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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: September 15, 2009 Re: Comm. No. 506
PLACE: Council Room
Ben Franklin Building
333 Kilauea Avenue, 2°d Floor
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 3:05 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 506, reports as
follows:
Communication No. 506 from Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated August 24, 2009, nominates
Mr. Riley Saito of Council District 8 to the County of Hawaii Kailua Village Design
Commission. Mr. Saito is a past member of the Kailua Village Design Commission, and will be
replacing Ms. Sally Marone, whose term expired on December 31, 2008. If confirmed, Mr.
Saito's term will expire on December 31, 2011. Mr. Saito was not able to attend the committee
meeting, as he was on the mainland.
Council Member Brenda Ford moved to postpone this matter until such time that Mr. Saito could
appear before the Committee. Ms. Ford stated that she was not pleased when nominees did not
appear before the various committees.
Other council members reminded Ms. Ford that past practice had allowed nominees to appear at
either the committee level or at council. They further discussed the fact that serving on boards
and commissions is strictly voluntary, stating that it is not right for the council to demand
nominees be present at committee meetings, as long as the nominee appeared at either a
committee meeting or a council meeting. Council Member Ford's motion to postpone failed.
The vote was 6 to 2, against the postponement. Only Council Members Yagong and Ford voted
in favor of postponement.
Mr. Saito's presence is requested at the Council meeting.
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Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Communication
No. 506, and recommends confirmation of Mr. Riley Saito to the Kailua Village Design
Commission.
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AYES NOES A&E Ex Respectfully submitted,
ENRIQUES X
FORD X COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
GREENWELL X
HOFFMANN X
IKEDA X ba"
NAEOLE X DONALD IKEDA, CHAIR
ONISHI X
YAGONG X PC REPORT NO. 46
YOSHIMOTO X ADOPTED: OCT Q 7 20ag