HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN PSC 2020/07/21 2018-2020Committee on Public Safety
11th Session
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai i
July 21, 2020
CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Public Safety was called to order
ORDER: at 3:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, Hilo, by Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Chair.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Chair (via videoconference from Kona)
Ms. Karen Eoff, Vice Chair (via videoconference from Kona)
Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member
Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Member (via videoconference from Kona)
Mr. Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Member
Ms. Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Member
Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member (came in later)
Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Member
Absent & Excused: Ms. Valerie T. Poindexter, Member
STATEMENTS The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items.
PUBLIC ON
AGENDA ITEMS: The following individuals registered to speak and came forward
when called by the Chair:
Lopaka Milliora:
Anthony Priola:
Gene Tamashiro:
Devin Shaw K. McMackin, Sr.:
Lani Eugenio:
Comm. 996; and
Comm. 997, comment.
Comm. 996, comment.
Comm. 996; and
Comm. 997, comment.
Comm. 996; and
Comm. 997, comment.
Comm. 996; and
Comm. 997, comment.
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CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you, if that's our last testifier, then I'll close public
testimony at this time. Clerk, can you read in our first communication? I'm
sorry, one second. I'm sorry, we have a request to take something out of order
because we have someone using tele -meeting to join our meeting. Is it possible
for us to take Communication 997 first? Is there anyone that has any issues with
that?
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Chair, I just want to point out that our Civil Defense
Administrator, Talmage Magno had to step away from a COVID meeting to make
this particular meeting. And I just have three questions for him that will maybe
take five minutes. But I defer to your wisdom on prioritizing, but I just wanted to
make that known.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Okay, thank you for sharing that. And my apologies, but I
am going to go ahead and take Communication 997 first, as we have someone
who specifically had to make this time allotment to participate today remotely
from Oahu. So, my apologies for any inconvenience this causes anyone. And
we will get through this and get to your communication, Ms. Kierkiewicz.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Chair, if I could, I have two officers here
who have to return to work, and their presentation is extremely brief. And it may
actually help our next communication. Can we hear what they have to say very
briefly? Just as an update on where we're at with our missing children.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Okay, I'm a little confused here, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder,
were you then looking for the police report to come before Mr. Talebi's
presentation?
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I would like to, because they need to return
to work or we're going to lose them for the rest of the day.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Okay.
MR. TALEBL Sorry to interrupt. This is Sha Talebi. I'm fine going after all the
other business.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you Mr. Talebi, it's so gracious of you. Thank you so
much.
MR. TALEBL My presentation is longer, and then if people want to ask
questions. So feel free to take up the other matters.
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CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you so much. In that case, if it's okay,
Ms. Kierkiewicz, can we go again with Communication 996, as it's going to be
very brief? And then we'll transition straight over to Civil Defense, which will
also be very brief.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: That's totally fine. Thank you, Chair.
MR. KANEALII-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Chair.
COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
CATIONS: Communications.
Change Order As directed by the Chair and with no objection from the Council Members,
of Business: the following item was taken out of order:
Comm. 996: REQUESTS AN UPDATE FROM THE HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT
REGARDING THE STATISTICS AND IDENTITIES OF CHILDREN
CLASSIFIED AS RUNAWAY OR MISSING CHILDREN IN HAWAII COUNTY
From Council Members Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and Rebecca Villegas, dated
June 30, 2020.
Motion to Close File: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to close file on
Comm. 996. Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder.
MR. KANEALII-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Chair. We have Lieutenant
Finkey today here, as well as Officer Kagimoto. And I asked them to be here
today to give us updates on numbers that we have currently, as well as any active,
missing, or runaway cases. And I'll ask you to go ahead, Lieutenant Finkey, and
just give us an update.
(Note: At this time, Hawaii Police Department Area 1 Juvenile Aid
Section Lieutenant Sandor Finkey and Detective Gavin Kagimoto came
forward to address the members of the Committee
LT. FINKEY: Okay, I'm Lieutenant Sandor Finkey from the Hawaii Police
Department providing the statistics for runaways and missing children. Right
now we currently have one outstanding missing child, which is Benny Rapoza,
male, six. He went missing in December of 2019.
We currently have in Area 1, which is comprised of Hamakua, Hilo, and Puna. A
total of nine runaways. We have runaways who have signed media waivers are:
Reny Kaholo-Hiapo, Aidyn Cruse, Treysin Brugman, Layne Tomlinson,
Uluwehi Saragosa, and Dakota Iseri. We do not have a current media release for
Uluwehi Saragosa because we're working on obtaining a photograph.
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Area 2, which is comprised of South Kohala, North Kohala, Kona and Ka`u has
three outstanding runaways: Kerri-Ann Duarte, Allanie Duarte, and
Treeny Shiraki. That's a total of 12 current open runaway cases for the Island of
Hawaii. And eight of those are repeat runaways.
In terms of statistics, comparison from this year to last year; from January 1st to
July 21" of 2019, there were 211 runaways. And from January 1" 2020 to
July 21, 2020, there's 192, which is approximately a ten percent decrease.
What we'd like to say is, we'd like to thank the public for all of the tips that
they've provided us. And we act on every tip that we receive. We just want the
public be aware though, call us with their tips as opposed to sharing stuff on
social media and assuming that it's fact. We just want to be sure that any tips that
are giving any information that's given comes to us so that we're able to
investigate and verify it.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, mahalo Lieutenant, thank you sir. I
just wanted to say, thank you for putting this together. I'm going to make this a
monthly update, like we do with the Mayor's Office. You can come in and give
this information. It helps the public understand what's going on and provides a
very clear authoritive picture of what's happening in our community.
And I would like to say, too, that stemming from our first meeting that we had, I
know you guys have made a lot of changes so far. And the community has
responded. They appreciate what you're doing. And as well with our next
presentation, or the following presentation from Sha from the State. Kind of what
we're doing to further that at the State level and at the County level. So, I
appreciate what you guys are doing, and mahalo for putting this information
together. Just a way to keep the community and ourselves updated on what's
happening.
