HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN GOREDC 2021/07/06 2020-2022 Committee on Governmental Operations,
Relations, and Economic Development
12th Session
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai i
July 6, 2021
CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations, Relations,
ORDER: and Economic Development was called to order at 2:31 p.m., in the Council
Chambers, Hilo, by Ms. Heather L. Kimball, Chair.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Ms. Heather L. Kimball, Chair
Ms. Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Vice Chair
Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Member
Mr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Member
Mr. Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Member
Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member
Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Member
Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Member
Absent& Excused: Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, 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 individual registered to speak and came forward when
called by the Chair:
Carolyn Pellett: Comm. 302, Comment.
CHR. KIMBALL: Alright, thank you so much. With that I'll close public
testimony. Mr. Clerk, if we could go right into Communications.
COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
CATIONS: Communications.
Comm. 29.3: HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES' MARCH 23, 2021,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
From Council Member Heather Kimball, dated May 14, 2021.
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Vote on Comm. 29.3: Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to close file on Comm. 29.3.
Filed Seconded by Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and carried by
the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members David, Inaba,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Lee Loy,
Richards, Villegas, and Chair Kimball—8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Chung— 1.
Excused: None.
CHR. KIMBALL: Next communication, please.
Comm. 302: REQUESTS A PRESENTATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING ENERGOV
From Council Member Heather Kimball, dated June 16, 2021.
Motion to Approve: Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to close file on Comm. 302.
Seconded by Mr. Kanealii-Kleinfelder.
CHR. KIMBALL: Can I have the directors of the Planning Department and DPW
(Department of Public Works) come forward please? Thank you, good afternoon.
Alright if you guys would both introduce yourselves to the committee and then go
ahead and take it away. Thank you.
(Note: At this time, Director of Public Works Ikaika Rodenhurst and
Planning Director Zendo Kern, came forward to address the members of
the Committee.)
MR. RODENHURST: Alright, so EnerGov, it is now been named our EPIC
System. EPIC standing for Electronic Processing and Information Center. We
are in the midst of our training. We are a few weeks out from launch. Training
is ongoing. Both staffs are involved in training. In fact, everyone is involved in
the process. Everyone is involved in the training over the next couple of weeks.
As we go through that training, we'll be finalizing our procedure on narratives,
on all sides of this project, making sure that what happens in our processes
happens in this electronic environment.
In that time, we are also still finalizing software with the vendor, Tyler
Technologies. And we are in constant contact with them and with DIT
(Department of Information Technology), and Scotty (Uehara) has been very
helpful. And we're making sure that everything will be up and running and
functional come go-live.
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We are updating our training videos in our help center. Some of the things have
changed due to the update as far as what it looks like. Not substantial, but at
least you would notice the difference between the videos we've shown
previously and what we have now. So we are currently updating those, so
they're ready to go for go-live so that the community knows how to access the
information. And it's going to be familiar once they look at the video and what's
actually on the interface.
We will not be receiving nor issuing permits after July 161h until July 281h. That
time is when all our data is migrating over from our legacy systems. During that
time, we will still be working on out processing and whatever we can do in
between receiving and issuing. And also getting ready for go-live.
We will be having a webinar after go-live that identifies some of the FAQ's
(frequently asked questions), some of the questions that the community might
have and go through the process. That will be done by Zendo and myself, and
it'll give everyone a little bit of an intro in live asking questions session.
After we go live, we intend to continue that balance of updating from our legacy
system, making sure everything's there, processing and receiving our new
permits, and also improving our services for the public support. It's going to be
a learning curve, not just for our staff, but for the public as well. It's a different
system.
I know there's been some issues that people are concerned it's going paperless,
but I think, for the most part, everyone's very happy we're going paperless to be
more efficient with this.
At the same time we'll also be improving the system, seeing what works; seeing
how we can make it better, because right now the key word here is functional.
It's not going to be the best system, but it's going to be something that's going to
be functional so that you can access your building permits and planning
applications in the County. And then we're going to improve on expanding
those services and making those really flow correctly.
So that's the general update that we have. We can go on to questions or anything
specific for our departments, or if anything, Zendo, you want to cover?
MR. KERN: I'll just add a little bit. It's the amount of work and effort and
diligence that's been going into this amongst the teams have been paramount.
We are in the thick of it. We are in the middle of triage. We burned the ships at
the shores as we said we were going to do and we've been nonstop,just
everything we can to get it moving forward while maintaining service. And it's
working.
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So lot more work to do and we are in the thick of it. So, I think for me it's really,
you know, asking for patience all the way around from our department, from the
staff and the public on going through this process. And even after we're, you
know, live, we're still going to have some bumps on the road.
So one of the distinctions, I think is important that we will be going live on the
26'', meaning the system will be up, our system will be up and live. We're not
going to accept applications until the 281h. We need to stabilize the system. We
need to have our people log in, get the system stabilized, okay, it's working, it's
functional there, and then we'll be accepting applications.
So I just want to make sure that that's clear. And we've been putting that out in
all the messaging. I'm hoping you folks have seen that. We've been trying to
make a lot of effort on messaging out to the public, letting them know that the
change is coming. I'm sure there'll still be folks that aren't aware of it, but we'll
do our best to continue to work through that.
In the next couple weeks you'll be seeing kiosks at both of the departments in
Hilo and on the Kona side. So that'll be really good for the public as well. And
really just trying to put our minds into how the experience is going to be for the
public.
I know from Planning, we'll still be working through a lot of things on the
backend. Our hope and our goal is to the make the public experience as smooth
and seamless as we possibly can. While we might not have all of our isles and
everything set up in the backend where it's really super smart and efficient, that's
where we're continuing to build out. But the public side of it should be really
smooth. That's our hope and that's our primary objective and focus right now.
And so part of our overall layout on letting everyone know is wanting to let you
folks know what's happening. So as your constituents, you know, are contacting
you, you can have answers for them or direct them to us. And then also, have the
nice Q&A (Questions and Answers) session. Because in 20 days it'll be live,
and in 22 days we'll be accepting applications.
So,just really proud of everybody that's been putting in the effort and attention
into this. It's been a huge group effort and I would say, you know, there's
certain folks, team members within the Planning Department that work
specifically on EnerGov. But everybody else around them are also participating
in that because there's a workflow that someone else is making up for. So when
I'm thinking the department, it's not just those working on EnerGov, it's the
entire department. It's the entire, you know, County `ohana that's bringing this
together. So I think it's—for folks that aren't touching EnerGov right now,they
are touching EnerGov,just for the sheer volume.
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And I will say for folks that are out there, there might be a sense of, do I get my
application in prior to go-live? And my answer to that is no. I'd actually say,
wait to we go live. You can upload it, digitally, you can save the copies, you can
save money on it, and you can track your application through the system. It's
going to be awesome.
So just want to throw that out there for some of those that we kind of have a
mindset of something's changing, let's get in there early. In this case, it's not
really beneficial in my view. Yeah,just really grateful to be here and grateful for
this really unique opportunity of bringing this system live. That's all I have for
now.
CHR. KIMBALL: Great. Thank you, both. Any question, comments? Council
Member Lee Loy.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah. Thank you, thank you for bringing this forward, Heather.
You know, mahalo to both of you. But I really have to take a moment to mahalo
Mitchell (Okuma). He's been our rock for the last three years in putting this up.
I did have a question for Director Kern. As we move into this EPIC system, it's
for our regulatory permits also, correct? I had a question from Water
Department, because they are asking for training. Like, how do they begin to
interface with this? Because we know lot of the regulatory permits require some
kind of input from Water Department. Where do they engage for that?
MR. KERN: That's a great question. And actually I was just having that
conversation before walking over here. And what we're going to actually do is
for those who are working directly with us that will be going through the
Bluebeam review, we'll be doing a training with them. There's not a lot of
trainers in Bluebeam, so there's a lot of videos and contents, so we've been
training ourselves on it.
So when it goes to Water for their review, it'll be given to them electronically. It
will go through the process and we can actually invite them to a review on
Bluebeam. It'll come up, they can see it, make their comments and then send it
back to us. So we'll be handling that outreach from department to department.
And we would have loved to have this done a couple months ago, but it'll be
done before it's needed.
MS. LEE LOY: I'm not worried. For Director Rodenhurst, I was having a
separate conversation with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL),
and they're introducing in their Administrative Rules, SDU, which is
Supplemental Dwelling Units.
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And the way that they've outlined their Administrative Rules is a beneficiary
who would want to do a SDU, similar to an `ohana or additional dwelling unit.
They would go ahead and apply for a building permit, and then they'd have to go
back to the department, because the department is the leasee. It is a pilot
program for five years, so they want to track the efficacy. But what they don't
have is a hook for the beneficiary to come back after the building permit is
issued.
Does this EPIC system provide for the department to become a notified party just
like that of a general contractor or a plumber? Not so much to call for
inspections, but in addition to the homeowner, the general contractor to be
notified, hey the permit's ready, inspections have occurred, and now here's
issueda certificate of occupancy.
Because,just let me tell the story. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
has to account for that asset on their land, which adjusts their portfolio. And
there's no carrot for the beneficiary to come back to notify them. Let alone, we
know an owner-builder permit can stay open for five years, which is the exact
same window of this pilot program. How do we message back to DHHL
because they have to agendize this matter and the commission has to sign off on
it also?
MR. RODENHURST: Well, the quick answer is we don't have a way in the
current system setup. Now, can there be a way? I'm pretty sure there can and
we can work on that. We can get in contact with DHHL and go over that with
them and see what we can do, but as of right now, it's not something that we
have immediately available.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah, let's connect with them. I think it's an easy fix to add
their email address into that system as a notified party. Yeah, those were the
only two questions I had. I look forward to what happens in the next three weeks
guys. Godspeed. So, Chair, I yield.
MR. KERN: Thank you.
CHR. KIMBALL: Thank you, Council Member Lee Loy. Council Member
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Ms. Kimball. Okay, who came
up with the name EPIC?
MR. KERN: That was a team effort.
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MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I like it. Good job. EnerGov, you know,
sounds good, but it has that kind of formal government sound to it. Whereas
EPIC just has a little bit nicer ring to it. So good job.
I am hearing that your output has been good as far as your media campaign. I've
heard you on the radio and I've seen you on Facebook, that kind of thing. So
good job. What was I going to ask? I've got a brain fart, sorry. Well, I was
listening to you and I was trying to remember, you're closed for three weeks,
correct?
MR. KERN: About ten days.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Ten days?
MR. KERN: Eleven, 12 days; 16'h to the 28h. We'll actually start accepting
applications again on the 28h.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay, it's still not coming to me, sorry. It
was regarding that. It was regarding that time you were closed.
MR. KERN: I can speak to some of that, maybe it'll jog your memory. During
that time we'll still be working. We'll be processing existing applications. We'll
be going through—we'll be making sure trying to—one would think during that
time period our department would just be able to catch up on a bunch of stuff.
We'll be doing some of that, but pretty much be business as usual, processing
through the range of applications that we're working on, and we'll basically get
that little bit of a break to maybe work on a few items.
And what we're going to focus on our side is training and having our people run
through it. What we're doing, you know, Tyler, EnerGov training, there's
nothing that's going to be like actually going through sample applications,
sample processes through our departments. So we'll be utilizing that for further
training and a little bit of catch up and processing applications. Did that help?
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: It's helpful but it's still not getting
whatever it was, that little question that I had. I mean, how's everyone feeling
about it? You guys feeling good about it?
MR. RODENHURST: Feeling good about it. I mean with any new technology,
there's going to be people that are not thrilled about it. And especially as we're
upgrading things and a lot of people are concerned about, you know, is this going
to work? How is this going to affect the way I do my work?
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I mean we're hearing it from the outside and the inside. And so we've been
constantly reassuring people that we are understanding there's going to be a drop
in service because the learning curve is there. And not just that, but we'll also be
fielding calls. And input from the community, as they have their own learning
curve with accessing the system through the portal. So we're all understanding
that it's going to be something that we're working together with.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. How are the contractors feeling
about it? You're getting pretty good comments from them? Have any run
through the system already with you guys?
MR. RODENHURST: Yeah, I mean that's part of the public testing. We had
some contractors on board for that. But I think, we'll see how it comes out once
we get this finalized and put through. But I mean, we're hopeful that's going to
be as smooth as possible.
MR. KERN: To add a little bit to that, the sentiment with the team I feel has
increased as they're seeing it. You know, it's this big kind of EnerGov thing out
there. And positivity, negativity range around it, right? And one of the things
Ikaika and I have been working on really hard is trying to increase the buy-in,
you know, from the team members on, is this going to be a positive thing? And
we've been working on that, and as they've been seeing it, it's like, oh wow,
there's functionality in this. There's potential here. I see a lot of positivity in
that. So that part I'm seeing has been really good.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. Thanks for that. And then I
appreciate the name. You know, you put a nice name on something, it's almost
more acceptable in some ways. So I think this would be good. Good job. Thank
you for your efforts and what you're doing. Appreciate it. And sorry for my
brain fart. Thank you Chair.
CHR. KIMBALL: No problem. Council Member Kierkiewicz, go ahead.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you. Hi directors, great to see you. Just one
question. I was asked to waive out of committee, Bill 46, recognizing that it's
not on the agenda, so we can't talk about it too much. But I think we have to talk
about it around the edges. I'm looking at the transcripts, you had meetings with
the commission, and so my understanding is you didn't wait on purpose to bring
this before us.
It was, as you were going through this very rapid process to stand up EPIC very
quickly, you discovered that there were some Administrative fixes that needed to
happen. So just share with us a little bit about that so you can tee it up for
tomorrow's discussion. Thank you.
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MR. KERN: Sure. Yeah, I mean, you nailed it on the head, right? We came
in—as we came in and tried to gather as much information as we could, you
know, about the system and where it was at, and we made commitments to do
our very best. And knowing what we knew probably a month after those
commitments, we might have been like, can we get a little more time? But that's
not our style, right, our style is to figure it out and to move it forward. And so,
we've been doing that.
And as part of the thing that came through that was, oh wow,there are Code
changes that we need to do here to move out of, you know, the paper system.
And when we went through it, we were like, yeah, no problem. It should be
pretty much slammed dunk. So we had, you know, as part of the team start
going through that process. And what we had thought might have been, you
know, a few days in our department took a few weeks. And it kind of started
really pushing the outer edges of where we want to be. And still no choice but to
push it forward and we pushed it forward. So that's what we're doing right now.
Really, it's housekeeping. It's just to get our Code and our Rules in alignment
with accepting electronically. So we don't have to require somebody to bring in
"X" copies of paper and require them to print it. And it's basically just really
much in alignment. And ideally, probably would have done that earlier.
So I apologize in advance for that strain, for what the appearance of that might
be. And for putting you folks on the spot like that wasn't my intention. And you
know, had it happen a couple weeks sooner, we'd probably be in a little bit
smoother of a process dropping it into committee, but we weren't afforded that
time. So again, I do apologize, really housekeeping should be pretty straight
forward that way.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: That's helpful. I mean you guys don't strike me as the
type to wait at the very last minute. And so I just appreciate it, you know, and
you also know and respect the fact that we have a process, that we want to do
things through committee so we can figure out any issues at that level before we
come to Council.
MR. KERN: And you know, I'll just mention Jeff Darrow, my Deputy, helped
out with that. And so being thorough and wanting to link all those points with
the Code, it went from being something—oh yeah,just change 20 copies or
change, you know,to oh my gosh, we're going all the way down this rabbit hole.
And which we did, but it's all in alignment just to get it so it works for EnerGov.
MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you. And I'm so glad we funded the audit for
Chapters 23 and 25. Anyway, thank you, Chair for bringing this conversation
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forward so we can get an update and for giving us an update on the reason
behind Bill 46. I yield.
CHR. KIMBALL: Thank you. Anyone else? Council Member Richards.
