HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE CRCOC 2023/09/19 (2022-2024) ACTIONS
REBECCA VILLEGAS CINDY EVANS
Chair and Presiding Officer
MICHELLE M. GALIMBA
HOLEKA GORO INABA
MATT KĀNEALIʻI-KLEINFELDER
JENN KAGIWADA
ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ
Vice Chair
HEATHER L. KIMBALL
SUSAN L. K. LEE LOY
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720
COMMUNICATIONS, REPORTS,
AND COUNCIL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
th
14 Session
ORDER OF BUSINESS
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
September 19, 2023
1:30 p.m.
Notice is Hereby Given that the Hawai‘i County Council will be conducting this meeting via interactive
conference technology (ICT) pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §92-3.5. Council Members will be
participating via ICT at the:
Hilo Council Chambers, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401
Members of the public may also attend from this location.
Public Attendance via Courtesy Site is available at the following locations:
Old Kohala Courthouse, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaʻau; and
Pāhoa Council Office, 15-2879 Pāhoa Village Road
If a courtesy site is unavailable and/or participation is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue.
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and obtain meeting login information. Please contact our office to register by 12:00 noon, Monday,
September 18, 2023.
Submitting Written Testimony: To ensure timely delivery to Council Members prior to the meeting,
written testimony must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon, on Monday, September 18, 2023,
by: (1) email to counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov; (2) facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) mail to
the County Clerk’s Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720. All written testimony,
regardless time of receipt, will be made part of the permanent record. Please submit separate
testimony for each item.
Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
CRCOC-14 September 19, 2023
CALL TO ORDER – 1:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
Pursuant to HRS § 92-3, oral testimony may be provided entirely at the beginning of the meeting, or
immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee.
COMMUNICATIONS
Comm. 322.1: QUARTERLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING REPORT: APRIL 1, 2023 –
JUNE 30, 2023
From Housing Administrator Susan K. Kunz, dated August 28, 2023, transmitting
the above report pursuant to Section 11-19 of the Hawaiʻi County Code.
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kānealiʻi–Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball,
Lee Loy, and Chair Villegas – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada – 1.
Excused: None.
Comm. 424: REQUESTS A PRESENTATION BY CHRISTIAN P. GIARDINA, RESEARCH
ECOLOGIST OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE, REGARDING THEIR OPERATIONAL SCALE
PLANNING FOR RIDGE-TO-REEF STEWARDSHIP
From Council Member Heather L. Kimball, dated August 31, 2023
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Inaba,
Kānealiʻi–Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball,
Lee Loy, and Chair Villegas – 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kagiwada – 1.
Excused: None.
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CRCOC-14 September 19, 2023
Comm. 425: REQUESTS A PRESENTATION BY THE MASS TRANSIT AGENCY AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SSFM INTERNATIONAL REGARDING
ISLAND-WIDE TRANSIT SERVICES AND TITLE II AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT SERVICES
From Council Member Susan L. K. Lee Loy, dated August 31, 2023.
FILED:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba,
Kānealiʻi–Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz,
Kimball, Lee Loy, and Chair Villegas – 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Inaba and Kagiwada – 2.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT – 3:56 p.m.
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to introduce legislation “By Request” on behalf of the requesting party. It does not necessarily signify
support of or opposition to the proposal.
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