LT. FINKEY: Thank you.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I yield to any of the Council Members if
they have any questions.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. Does anyone in Hilo?
Yes, Chair Chung.
MR. CHUNG: Yeah, so, let's see if I get this straight. Right at this present time,
we have 12 runaways and one missing? Right, Benny Rapoza, yes. Okay. And
in terms of the 192 runaways that you had since January to July, how many were
repeats?
LT. FINKEY: I don't have that because I just started tracking that.
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MR. CHUNG: But you think this is 192 separate kids?
LT. FINKEY: No, absolutely not.
MR. CHUNG: Okay. If you had to take a guess, more or less, how many
individual kids have runaway? If you had to take a guess. I'm not going to hold
you to this. I just want to have an idea, of you know, how prevalent the repeat
runaways are.
LT. FINKEY: I really don't want to guess.
MR. CHUNG: Okay, well maybe next time when you come, yeah, you can kind
of give us an idea.
LT. FINKEY: You know, yeah, I'd have to look at the numbers, because I don't
want to put any information out there that's inaccurate at this point. But it's
definitely not 192 separate children that ran away. Definitely not.
MR. CHUNG: Okay. Because just coincidentally I had a call today from a lady
who wanted to know if she could get guardianship over her grandson or
something. And then she explained to me that the mother got him back. Of
course I'm not going to mention the name. But he keeps on coming back to her
house and runaway reports are made. She said three or four times. I said that's
kind of interesting, we have a runaway item on our agenda today. I mean, I didn't
say that, but I'm thinking in my mind, right? And three or four times that one kid,
only coming back to where he wanted to be, yeah. So, yeah, that's of interest to
me. I want to see how many actual kids have run away, yeah, and reported to you
guys.
LT. FINKEY: Well, just an example, we have one female on this list, and she has
run away 13 times in the past year.
MR. CHUNG: Yeah, I suspect it's going to be something like that.
LT. FINKEY: Yeah, so that gives you an idea. And eight out of these 12 are
repeat runners. That doesn't make them any less vulnerable when they leave.
MR. CHUNG: Of course.
LT. FINKEY: We just want to make sure that that's out there, but if you see just
the current runaways, you're looking at eight out of 12.
MS. LEE LOY: Sixty-six percent, I did the math.
LT. FINKEY: What was that?
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MS. LEE LOY: Sixty-six percent is repeat runaways. Just based on 12 current;
eight being a repeat. Sixty-six percent of that is our total. Because I have the
same question and forgive me for interrupting, but you can actually start to map a
trend.
LT. FINKEY: Exactly. There apparently are individuals who have different
issues why they leave repeatedly. And it varies from child to child.
MR. CHUNG: Would you be able to provide that kind of information? Or is it
going to take too much?
LT. FINKEY: Well, we have to look at 192 cases if we were to do that, to give
you an accurate number, and that will take a long time. Just putting together this
report took several hours.
MR. CHUNG: Yeah, well, maybe by the end of the year, if you guys can, you
know, when you guys have time. Because, you know, this is an important issue.
But at the same time we want to get a handle as to what the magnitude is. You
know, when you say 192 that sounds like a lot.
LT. FINKEY: Well, the way we're tracking it right now, we're showing how
many are repeats, and if we do a month -by -month count based on percentages, we
could give you a percentage but that data would take several months to accrue.
MR. CHUNG: Right, but you know, as much information as we can get, it's
always good, yeah, in tackling a problem. So maybe at the end of the year or
maybe one year from now, if you guys can get more statistics on where these kids
are running away from. And if you guys know why they might be running away;
from what kind of situations?
LT. FINKEY: Well, we already know why with a lot of them. There are multiple
different reasons and they vary from child to child. So we'll do what we can in
order to try and get some sort of figure when it comes to the actual amount of
children who are running away but it will take some time.
MR. CHUNG: No, I'm not asking, you know, for you to drop everything. It's a
gradual process, but as I said, the more information we get the better. It gives us a
better picture of what we're facing. Alright, thank you, you guys.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you, Chair Chung. Is there anyone else in Hilo?
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I have a follow-up comment, but only after
Kona has had an opportunity.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Nope, go ahead, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder.
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MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. I just want to put out there for
everyone's information that there's a Trafficking Study Report that was done
finished in 2020. And in that study, 95 percent of the kids or the victims who had
been trafficked began as a runaway. So when we start looking at the numbers, it's
just important for us to remember that the vulnerable children or the vulnerable
members of society, you know, they're starting as runaways. So that's why these
numbers are incredibly important to understand that even if it is a runaway. If
95 percent of the victims began as a runaway, then 95 percent of the number,
whether it's, you know, repeat or your non -repeat number. Those are potential
victims of trafficking. That's important for us to remember. So just to leave
everyone with that thought.
MR. CHUNG: Rebecca, I have one more comment.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Alright.
MR. CHUNG: Yeah, I mean I didn't know we were going to talk about sex
trafficking, but you know, I'm glad we're talking about it right now. I just wanted
to throw this out. You know, I just got assigned to a case about a week ago. It
involves a girl in Honolulu who is a confirmed person who was a victim of sex
trafficking.
I haven't been able to go over to Honolulu because of various reasons relating to
COVID, but you know, I'm kind of looking forward to that. To be able to talk to
his girl and see, you know, what the hell happened, right? But I just wanted to
throw that out as well since we are talking about the sex trafficking, because it is
real. There's no question about it, right? But how big it is, you know, how these
kids get sucked into it or lured into it. It's all part of a learning process, right? So
thank you.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you, Mr. Chung. Okay, if nobody else would like to
make any statements, I just wanted to thank you. We really noticed the transition
about not only the youth who are runaways, but those that are being found or
being returned. We saw it in the newspaper recently, and I continue to see it in
pieces of information that are being provided to the public. And I think that's
incredibly helpful. So thank you for transitioning to this system that
communicates more information about the current—those missing, those having
runaway, and those have been returned. And we'll look forward to the continued
gathering of that data, and then how it can be utilized to create reports that
provide more accurate information and a complete picture of what's happening
here on the Big Island.
