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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0612.003 2004-2006 P _ o' ~ _ iliSal~ Doa_. ;LS~p~ Glenn S. Shiroma Ca++eryr Councrr From: Glenn SShiroma -gshiroma7i~a'~P~otmail com To: Hawaii County Council <councdtest!nony@cc hawau n. Sent: Thursday January J5, 2006' AM Subject: Harbor Resolution ~ 33-05 Atoha.. Position on Resolution 233-05: ' oppose Resolution 233-OS as introduces but may support an amended version as c escritec' under Solution. Reasons for Opposition a Since June 2004, some 18 months has past and both Maui acct Hawaii counties are soil requesting information from Chairperson Peter Young. Would an ,~.d Hoc fact-finding committee be in a better position to obtain the information b Resolution 233-05 scope of duties is to board and needs to be focus as I have ou~. inec ;ender Solution. ?resent Position of Counties: c. Kauai County has declined the State of Hawaii's offer tc. assume t",e managemem: of ;r~, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DoBOR) facilities per Chiairperson Young's email on November 28. 2005. d. City and County of Honolulu, Mr. Jet,` Coelho, Manag!r,:~ Drecto~ 1527-6Ei34), stated o.iiny a telephone conversation on January 3, 2006, that City and County of Honolulu is in t,:e process of informing Chairperson Young, that they will decline the `iaste of H ~waii's o"f-r t~ assume the management of the Do&CR facilities on Oah:. Mr. Car:Mho indicated that ::,ty an1 County of Honolulu can not afford the cost of all the deferreo capital Improvement proj~ecta that was the result of the State of Hawau years of neglect e. Maui County, Mr. Don Couch, Mayor Arakawa's Execut!ve Assistant (270-7219), stated during a telephone conversation on January 4, 2006, that Mai.!! Coc,!nty is "interested" in exploring the taking over the management of the DoBOR facilities. However Maui i punt;r has requested additional information from Chairperson Young before making any decisio^ Solution. a Resolution 233-05 should be amended to direct all questions from Hawaii Counfii C,~un:,il t~ Chairperson Peter Young instead of the formation of an hoc fact-finding committee. Chairperson Young should be asked to appear before the Ha~~a!i County Counal alcnG w!th Mr Richard Rice, DoBOR administrator and Ms. fJancy M~.;rp".y. G~~BOR Hawaii disc ~ict manager to finally address DoBOR failures and Council questions no later than Febn.aiy 2006 Comm No. ~ Z • 3 Ref. To: Pre Ref. Uate~ 5'U , O. As a note, Chairperson Young stated ano accepted my suggestior tc appear before 3overnor's Lingle East Hawaii Council of Advisors on Feh ;~a it 23 2006 for "I happy t: to c about harbors and ramps transfer " b. Resolution 233-OS should be focus on the following questions: C;an the County ~f iia~raii assume all the cost of the deferred capita! improvement projects, in addition, to costs ~f all deferred repairs and maintenance projects? Is the revenue stream sufficienl to pay for the debt service of the bond float and the operational expenses to manage tr+~~ srna4 harbors and ramps on the Big Island? Summary: a. I agree that the State of Hawaii as stated by Governor Linda ~irn;lle and Chairperson. Young, has failed to properly manage the small boat harbcr facilities under the umb~'I th=. ~f Department of Transportation -Harbors Division and DcBGR tio~.vever, there se.~n; rr oe a perception that only two options are evadable for the management of DoBC>R facilitie-> o` that :c transfer responsibility to the counties or privatization The most viable option would be for the State of Hawaii taVciny full responsibility for the years of neglect of the small boat harbors and ramps and address the serious Fnobirm directly. The State of Hawaii has the financial resources grea"er than the Caw~~tp cf Hawaii. b. The Department of Transportation -Harbor's Division transferred to DoBC~R $152,ir,3,000 of deferred of capital improvement protects as stated in the R PJI. Tewill reposed in 199 whicr~ nas the present value of $207,000,000 estimated cost when adjusted with the Cons. rnar 'rice ;ndex rate c. For many years, the State of Hawaii legislature has beer: w lling 1o provide non- reimbursable general obligation bonds as a source of funding for capital improvement prc,ects but only to have DoBOR testify against them due to the fact that those projects vdere n:,t pert of the State of Hawaii administration's budget regardless of ~~hich political party was at tree huhr d_ DoBOR needs to provide the financial statement for ~iseal 'Yea' 2004-2005 e. The management of DoBOR harbors and ramps is not a "Horne; Rule" pol cy sinc:~ : ie :Mate of Hawaii has assume the jurisdiction of v,raters to three n~~~las ~ pct tr:;r~n shore f Both Kauai and City and County of Hunolulu has declirFd tl e mar.agemert of Do 3C ~ facilities. g. County of Hawaii should seek to transfer of the three ramps f~o'n the Department of Parks and Recreation to DoBOR Thank you for the opportunity to present my views on this mater. Glenn S Shiroma Recreational Boater JVailoa Small Boat Harbor -Hilo 5;u,: