10:03 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. Hawai`i County Building 25 Aupuni Street County Council Chambers Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Members and Staff Present: Ku Kahakalau, Chair Kenneth Goodenow, Vice-Chair Rick Robinson, Member Nan Sumner-Mack, Member J Yoshimoto, Deputy Corporation Counsel Emily Hirayama, Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER(10:03 a.m.) Ms. Kahakalau: Aloha Kakahiaka...I would like to hereby called the meeting of the Board of Ethics for March 19, 2018 to order. 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (10:05 a.m.) Ms. Kahakalau: We would like to start with statements from the public on agenda items. Please give us your name and which agenda item you are speaking. Testifier Stefan Bochta. Mr. Bochta: Hello...good morning Stefan Bochta...I am speaking to 4a I think it is...and this is about Council member...and I felt compelled to testify today because I have a unique view point that I can give you...I have been living and breathing the problem with short-term rentals for the last eight months to the point of obsession...and...not working with Karen Eoff...met her only once in fact and so I have I think I have some...some view point to give you on that aspect and I thought that might be important because...one of the...items I think the theme is....that Ms. Eoff as an elected official...doesn't she drive a unique benefit right....or gain any advantage...compared to the rest of the class of people affected by the legislation that she's drafting...and...in my opinion this is not the case and I will say why this is not the case...and just...I've gotten into this short-term rental problem because in my neighborhood there's a lot of short-term rentals and we've tried to find sort of a solution...look at it from various angles and so I've looked at a lot of the cities on the mainland and...and...tried to 1