LT. FINKEY: Thank you.
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CHR. VILLEGAS: Alright, and with that, can we take a vote. All those in favor
please say "aye."
Vote on Comm. 996: The motion to close file on Comm. 996 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Lee Loy,
Richards, and Chair Villegas — 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Poindexter —1.
Excused: None.
Return to Order The Chair directed the Committee to return to the order of business.
of Business:
CHR. VILLEGAS: Mr. Clerk, can you read in Communication 825.
Comm. 825: REQUESTS AN UPDATE FROM THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
REGARDING REVIEW OF EMERGENCY PLANS AND PROGRAMS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 7-3 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE
From Council Member Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, dated March 6, 2020.
Motion to Close File: Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to close file on Comm. 825.
Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Ms. Kierkiewicz.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. And thank you, Talmage, for
agreeing to come and provide us an update. You know, earlier this year,
Council Member Lee Loy and I, we kind of picked up the pieces again around
disaster response, and recovery for our County. And it was the next logical step
after we got done with authoring and introducing the Interim Recovery Strategy
as it relates to the eruption.
And so, in combing through Chapter 7 of Civil Defense, which we are taking a
hard look at in partnership with Roy Takemoto and figuring out how we proceed
in updating it to be more in alignment with HRS 127 (Hawai`i Revised Statutes).
You know, I went through the Articles, very short, just a couple of articles. And
in Article 1, Section 7-3, it talked about some of the duties and responsibilities of
the Deputy Director, which is our Mayor. But it mentions here that before March
31" of every year, you know, a suite of plans and programs needed to be
transmitted to the Council as it relates to just disaster or emergency preparedness.
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And so, I just wanted to take the opportunity to see if you could shed some insight
and clarity around, what does it mean to transmit these plans and programs to
Council? Like what are those particular documents?
(Note: At this time, Civil Defense Administrator Talmage Magno came
forward to address the members of the Committee.)
MR. MAGNO: Good afternoon, Chair and Council people. You know, I kind of
queried the staff that's been around for a while, and to their knowledge and to
mine, it's never been followed through. HRS 127A (alpha) was adopted in 2015.
And so, I guess things had been changed under that document. And then, I
believe the Hawaii County Codes never caught up to that, and so that needs to be
done. That work needs to be done. So those documents you're talking about;
those reports, they've never happened.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: So what sort of guiding framework do we as a County
have right now that says in the event of a lava eruption or now a pandemic, what
is that trigger -ready process where we are activating, not just people within the
County to come together and figure out how we best respond, but you know, who
are the liaisons on the State and Federal side? Who are our partners within the
community that could be CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) other
grassroot's groups like Bodacious Women? I'm just thinking about what's that
trigger -ready process so that community is aware and feels comfortable and is
yeah, just takes comfort in the fact that there is a plan that we can rely on that
transcends through different administrations. That way there's some continuity in
our ability to respond.
MR. MAGNO: Sure, so the whole program comes under the Multi -Hazard
Mitigation Plan. Everything basically relies on that plan to lay down the ground
work for the General Plan and everything else that comes after that. And so, you
know, the Administrative side as far as creating the Emergency Operations Plan, I
think that would be beneficial for you all to see. That'll be a good document for
you to review.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Emergency Operations Plan?
MR. MAGNO: Yes.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: That's a component of the Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan?
MR. MAGNO: Right, yeah.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay, which is updated every five years?
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MR. MAGNO: The Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan. So that is being reviewed
right now by the State; and you know, it looks like a pretty good document. It'll
be adopted and everything, you know, will run off of that for the next five years.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Our County?
MR. MAGNO: Yes. Emergency Operations Plan will go under review and
redrafting according to what the Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan lays out.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay, I hate adding more layers of bureaucracy, so within
that plan, do we talk about leveraging community power and supporting their
ability to help residents in their particular neighborhoods? You know, I want to
get out of this mindset of constantly overloading County Government. So the
more that we can shift support and resources to the people and they be a partner in
the response and recovery process, you know, I'm fully supportive of that. And
so, I'm curious if this new iteration of the Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan kind of
leans in that direction.
MR. MAGNO: Including the communities is critical to our operation. The
government, whatever level, we can't do it. And we don't have the connection to
what's on the ground as the communities do. So we include, you know, the
CERT teams. That's critical. You know, on a normal year, when we can get to it,
we'll provide five basic trainings a year that'll bring in new members, create new
teams if so be it, and recertify current members. So you know, we always look at
building the community.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Building up that local capacity.
MR. MAGNO: Yes.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: I know that we have CERT teams in nearly every
subdivision throughout Puna, because we have been hit with so many disasters
over recent years. Can you confirm if we have a CERT team in every community
around the Island? Where are some of the pukas?
MR. MAGNO: We have CERT teams scattered throughout the islands. You
know, this island is so expansive, that there are areas that'll get missed. But I
think all parts of the Island are represented. And so, you know, like in
coronavirus, we're starting to tap those groups to help us where they can. And so
far, you know, we're hitting all the venues that we're having, whether it's testing
or food drops and so forth.
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So, you know, some communities are missed. You know, we get new
applications all the time, but with the situation we're in right now, we can't do the
training appropriately. And so that's kind of delayed our progress. But you
know, as far as pinpointing areas that need help, I think there's not one place I can
pull out, because we've got them from the north part of the Island all the way
down to the south and along both coastlines. So, you know, there's a lot of help
out there. We have 26 teams scattered throughout the island.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: That's great, Talmage. And so coming back to the purpose
of today's conversation. You know, Section 7-3 and that sort of framework for
how we mobilize disaster response. You know, how do you think we should
proceed in refreshing this chapter, so that we are taking into consideration the
updates to HRS 127?
MR. MAGNO: Well, we can follow it verbatim, and those documents that come
before Council and follow that; or you know, I think we can just adopt the
documents that we work on with now, with the Emergency Operations Plan; the
soon to be out, Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan. You know, other things like each
department's Continuity Operations Plan. You know, that's getting way into the
weeds for you guys, but the overall Emergency Operations Plan, maybe an annual
review of that would suffice.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay, so you've been doing that for the last few years,
reviewing and auditing that plan?
MR. MAGNO: No, we're going to review it now with the Multi -Hazard
Mitigation Plan. That's going to be the next step.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: And then, when are these plans going to be available or be
transmitted to the Council for our review and approval?
MR. MAGNO: Should be the Fall for the Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan. I think
in September.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Okay. Great, that's helpful, I mean we are in hurricane
season. Very concerned about the potential of being hit on top of COVID. And
so just wanting to make sure that there's clarity within County Government,
within the community, about what everyone's kuleana is and how we are going to
get together, work together to kind of weather those storms. So, thank you,
Madam Chair, I yield. You know, Talmage, please keep us posted on the plans
and how we can be helpful. Thank you.
MR. MAGNO: Absolutely. Thank you.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you, Ms. Kierkiewicz.
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MS. LEE LOY: Chair, I have a question.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Okay, Ms. Lee Loy.
MS. LEE LOY: Thank you, Chair. Talmage, and Ms. Kierkiewicz, thanks for
bringing this forward because Ms. Kierkiewicz is right. We want that
trigger -ready response, and a lot of times what happens is, once we get the
Emergency Proclamation, things happen rather quickly. But once that
Emergency Proclamation falls away, then we're kind of just stumbling and falling
forward.
And so, my question really is in regards to the Hazard Mitigation Plan that we're
working on now and how it lines up with the FEMA (Federal Emergency
Management Agency) Hazard Mitigation Plan because I'm noticing, and this is
common language or shared vernacular, if we're not identifying emergencies
kind of inconsistent manners, we're not getting the type of funding that we need
for recovery. And how are we auditing our County's mitigation plan against the
FEMA's plan so that we have shared language. So when we do pull the trigger on
funding or recovery plan, everything is lining up very nicely? Are we kind of
looking at that with this hazard mitigation plan that we have a draft? Okay.
MR. MAGNO: I feel pretty confident that this Multi -Hazard Mitigation plan is
going to do that. When we undertook this project, we made sure that it was going
to be—and it's part of it. It has to conform and be consistent with the State plan.
You can't have any conflict in it, for one. And then FEMA's going to get the last
review of it as well.
And so the vendor that worked with us on this, very well versed on Multi -Hazard
Mitigation Plans. In fact, they had done the State's. They're working on the
other Counties right now. You know, they're running ours through the State. So
I feel it'll do everything that you're asking for.
MS. LEE LOY: So then, in follow-up to that, because we'll line up nicely with
FEMA and then Hawaii Revised Statutes. Now, we all recognize every
municipal, every county has its unique needs. Is there room for us to wiggle in or
slice in or splice in some of our unique needs, like lava. I just cannot imagine,
you know, another county having a recovery plan based on a lava eruption like we
do. How do we slice in some of those unique climate things we have here?
MR. MAGNO: Right. So, with the Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan, you have
wiggle room to add some categories. So, climate change was added in that one.
We did a real deep dive into the volcanic hazards. And so, you know, lot of
review, USGS (United States Geological Survey) helped us out big. We went to
the community. A lot of people commented, you know, especially from the
community after the 2018 eruption. So I think, you know, those chapters are
pretty extensive and definitely a better document than the 2015 in those aspects.
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MS. LEE LOY: And then for our unique recovery needs, how do we line that up
for larger Federal dollars? Is it again, shared vernacular or vocabulary? Or do we
have to kind of bridge that with our own legislative policies?
MR. MAGNO: You know, back to the vendor, Tetra Tech. Because of their
knowledge with recovery and Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plans, they make sure that
we address that in the language. I cannot give you specific details, but that was
the comment all along. You know, whenever we've had reviews of the document,
they'd cite what FEMA looks for and so forth. So, you know, it's 600 plus pages
deep and it covers a lot of that.
MS. LEE LOY: Thank you, Talmage. I think we're learning, not only related to
recovery, but a number of our County Codes, what we're trying to line up that
haven't been touched in many, many years is taking a lot of heavy lifting. So I
really appreciate that everybody's using the same lens and kind of guiding
principles which share common language and how to be the best recipient for
whatever money is on the table at whatever level of government. So thank you
for that, Talmage. Chair, I yield at this time.
CHR. VILLEGAS: Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy. Any other questions or comments?
Mr. Richards.
MR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Chair. Talmage, thanks for being here today.
You know, sitting here listening, your plates been a little full from last couple of
years, and I fully appreciate that. And we're talking about the plans going
forward, and I think if we ever get to a point where we're not dealing with an
emergency, maybe we'll actually be able to get to work on some of the plans.
In the meantime, you know I've talked about this, and specifically to the CERT
and the repeaters that we have out there. That's part of the process, and I
appreciate the fact that everything's been slowed down and all. Are we getting to
a stage where we can get that equipment, because it's been sitting there for some
time to get that deployed for District 9? Are we getting close?
MR. MAGNO: We are getting close. We've got all the equipment in finally, and
it's just a matter of finding the time. You know, we want to do the installations
right. And the thing about it is if we go, and we are going to go into County and
State sites for these repeaters. More importantly, you know, the State sites, we're
going to make sure agreements are in place. And then we've got the certified
professionals putting the installation in.
So, you know, we kind of added a little bit more to the project's scope, but you
know, Hamakua is adding some repeaters as well. So, we're going to be in the
mode once we get some time of getting repeaters in. As far as the timeframe,
unfortunately, I don't have it for you.
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MR. RICHARDS: Talmage, that's an honest answer up front, and I appreciate
that. As you know, this has been something we've been talking about now for
probably 18 months or so. Again, if we can nudge that forward; if I can help
getting to some of those agreements crafted. And Hamakua, that's great because
actually I think that may actually tie in these repeaters even further. So, I don't
know, I'll have to look at the geography. But anyway, whatever we can do to
move that forward for the planning, let me know what I can do to help, alright?
Thanks Chair, I yield.
Relinquish Chair: At this time, the Chair relinquished the chair to Vice Chair Eoff.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Excuse me, Ms. Villegas had to leave so I'm assuming
the Chair for the remainder of this Committee Meeting. I think, if there is no
further discussion, or is there any further discussion? Hearing none, then I'll go
ahead and ask for a vote to close file on Communication 825. All in favor please
say "aye."
Vote on Comm. 825: The motion to close file on Comm. 825 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz,
Lee Loy, Richards, and Acting Chair Eoff— 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Poindexter
and Villegas — 2.
Excused: None.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Motion carries and we can move on to
Communication 997. Mr. Clerk.
Comm. 997: REQUESTS A DISCUSSION WITH DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
FARSHAD TALEBI REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN HAWAII
COUNTY
From Council Member Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, dated June 30, 2020.
Motion to Close File: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to close file on
Comm. 997. Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, go ahead.
MR. KANEALII-KLEINFELDER: Mahalo, Chair. So about a month ago, I was
introduced to Mr. Talebi, as I call him now, "Sha." He is the new State Human
Trafficking Coordinator under the Attorney General. I've also come to learn that
this is a very important issue for Attorney General Connors (Clare E. Connors) in
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regards to Trafficking in our State. And there's funding being provided to the
State and the Counties as well. Our community right now is in a state of
awareness, strength, fear, and a little bit of confusion.
My responsibility as an elected official is to ensure the safety of our citizens,
especially our keiki. Sha today has graciously, you know, offered to do a
presentation to our Council regarding trafficking. I really wanted to have him
come and present to the whole Council. I've had discussions with him, but I think
what he has to offer to us and the community can really clarify what we in the
County are doing and kind of help with our discussions that we have, which
sometimes can be circular. So, I would like to ask Sha, are you there, Sha?
MR. TALEBL I am. Can you guys hear me?
(Note: At this time, State Deputy Attorney General Farshad Talebi came
forward to address the members of the Committee.)
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: We can hear you and we can see you.
Thank you for being here today, really appreciate it. Maybe introduce yourself.
Give us a little background, and then you can jump into your presentation.
MR. TALEBL Aloha, thank you Committee for inviting me. It's a great
opportunity to talk to the community. As Council Member said, human
trafficking is priority for Attorney General Connors. I was fortunate that recently,
she gave me the opportunity to try and expand our department's efforts and really
bring together a statewide coordinated effort.
And just in terms of short background, I was a prosecutor in Washington State for
about ten years; happened to get one of the early cases of human trafficking in the
state and the first one in our county. And essentially lead a County protocol
where we built up our efforts and aggressively prosecuted human trafficking. So I
had numerous trials and prosecuted dozens of cases; worked with dozens of
victims.
And then I left the Prosecutor's Office and went to Washington State Attorney
General's Office, and started and headed the Human Trafficking and Child
Exploitation Unit there which is kind of the model, I guess, in terms of my
discussion with the Attorney General, and what I'm hoping to kind of continue
here. And just about two years ago, I came to Hawaii, and I was the Title IX
Coordinator at Leeward Community College, which was a great opportunity, he
gave me a lot of insight into the community. So I think that it's been really
beneficial in terms of this transition. I don't think I could have come from the
Washington State Attorney General's Office and been able to kind of hit the
ground running with an understanding more about Hawaii and the community in
this population as well.
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So, I have a PowerPoint here to go over some slides. I think it generally makes it
easier if I can point to some things as I'm talking. I'm happy to take questions at
the end, but I'm already longwinded and can talk about human trafficking for
hours, so if we start interrupting we'll probably be here all night.
(Note: At this time, Mr. Talebi provided a PowerPoint presentation to the
members of the Committee. For viewing of the subject presentation, see
the DVD copy of the meeting proceedings on file in the Clerk's Office. A
copy of the PowerPoint presentation is made a part of the record, See
Comm. 997.1)
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I'm just going to mention to everybody too,
that in your add-on communications, you should have the PowerPoint he's going
to go over. So, while he's getting ready. For some of us, you know, I have a hard
time seeing the screen, so the PowerPoint presentation is helpful if you want to
see what he's going to be presenting today. There's some really good facts in
here as well. And thank you for doing this again, Sha.
MR. TALEBL Hopefully I wasn't too long, but I'm open for any questions if
people are still around.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: We are still here and we're listening. Okay,
well, Sha, mahalo for your presentation. But what I really appreciate is that you
really just lay it out. Traffic is happening and it's time to address solutions, and
then on top of that, you came with solutions. And that I appreciate because a lot
of times we have meetings, and the meetings come off and there's really nothing
actionable to walk away from. So thank you for providing at least, you know,
something for the Council to work on. And not just for our County but for every
county; for anyone who watches this.
You also made yourself readily available to members of the community who
reached out to myself, but who are scared for different reasons. You know,
retaliation, because this really is a sensitive subject. So I appreciate that you
made yourself available. And again, I do appreciate A.G. (Attorney General)
Connors bringing you in and giving you a position. And how long have you been
in now? Two months? Two -and -a -half months?
MR. TALEBL Yeah, just over two months. So, it's been an interesting transition
with working remotely and things like that.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: It has been for all of us. I'm happy to have
you here. I have a couple questions for you, then I'll leave off to the rest of the
Council. You know, stemming from our conversation with Lieutenant Finkey, are
repeat runaways significant to you in regards to trafficking?
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MR. TALEBL Yeah, I mean I think what that tells me, and obviously this is not
first hand from working any of these cases. But I think generally what that tells
me is that those individuals are more comfortable in the streets. They may have a
destination that they're going to. So, I would say, anecdotally again, that they're
probably more likely to be exploited.
Again, that's another reason why when we're looking at investigating and
prosecuting these cases, the victims present a lot differently than your traditional
victim of a sex crime. Someone that was sexually abused by maybe a family
member or something like that. They're very hardened; they're very savvy.
They've been in survival mode.
You know, they call it "tricks" for a reason, because if they're having sex with ten
men a day, seven days a week. You know, in terms of trying to be safe. Get in
and out as quick as possible. And then, you know, navigating the continued abuse
and control of the pimps. They present a lot differently. And so, yeah, I would
say that—we know a few things, right? They clearly don't have a stable
environment that they're going back to, which makes them continue to run. But
also, I would guess that they have a destination. There's a reason why they're
running other than just a one-off time.
So, I think even though that does reduce potentially the number of what we'd
signify as, you know, missing or runaways. I think those individuals—and that's
why I hope if we can—we're purchasing a pretty advanced data platform. And so
those are the individuals in particular that I'd like to track more in things like, you
know, if we get our patrol and those in law enforcement who are recovering them
to note things like, who are they with; where are they? Then we start seeing, you
know, maybe trends that way, and we can start identifying potential, high-risk
places or faces that way. So, yeah, I think that's a good question.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Then, you know, kind of following that,
kind of where you just took that a little bit. You know, how can our County help
make sure that we're investigating the cases to bring about the prosecutions?
MR. TALEBL Yeah, so I do think consistency is really important. So again, one
of my goals is trying to figure out where those gaps are between the service
providers and advocates, and then the system. And a lot of times, we would say
about five contacts with law enforcement or the system before they even start
opening up. And what's important though, is at those contacts they're being told
kind of the same message, right? We're concerned about your safety, we have
resources for you; here's information. They may say, "I'm not interested." You
know, "I'm not a victim." But eventually, that's how, you know, we build up
trust. And so, I guess what's helpful in terms of community members. Let's say
parents that are concerned that their kids are being trafficked or involved. Social
media is very important. Again, we have a lot of tools, with warrants, with
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geolocation data, social media, a lot of these apps that—even over gaming
platforms there's recruiting going on; dating apps; Instagram, things like that.
So I've had concerned parents who have been tracking, you know, their kids'
social media and being able to forward that. Just something as simple as a phone
number; a social media handle. That can get us going with the investigation
without even talking to the potential victim or individual.
So, for both service providers, for community members, if you're seeing online
activity again, because so much is based on that, that's helpful for us. We can
potentially start following up. And then also, again, I haven't been able to do a
clear assessment because it's not business as usual. But the storefront brothels,
like massage parlors. If you're seeing any businesses like that, that are opened
pass 11 o'clock or something like that. You know, those are brothels. Those are
not legitimate massage establishments or spas. And so that type of information is
helpful.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, thank you. You know, how many
trafficking cases have ever been closed in our state?
MR. TALEBL I can say that since the statute was amended to sex trafficking, I
want to say, 2014, I might be guessing on that, there have not been any
prosecutions under that statute. That's obviously something I'd like to change.
Promoting prostitution, which is a Class E felony, there have been very few of
those cases. I know that your local law enforcement is prosecuting a couple big
cases right now. And there's a lot of cases that have been prosecuted that
probably involves sexual exploitation, but they're being prosecuted under other
crimes.
So you know, in terms of specifically charging, improving and convicting people
for trafficking; promoting prostitution and purchasing sex; and sex buyers with
minors, not many.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: That kind of speaks to where we need to be
headed, in my mind, yeah? And I appreciate your time, because you could be
doing that right now instead of talking to us, but here you are. So mahalo. Were
you involved in the Operation Keiki Shield at all, or members of your team?
MR. TALEBL Yeah, our ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) unit is the
investigative unit that started those operations. So, I think what's really cool
about it as well is that they are bringing in multiple agencies. So Hawaii PD
(Police Department), a few officers joined the operation that was in Kauai. And
so, it was actually they got training from some of the detectives in Washington,
and basically just hit the ground running out here. And so, I think it's a great way
for, you know, ICAC, as you saw is pretty small. There's four special agent
investigators and the commander. And these operations involve, you know, 15 or
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20 law enforcement. And so, it's really a way to demonstrate and get it local,
State, and Federal together. And then also, you know, the model is and hopefully
they'll be able to come in and do one in the County of Hawaii. But, it's an
opportunity to work cases and learn as you go. It builds up confidence.
I think a lot of times if we're just doing webinars or going to different seminars
and things like that, you walk away maybe excited and you have some new ideas,
but it doesn't necessarily lead to the next week investigating a case. So, that's a
similar model. I'm hoping to do, in terms of expanding the human trafficking
cases, where we can come out and work actual cases with the local law
enforcement prosecutors. They've been really effective.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, and that's really good to hear.
Actually that's our next step. So, I think it's important for the community to
know too, is that we're here and we're supporting moving forward with this and
taking care of what's happening in our community even if we can't see it.
MR. TALEBL And I will say the Hawaii PD and the Prosecutor's Office were
really excited to get a Keiki Shield going. But all of that with COVID kind of got
delayed.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, so it's coming?
MR. TALEBL It's coming.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, I'll yield for now. Thank you, Sha, I
appreciate it.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Thank you, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, and thank you for
the presentation. Yes, Mr. Chung.
MR. CHUNG: Yeah, I've got some questions.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Go ahead.
MR. CHUNG: Good afternoon, Sha. Thanks for making your presentation. You
know, I'm kind of wondering, based on your two months over there. And I know
it's going to be difficult, but where the heck are these pimps coming from? Are
they from the mainland, local, Asia, or you don't know? Or I mean, I'm sure it's
a combination of all of that, but what do you know about where these guys are
coming from?
MR. TALEBL So generally, I divide it into domestic and international. And so,
the international -based trafficking again is a lot of storefront residential brothels.
So the massage parlor spas. What we realized in Washington, we had a three-year
investigation and our initial assumption was these were like "mom and pop"
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shops, but it's a pretty sophisticated international criminal enterprise. So it's
almost like franchise models.
So ultimately, the arrest and take-down, it was 30 that were all connected. And so
that's a unique problem in itself. I know it's a huge problem on Oahu. I think
we identified over 100 here. And again, I can't necessarily speak to the outer
islands, but in terms of whether the pimps are local or from the mainland I will
tell you, I get a lot of law enforcement from back in Washington from partners I
know in Northern California and Southern California saying that there are
definitely pimps. Coming out here, some of them again, bring their girls out here.
And some of them will just come and recruit.
I had a jail call sent to me from a detective in Seattle a few months ago where it
was a pimp that was in custody and he was talking to a victim that he had who
was born and raised on the Big Island and he was talking about when he got out
he wanted to head out there and make some money. So, there definitely is kind of
West Coast circuit. So there's definitely individuals from the mainland coming
out here.
MR. CHUNG: But, are they brining their own crew or recruiting here?
MR. TALEBL Both.
MR. CHUNG: As far as you can tell, what's more likely? What's the
percentage? I mean it's very difficult to say, but what do you think?
MR. TALEBL Yeah, six months I could give you a better idea. I would say of
those individualsI would guess that they would probablyI don't know, I
mean Hawaii is unique, right, geographically. And so, what I will say though is
that it isn't cheap and it isn't a quick trip. So they're coming out here because it's
profitable. So that's something we have to change.
In terms of traffickers or pimps born and raised here, there's a lot of that as well.
So, it could be drug dealers. Again, obviously we have a problem; large
methamphetamine problem, and as you know, a lot of times it goes hand and hand
with those criminal enterprises. So games, other criminal organizations.
MR. CHUNG: Well, that's another thing. Is there organized crime tied into this?
MR. TALEBL I am not able to speak personally. Like I said, I haven't been
able, you know, to get into any investigations at this point. A lot of it's been
coordinating with partners and assessing.
MR. CHUNG: Okay, well, I know you've only been on the job for a little while
and you're still in that assessment mode. I understand. How about, try to
describe this storefront operation. I mean it conjures up, you know, visions of
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what you have in those other countries that have—you know, but what's a
storefront operation in Hawaii?
MR. TALEBL Okay, so I use the term storefront brothel because I think that's
most accurate. I think if we say, you know, elicit massage, then people get the
sense that it's normalized, right? It's primarily adults, but the reason why we
should care again is, these are vulnerable individuals that were recruited from
countries and specifically certain parts of South East Asia where they lived in
poverty. They were basically coerced or, you know, recruited over. When they
get here they're told they're in debt and then they're just funneled into these
businesses. And so, the general setup, there's generally four or five women that
are workers. They'll work 12 plus hours a day. You have a manager who people
refer to as a "mama-san." You have people that are transporting them. A lot of
times they'll hold their documents, and so the vulnerability again.
MR. CHUNG: So basically, under the guise of some kind of massage parlor.
Massage, it say's or something? No?
MR. TALEBL Correct.
MR. CHUNG: So then in that case and, you know, I have to confess, I haven't
read the Star Advertiser for a while. But, you know, in that Sports section in the
past they had all kinds of ads. I mean, I've got to believe those were what we're
talking about, right? How could that be allowed?
MR. TALEBL Well, not on County property, but if you want to go and search
the website. It's called Rubmaps, and essentially what that is like a Yelp review
site for patrons of these storefront brothels. And so, you can put in your address;
see if there's any around you. It's a whole like almost culture where they're very
prevalent around the country.
And so, if you go in there you know what it is. But I think, again, it gets back to
what we've done historically and culturally, which is kind of normalize this
culture of—well, prostitution is the oldest profession in the world, and that's just
not the reality, right? And even if we put it in the context of, you know, a normal
job. There's a reason why a boss can't offer a raise in exchange for a sexual
favor.
MR. CHUNG: Anyway, but, I'm not a social media guy, okay? But, I'm just
talking about the newspaper. There's a lot of ads or were a lot of ads in the
newspapers. I mean, wouldn't it be easy, and I know there was a big, I don't
know if you'd call it a bust or sting operation maybe about a year ago or little less.
But, I mean, wouldn't that be an advertisement or a notice to the Police, the law
enforcement or even the Attorney General's Office to take a look at these
operations? I mean, I just want to know what's being done at the State law
enforcement level.
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MR. TALEBL Yeah, so I know the County Prosecutor's Office here in Honolulu
has been trying to close down these massage parlors. I think there's a lot of
tactics including civil penalties, civil suits, asset forfeitures; again looking at Code
and things like that to basically disrupt the market. But then, also hopefully, it
takes a lot of resources to do an indepth investigation. But again, that's
something that was an initiative for me because of that large scale case we had in
Washington. So I am really eager to address that issue.
But again, it's going to take a little bit in term so building relationships for me
with Federal and local law enforcement because internally, the resources I have of
the ICAC team which is focused on crimes against children. So, it's definitely
something that's on my agenda.
MR. CHUNG: And you know, from an economic analysis standpoint, what's the
human trafficking exploitation situation, maybe in a place like Nevada where they
have legalized prostitution in several areas, I guess? Or are the people who are
providing the services are all victims of sex trafficking there? I mean what do
you know about that?
MR. TALEBL In terms of areas that are legalized? I can say almost every case;
every major pimp that I've prosecuted, they would do their rounds through
Nevada because it's easy money for them.
MR. CHUNG: So in other words, legalization is not the answer.
MR. TALEBL Absolutely not.
MR. CHUNG: Okay, right.
MR. TALEBL It's the reverse.
MR. CHUNG: Okay, I just wanted to get that off the table, right?
MR. TALEBL Yes. There's no model.
MR. CHUNG: And then, you know, with regard to right now on our island,
there's a lot of talk about kidnappings. Putting zip -ties on the cars. What do you
know about kidnappings and if it's happening at all locally, and if it is happening,
are become victims of this sex trafficking?
