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Barbara Lively 333 KYlauea Avenue, second Floor
Legislative Assistant Ben Franklin Building, Hilo, Hawaii 96720
District 6
Mailing Address: 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 200
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Fax: (808) 961-8912
E-Mail: jjaco@co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai
November 14, 2007
Pete Hoffmann, Chair
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96778
Re: HSAC Meeting Report dated October 29, 2007
Aloha Pete,
On October 29, 2007 I submitted a HSAC meeting report that had some misinformation I
would like to correct now. In the Sa' pazagraph, the sentence in parenthesis (Hawaii County
Council did not approve this measure when they considered it on Oct. 17) should be stricken. It
was my mistake and I apologize for the confusion and any inconvenience that may result.
Attached for your review is an amended version of the letter for submission into the records.
Please don't hesitate to call with any questions or concerns.
Mahalo,
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Legislative sistant, District 6
Att.
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District 6 -Upper Puna, Ka `R, and South Kona
Hawaii County Is An Equa! Opportunity Provider And Employer
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Barbara Lively 333 Kilauea Avenue, Second Floor
Legislative Assistant Ben Franklin Building, Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Districl 6 • ' Mailing Address: 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 200
Phone: (808)961-8026
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Fax: (808)961-8912
E-Mail: jjaco@co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County ofHawai'i
October 29, 2007
Pete Hoffmann, Chair
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawai`I 96720
Re: HSAC Meeting Report
Aloha Pete,
On October 26, 2007 I attended the monthly HSAC meeting that was held in Kona. Angel Pilago
substituted for Bob Jacobson during this meeting. Others in attendance were: HSAC President Mel
Ropozo, Kauai County Council Member, Kauai staff member Cyndi Ayonon, HSAC Tres. Joe
Pontanilla, Maui County Council Member, Riki Hokama, Maui Council Chair, Maui staff member
Gayle Revels, HSAC Secretazy Romy Cachola, Honolulu City Council, Honolulu staff members Gavin
Kennedy and Andrew Sekine, Hawaii County Council member Brenda Ford, Hawaii Council staff
members Bazbaza Lively, Melissa Fleming and Karen Eoff, and Hawaii County Housing Agency
Community Development Planner Jeffery McComber. Members of the public present were: Ruby
McDonald from OHA and June Rebago from UPW.
Attached here for your review aze a copy of the meeting agenda and a copy of the September HSAC
meeting minutes and related documents.
Also attached here aze copies of (4) "justification" sheets that were approved by the HSAC members,
to replace the "justification" sheets submitted with the Hawaii County Legislative Priorities packet. The
replacements were necessazy to provide uniformity with the packets submitted from the 3 other Counties
and were housekeeping measures only.
Jeffery McComber gave a brief presentation (taken out of order on the agenda) on some of our
Housing Agencies affordable housing programs and policies, as affordable housing is a common issue
for all counties and this is the perfect vehicle for sharing policy and implementation efforts.
The Chair allowed public testimony on agenda items. June Rebago asked that the members
reconsider Item (9) (on memo dated Oct. 9, 2007) "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO
PROCUREMENT". She cautioned that there was nothing wrong with the legislation the way it is.
Maui Council Chair Hokama commented that the bill would help Maui County alleviate its staffing
shortages by allowing for short term contracts with professionals to provide services that are sorely
lacking on Maui, especially engineering.
Voting on the packet (memo dated Oct. 9, 2007) was postponed until all Counties have had the
opportunity to discuss each of the other counties submissions when it was realized that some of the
members were not comfortable voting on measures their council colleagues had not~djscussed or voted
on. Hawaii Council has discussed measures proposed by Kauai and Honolulu Counties and will be
District 6 Upper Puna, Ka`R, and South Kona
Hawaii County /s An Equai Opportunity Provider And Employer
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Barbara Lively . 333 K7auea Avenue, Second Floor
Ben Franklin Building, Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Legislative Assistant
Olsb/e! 6 Mailing Address: 25 Aupuni Slreet, Sui[e 200
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Fax: (808)961-8912
E-Mail: Paco@co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County ofHawai'i
discussing Maui County's proposals at its next Council meeting as the matter was referred to Laura
Murashige on Oct. 23, 2007.
The HSAC Executive Committee members approved the Resolution "URGING THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO CONVENE THE TASK FORCE REQUIRED BY ACT 152 SESSION OF LAWS OF
HAWAII 2007" and signed it (Angel signed for Bob) to be forwarded to the Attorney Generals Office.
Next meeting will be in Honolulu tentatively set for November 26, 2007 where the final legislative
priorities packet will be discussed.
Thank you for allowing me to continue to serve in this capacity.
lo,
Barbaza Lively
Legislative Assistant, District 6
Att.
District 6 -Upper Puna, Ka `A, and South Kona
Hawaii County /s An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer