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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE HSEDC 05/01/2001 2000-2002 ,,VPub r; yid+e P~~ TQ 06~MP~ HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA 9th SeSS10Ii COMMITTEE ON IIUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Nancy Pisicchio, Chair Julie Jacobson, vice Chair James Y. Arakaki, Member _ Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member - Leningrad Elarionoff, Member Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, Member Gary Safarik, Member J. Curtis Tyler, III, Member Dominic Yagong, Member DATE: May 1, 2001 (Tuesday) PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 3:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER STATEMENTS FROM THE PUDLIC ON ITEM ON THE AGENDA PRESENTATION BY SANDWICH ISLES COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (SIC), REGARDING THEIR COMPANY AND THEIR PROJECT TO BUILD A MODERN, NEXT GENERATION, HIGH-SPEED, BROADBAND, FIBER OPTIC CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS (HHL). REFERRAL: Comm. 170: SANDWICH ISLES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.'S (SIC), REQUEST TO MAKE PRESENTATION From Gil Tam, Administration & Community Affairs, SIC, Inc., dated March 28, 2001, stating they are building a modern, next generation, high-speed, broadband, fiber optic cable telecommunications network for HHL, which will connect all 69 non-contiguous HHL parcels statewide with undersea and an all- underground fiber optic cable infrastructure (the largest construction expenditure will be realized in Hawaii County). Requests time to brief the HS&EDC on their company and on the overall project. HS&EDC-9 Page 2 May 1, 2001 STATEMENTS FROM TIIE PUBLIC ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with physical disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations to attend this meeting should call 961-8245 by Friday, April 27, 2001. Persons using TDDs may ca11961-8521. (Copies of this agenda and the communication are posted and filed at the County Clerk's Office, 25 Aupuni St., Hilo; the Office of the Mayor, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103, Kailua-Kona; and the Kona Councilmembers' Office, 77-6399 Nalani St., Suite 104, Kailua-Kona. For further information, please call 961-8245. Those wishing to testify, please register with the County Clerk's staff prior to the convening of the meeting. If possible, submit fifteen (15) written copies of testimony to staff prior to the convening of the meeting.) GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION: Channel 52 (Hilo/Kona) The Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations Committee and Finance Committee meetings can be seen on Tuesday, May 8 and May 15, at 8:30 p.m. The Parks & Environmental Management Committee, Planning Committee, and Human Services & Economic Development Committee meetings can be seen on Thursday, May 10 and 17, at 8:30 p.m. All the above meetings will be aired on Sunday, May 20 at 9 a.m.