MR. TALEBL I would say, it's pretty rare to have trafficking cases where
individuals were initially drawn into it through an abduction or kidnapping. I'm
not going to say it doesn't happen, but a lot more is through that coercion. You
know, the individual—there's a community member that testified earlier about,
you know, his wife who didn't have custody, I think. I've seen that; I've seen
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other versions of the kidnapping. I would say that's more case-by-case, and I
can't say that that is a significant way that individuals end up getting victimized in
sex trafficking at least.
MR. CHUNG: Okay, I mean you're familiar with that situation we had at Home
Depot, right? About a week or two ago. You know about that?
MR. TALEBL Yeah, I heard a little bit about it.
MR. CHUNG: Things are getting crazy over here on this island. Yeah, I mean
because of, I think, misinformation or whatever. I don't know but it's just getting
kind of crazy. Because I have a 16 -year-old daughter and she shows me, you
know, something on social media, and some person who was involved in that
declaring that there was a big to-do. And I just looked at them and said, "Well,
you still got to be careful." But I don't know about that. And it turned out to be,
you know, what I thought.
MR. TALEBL Yeah, the zip -tie thing, I had asked a survivor that works for one
of the service provider that works for one of the service provider organizations
and she said she hasn't seen any legitimacy to that. It seems like more of a
"boogie -man" scare tactic, but I'm relying on her with that. I hadn't heard about
that until recently.
MR. CHUNG: Second to the last question. How are you going to measure the
success of your program at some point? What are going to be the measurables?
MR. TALEBL Yeah, so obviously, prosecutions. So when I left the County
Prosecutor's Office, it went from that first case to probably had over 50 pending;
and prosecuted dozens and dozens. And a lot of jurisdictions, they're at the point
of, you know, it's kind of like shooting fish in a barrel, especially on the demand
side. So, I think we can significantly increase prosecutions.
My goal, again, I'll be prosecuting cases, but I'll also consider it a success if just
State-wide, whether it's Federal, State or local. In terms of kind of the other
things. So, I have a six-month, one-year, two-year type plan. So one of the things
is establishing a website for the State for resources, so an easy user-friendly. So
starting to develop that now.
Again, more high-level data collection, both on law enforcement and non -law
enforcement side, which can help, right, when you guys are doing meetings and
trying to determine your policy the more data we have for you, the better. Getting
statewide protocols. So again, we have an institutional structure in terms of, if we
have, you know, somebody from HPD (Hawai`i Police Department) patrol that
responds, recovers an individual, then they suspect that they could be a victim of
exploitation. They have a person to call. We have service providers ready to go,
and we have the strategy and protocols in place. Statewide screening tool, which
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we can basically implement with any organizations, agencies; you know, hospitals
that have contact with victims so that we're tracking it and assessing it
consistently. Trainings, you know, I'm hoping to have all the County prosecutors
and law enforcement, at minimum annual trainings. So those are some of the
upcoming deliverables I'm working on.
MR. CHUNG: So if you came back in a year, you'd probably be able to hook up
the measurables with the delivery. Correct?
MR. TALEBL Yes. So when you bring me back in a year, I'll have something to
deliver.
MR. CHUNG: Right, good. I mean, because this is very important. And you
know, the last thing, I don't know if it's a question or a comment. But, you know,
you talked about us doing some things at the County Council level. But, you
know, the fact of the matter is, the Penal Code is a State Penal Code, right? And I
will say this, I mean, everything has to be done at the State level, but I give you
my assurances that anything that you do that tries to add to the State Penal Code,
you have my 100 percent support. And I think most others on this body, but
that's where you have to focus your attention, right? The Hawaii Revised
Statutes, yeah? Okay.
MR. TALEBL So just you're aware and I will bring it to you for signature and
support, but I plan to have a legislative package; kind of a comprehensive, and
hopefully reform to some of these statutes to be able to make us more effective.
But, I don't know if you actually do any of the local zoning ordinances, but those
and again, County policies, employee policies, I think are areas you guys can look
at as well. And I'm happy to help.
MR. CHUNG: Well, for sure, yeah. But these things are not really out in the
open, it's very difficult for us to enact zoning ordinances that are going to address
these types of situations without trying to, you know, have unintended
consequences. You know, it's going to take a lot of thought, and we're going to
have to see how these things play out. You know, now that it's becoming more at
the forefront of the public's attention. You know, in part because of what you and
AG Connors are doing. So thank you very much. Okay, thanks.
MR. TALEBL Thank you.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Thank you, Mr. Chung. Are there any other questions or
comments in Hilo?
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Not at this time, Chair. I'm good. Mahalo,
Sha, I appreciate it. Alright, Sha, did you want to close with anything? We don't
have any more questions on this side. Anything else you'd also like to add before
we sign off?
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MR. TALEBL No. I was just saying, mahalo, and hopefully next time, I can be
there in person. Thank you for having me.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Mahalo. I appreciate your time today.
We're supposed to start at 3:00 and it's 5:00 -something. So thank you for making
the time for us, and keep plugging away at it, and we'll back you up however we
can over here.
MR. TALEBI: Sounds good.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Sha. You're getting an applause
from outside too. Just to let you know.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Thank you, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. And we'll go
ahead and vote and close file on Communication 997. All in favor say "aye."
Vote on Comm. 997: The motion to close file on Comm. 997 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz,
Lee Loy, Richards, and Acting Chair Eoff — 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Poindexter and Villegas —2.
Excused: None.
ORDER OF The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
RESOLUTIONS: Order of Resolutions.
(There were none.)
BILLS FOR The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
ORDINANCES: Bills for Ordinances.
(There were none.)
ACTING CHR. EOFF: And now I would like to ask for a motion to adjourn.
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ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 5:12 p.m., Ms. David moved to adjourn
MENT: the meeting. Seconded by Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and carried by the following
voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz,
Lee Loy, Richards, and Acting Chair Eoff—7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Poindexter and Villegas—2.
Excused: None.
ACTING CHR. EOFF: Motion carries and this meeting is adjourned. Have a
safe evening.
Approved:
September 1p. 2020
s. Resecca Vil egas, Chair (Date)
Public Safety Committee
RV/dt
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