MR. RICHARDS: Thanks Chair and directors. Thanks for burning the ships
and going forward. And I say that with all sincerity. I think you just highlighted
a good reason to, okay we should delay this once again and not go forward
because we have to make sure everything's absolutely perfect. When in fact,
what you're doing, I think, is the absolute right thing to do. It's just push
forward and we're going to have to make some accommodations. But it's been
delayed so long, let's just get her done and get after it, okay and I'm sure the
quicker we implement it, we'll identify the weaknesses quicker, and then we can
fix them quicker. So now I fully appreciate you just pushing forward and not
seeking a reason to not implement, but justI can still see the ambers burning
on the beaches—and pushing forward. So,thanks for doing it. Chair, I yield.
CHR. KIMBALL: Thank you. Any other comments? Okay, I just had a couple
questions. Were we able to resolve the wet signature issue?
MR. RODENHURST: We currently intend to accept electronic signatures and
issue our permits electronically.
CHR. KIMBALL: Okay, great. And then, that period after the 28th, permits that
are currently in process, will they be moved into the electronic system? If stuff
is in progress right now, in the paper system, is that going to be moved and
completed through the electronic system?
MR. RODENHURST: Correct, it will be moved into the EPIC system once we
go—after the 16th, all that data is going to be transferred in that process. We're
not touching anything because you don't want to touch that in transit and screw
up the whole system.
So in the meantime, we will be able to still take our notes; still be able to process
what we can in our existing procedures outside of the virtual interface, and then
update that once the system is up and running.
CHR. KIMBALL: Great. And then I heard the radio ads, very good. When are
you going to advertise the webinar? Has that date been set for the Q&A?
MR. KERN: I know we set the date. We should be advertising that by,
hopefully next week, right, should be going out?
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MR. RODENHURST: Yeah, we'll be advertising the date for the webinar.
Yeah, within the week.
MR. KERN: The webinar will be after go-live.
CHR. KIMBALL: Right. Okay.
MR. KERN: Yeah. So I think it's the following week, I believe, is what we
were setting for.
CHR. KIMBALL: Okay. Yeah, if you can make sure to share that with all of us
so we can get it out to our networks, that would be great. Oh, the financial
processing. So one of the things that is different with EPIC is that people will
pay up front for the permits rather than when they pick them up. Is the payment
processing all set?
MR. RODENHURST: So the payment processing is all electronic. So we will
be having that work in the same environment, and we will have staff available to
discuss that. You know, as we get closer, we also have training videos for that as
well. It is part of the EPIC system.
CHR. KIMBALL: Alright.
MR. KERN: And if I could just add slightly to the legacy side of that. I don't
want to make the public confused in any way. We will be taking the legacy
permits that were submitted prior to EPIC going live and we will be bringing
those—so Planning is a little different than DPW in the sense we don't have a
magnet system. We're very analog moving into a digital system. We'll be
taking our analog permits and will be plugging them into the EPIC system from
our tracking side of it.
The person will not have a CSS (citizen self service) because they never went in
to create an account. So that'll be kind of the difference. We'll be monitoring
and tracking it as we're moving through. We've been closing those out. And
then for anybody new would then go into the CSS side; create an account; create
that portal; upload, and then they'll have access to that. They'll be able to
monitor the status of their permits.
CHR. KIMBALL: Great. And for the record and for the public, can you say
what CSS means?
MR. KERN: Yeah, it's the citizen service portal. It's the customer service
center.
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CHR. KIMBALL: Got it. Thank you. Just making sure we have that out there
for everybody. Alright, that's all the questions I have. Again, thank you both for
your time. Oh, I'm sorry, you remembered whatalright, I'll go ahead and let
you jump in here with your question. Go ahead.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Chair. My question was, using
the EPIC system and what you're hearing on the radio is, the contractor will be
acknowledging receipt that the permit is ready or has proceeded to the step as
open. But does the homeowner and the contractor receive that submission on
behalf of the different departments as it's moving across the board?
Because there was a point that was brought up during discussion about EnerGov
a long time ago where not only does the contractor get that report, you know,
your permit's been approved, but so does the homeowner. Or if there's been a
misstep, you know, like there was, say building inspection didn't pass, does the
homeowner get that as well? That's what I was going to ask earlier.
MR. RODENHURST: I'll follow up for the exact confirmation of that, but it's
my understanding that at the time of submission you can identify who will be
contacted.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: But in multiple parties?
MR. RODENHURST: Yes.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Or just one party? Okay. It'll be good
because the discussion was it's not always transparent on the homeowner side
when something has gone wrong on the contractor's side. And the blame falls
upon the County taking forever. Unknowingly, the contractor may have had a
couple steps not pass, or you know, whatever could have happened. But the
homeowner may or may not know that. So with the homeowner and the
contractor being, you know, emailed or whatever it is, I think it's a good step.
It's very transparent for all. So that was my question. So thank you. Thank you,
so that was a"yes." Okay, thank you Chair.
CHR. KIMBALL: Ms. Lee Loy.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah, and I think that's where we insert DHHL, right? Because
it'll populate to them. They can go to the commission with whatever the County
provides for them. And then the homeowner can keep going, right, and the
department can keep going. So I do think there's a way.
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MR. RODENHURST: Yeah, it's definitely possible to setup for that. It's just
what did we agree with DHHL on that? And are we good on how the
communication goes? But for sure, it is possible.
MS. LEE LOY: Yeah. Thank you Chair, I yield.
CHR. KIMBALL: Thank you. One more, okay, go ahead.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: When it comes to different agencies like
DOH (Department of Health) being involved in the permitted process, are they
getting acknowledgement? I mean are you crisscrossing everybody? Is it one
nice picture, or is it just the County side? Because like for a septic, if you have a
septic system you've got to get DOH approval, correct?
MR. RODENHURST: So the EPIC system doesn't change the agencies
involved in the building permit process. They are going to be using the EPIC
system to access their review at the same time as everyone else. So they will be
trained up on this as well on how to use the system. So they will be able to
review in EPIC.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Have they been part of the discussion
already as far as the different jurisdictions, State, County?
MR. RODENHURST: I mean, they've been part of the training. And the use of
the software is going to be the same for them as it is for the rest of us that are
using it.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay.
MR. KERN: Yeah, we've outreached to all the various partners within the
process and working that out. And again, Planning and DPW's processes are a
little bit different sometimes, but we all deal with all of the same agencies and
same folks. I don't believe it'll continue to notify the agencies as the permit goes
through,just like we've never done that with the current permitting process.
Like, once a department signs off on it or makes their comments on it, it's just
moving through the process.
MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. Thank you. Thank you Chair.
CHR. KIMBALL: Go ahead, Ms. Villegas.
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MS. VILLEGAS: Just real fast. On Thursday, I will be attending the
Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, their Permitting Taskforce meeting. I
wondered if there's anything in particular that I could take back to them. I
haven't been able to attend the last couple, but I'm assuming they have been very
closely following this process with you. And I know they were some of the
testers, I'd guess you'd call it, of the program.
MR. KERN: Yeah, Tom Leonard who's on there. He is intimately involved
with our process. So he'll be able to shed a lot of information and light on that.
MS. VILLEGAS: Okay, great. And if I have any questions for them then I'll
just bring those back to you guys.
MR. KERN: Please.
CHR. KIMBALL: Great. Alright. With that let's go ahead and take the vote.
Vote on Comm. 302: The motion to close file on Comm. 302 was carried by
Filed the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members David, Inaba,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Lee Loy,
Richards, Villegas, and Chair Kimball—8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Chung— 1.
Excused: None.
ORDER OF The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, Order
RESOLUTIONS: 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.)
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ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 3:04 p.m., Ms. Lee Loy moved to adjourn the
MENT: meeting. Seconded by Ms. Villegas and carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members David, Inaba,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Lee Loy,
Richards, Villegas, and Chair Kimball— 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Chung— 1.
Excused: None.
CHR. KIMBALL: Alright, thank you. We are adjourned.
Approved:
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