HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE HSEDC 10/17/2006 2004-2006 Fred C. Holschuh, M.D. Stacy Higa, Member
Chair ,p;:~~~
w"~r.~, Pete Hoffmann, Member
Donald Ikeda, Member
Virginia Isbell, Member
James Y. Arakaki ~ Bob Jacobson, Member
Vice Chair '%'o: K. Angel Pilago, Member
Gary Safarik, Member
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
& ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
15~~ Session
DATE: October 17, 2006 (Tuesday)
PLACE: Councilroom (new location)
Ben Franklin Building 3
333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"d Floor
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 1:45 p.m.
(Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.)
CALL TO ORDER
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
REFERRALS
Comm. 1026: A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE COMMENCEMENT OF SERVICE OF THE
(Res. 432-06) HAWAII SUPERFERRY AT KAWAIHAE HARBOR UNTIL ECONOMIC,
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED (requests
commencement of operations be postponed pending preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement and construction of necessazy improvements to adequate?y
accommodate current harbor users and the Hawaii Superferry)
From Councilmember Pete Hoffmann, dated August 17, 2006, transmitting the above
resolution. The key points in the resolution are 1) Kawaihae Harbor is the only
commercial harbor on the west side; 2) Kawaihae Harbor has inadequate
infrastructure to accommodate existing users; 3) there is no master plan to deal with
aging harbor facilities is proposed by the State Department of Transportation; 4)
Hawaii Superferry (HSF) operations will result in displacement of existing space
occupied by Young Brothers and may result in reduction of service and possible
discontinuance of its less than full container load service; 5) the State Department of
Transportation does not plan an Environmental Impact Statement as requested by
Hawaii County Council; 6) HSF may contribute to the spread of invasive species; 7)
injury or death to whales has been raised by Pacific Whale Foundation; 8) the landing
site may be inaccessible half the year due to high surf; and 9) visitors may overburden
limited recreational resources.
ADJOURNMENT
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accommodations to attend this meeting should call 961-8245 by October 13, 2006. Persons using TDDs
may ca11 961-852 1.
Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda available at the County Clerk's Office,
333 Kilauea Ave., Hilo; the Office of the Mayor, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103,
Kailua-Kona; the Kona Councilmembers' Office, Kailua Trade Center, 75-5706 Hanama Place,
Suite 109, Kailua-Kona; and at the Waimea Council Members' Office at the Holomua Center, 64-1067
Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5, Waimea, Hawaii. For further information, please ca11 96 1-8245.
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• Kona Council Office at the Kailua Trade Center; and
• Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center.
If for technical reasons the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting
will continue.
Submitting Testimony: Those persons wishing to testify in person or by videoconference must register
with the County Clerk's staff. Those testifying in person and submitting written testimony at the
meeting in Hilo should bring seventeen (17) copies of the testimony for distribution at the meeting.
Those testifying by videoconference from the Kona or Waimea Council Offices, should bring one copy
of the testimony. Those persons unable to testify in person or by videoconference may submit
testimony (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii, 96720,
(2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912, or (3) by a-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. Please
submit a separate testimony for each item. Copies will be made and distributed at the meeting when
transmitted in a timely manner. In any case, both oral and written testimony will be made a part of the
public record.
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days of becoming a lobbyist {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaii County Code}. A lobbyist means
"any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month
or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative
action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials." {Article 15, Section
2-91.3(a)(6), Hawaii County Code}. Registration forms and expenditure report documents aze
available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 333 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, Hawaii 96720.
VIEWING OF MEETINGS ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION -Channel 52 (Hilo/Kona)
Finance, Environmental Management and Human Services and Economic Development Committee
meetings -Tuesdays, October 24 and 31, 2006, at 8:30 p.m.; Public Safety and Pazks and Recreation
and Planning Committees -Thursdays, October 26 and November 2, 2006, at 8:30 p.m.; and all five
Committee meetings -Sunday, November 5, 2006, at 10:30 a.m.
Published: Hawaii Tribune Herald and West Hawaii Today -October 12, 2006
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