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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0486.001 2008-2010Page 1 of 1 Murashige, Laura From: Council Testimony [counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:59 PM To: Eoff, Karen Subject: FW: Res. 226-09 9/1/09 Attachments: Hawaii County Council_09_01_09.pdf P/PW&IRC Comm. 486 (Res. 226-09) w ~}~ t4 From: William Kunstman [mailto:w.kunstman@capitol.hawaii.gov] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:44 AM To: 'counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us' Subject: Res. 226-09 9/1/09 Attached is testimony for the Committee on Public Works & Intergovernmental Affaris-please let me know if you have any difficulty with the document. Senator Takamine will not be present at the Council meeting. ...Thanks--Bill Bill Kunstman Office of Dwight Takamine Committee Clerk (808) 586-6918 Fax (808) 586-7339 w.kunstman@capitol.hawaii.gov 8/31/2009 Comm. Pdo. T ~~O ' ~_ Ref. To,----r-~= ~- q/II~L R®f. t~at~e ~P 1 2~0 ______ ,>~ -"' '* jtJJ =_f~~ 'Y)C~ ~CI~c~ItQ. S'T'A'TE C A F' I i Dt H`ONOLULU., HAWAII 9uB13 Scpi+:mtier 1, 2009 VIA;,ELECTR0~11C` NiAI L Chair Br°enda Ford `Vice Chair Kelly;Greenwell •Cgmrriittee on~Rublic'Works>&.Intergovernmentaf Affairs ~RE: Res: 22~b=09: A RESOLUT(QN URGINGTHE HA1NA1`I SFATE.B;C3ARD O.F EDIIGATION TONIO~E THE K6AUKi4HA::SCH00L CAFE7ERIQ PROJECT`INTt? THE T.O.P'T,.EN~ON*TFIE,flEPARTMEN7'OF EDUCAT]tJN CfP ALLt~TMENT F?RIORITI''tI5T Strang Support; dear Chairperson Ford'~and Members of the Committee, (`strongly support passage,af ResQlutidn `226-09, wh~ch.:urges the Board•of Education to~gve fhe Keaukaha School Cafeteria a high~erpr%ority:in~the Dep:artrneritof Education's Capital Improvemerits..Rrojects priority`list..l,now have the hono.~ and.privilege o.f'serving Che Keaukaha community. as a state Sen'ator..Comrriunity leadecs.in iCeaukaha reached out'taapprise me of` the-situat`ron with the' Keaukaha Elementary~Sehool cafeteria=shortly:.after my election. Subsequently, I attended a n1~e'eting and received~a tour~of the gafeterra facilities at°the elementary schdol. l.can' assure you that the cafeteria is::quite~:old, including most o"f the equipment in; the, kitchen,. I'n~, short, the:cafeteria at,the school needs extensive refurbishment. I;a'm•sure you are~aware°of-:tfie unique-nature..and history of~the Keaukaha ~otnmunity:'Like~the o.fher rural areas of the Big;lsland'I haae.~fihe•pr•Nilet;e;~io;represent,=tfe-cornmunity°in Ke~iukaha also believes that the schiioi Iles. at ttie heart of the, community.. !n fact,;°the: community has played~a'central role; along with stYong; leadership. at the school level; to help .the school°to achieve. Adequate: Yearly Progress°.under. they No. Child Left Behind Act. This is a notewohthy ::accomplishment con'si'de'ring he rna'ny eha;llenges faced>ty the schoo,l'. The campus also serves as the location for Ka'Umeke Ka'eo,Publir.Charter;School, which was established as one.•,of''thie first Hawaiian, Language Immersion pragra;ms in'.the,state in 1987. ;Keaukaha ~Elementary• School ~an`d :Ka 'Umek~ Ka',eo- use a miicture •of ;permanent 'buildings; ;portable bu>Idings `(two turned .Dyer to the campus :~y Karnehame_ha Schools in 2004:} antl temporary modular buildings to e`tlucate;the chiidren'n'f`Keaukaha. The enrollments" at' th+e two schools continue °to grow, TFie cafeteria was tlesigred to ;a'ccornmadate 102 students; b,ut now over S00'Sfi;udents have:to eaf~=in.three,-shifts;during.lunch': The staff must use the lrriited .kitcfien,.storage-":and 'office space to` accomplish the feat. of feeding over 500 children li~rtich every day.. Furtherm©re„the'storage space fails 'to""meet OOE Standards thatregure enoughrefrigerated spate fo hold"ttivq.weeks of food;: ~. The-cafeteria"a'lso~pla,ys an important role as a meeting<place for the~Keaukaha community. The Keaukaha C©mmunity Association;'Bay Scouts, Girt Scouts, A+ prograi» arid;special meetings of t~HA;. Kameh-am~ha Schools and tfie: C}epartment of Hawaiian= Warne lams acre among ~Ehe .regular=users, o~f.the':cafeteria, .fn suriamary,,.~the~,Keaukah'a community;.especialCy the;ch'ildrenand`the"staffofthe school, _~. deseryeran upgraded cafeteria' faclity..Please pass Resol'irtion.226-09in s_up,port_of~this important project. Sincerely; :.:. 'aw~ght y;, T_,akamine