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Home My WebLink AboutAGE GRC 03/08/2012 2010-2012 ACTIONS K. Angel PilagoFred Blas, Member Brenda Ford, ChairMember Pete Hoffmann, Member Donald Ikeda, Member Brittany Smart Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member Dominic Yagong, Vice-ChairMember J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘ICOUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS h 19 Session DATE: March 8, 2012 (Thursday) PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i TIME: 3:30 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER: 3:44 p.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA REFERRAL(S) Comm. 483.4: HAWAI‘I STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (HSAC) EXECUTIVE MEETING REPORTS OF JANUARY 13 AND FEBRUARY 10, 2012 From Vice-Chair K. Angel Pilago, dated February 16, 2012, transmitting the HSAC Executive Committee meeting agendas and attachments of January 13 and February 10, 2012, for the Council’s review and discussion. CLOSE FILE: Ayes: Committee Members Blas, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Yoshimoto, and Acting Chair Yagong – 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Onishi, Pilago and Smart – 3. Excused: None. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer GRC-19 Page 2 March 8, 2012 Comm. 587: INITIATES AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3-17, OF THE HAWAI‘I (Bill 192) COUNTY CHARTER (2010 EDITION), RELATING TO THE COUNTY REDISTRICTING COMMISSION Prohibits redistricting commissioners from becoming a candidate for the County Council for the first election cycle following the redistricting. RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF BILL 192 ON FIRST READING: Ayes: Committee Members Blas, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Yoshimoto, and Acting Chair Yagong – 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Onishi, Pilago and Smart – 3. Excused: None. ADJOURNMENT: 4:18 p.m. The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by March 5, 2012. Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (hereinafter “HRS”) §92-3.5, the Hawai‘i County Council will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Council Members will be present at the following location(s):  Council Room, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401  Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A If audio stream is lost between Hilo and Kona for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. Public Attendance via Videoconference is also available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m. or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed:  Pāhoa Council Office, Pāhoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pāhoa Village Road, Room 304  Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5 Copies of this agenda and item(s) listed on the agenda are available on the County Council-Clerk web page at http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/lb-council-committee/. For further information, please call 961-8245. Submitting Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted (1) by mail to the County Clerk’s Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720; (2) by facsimile to Please submit separate testimony for each (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. item. GRC-19 Page 2 March 8, 2012 Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 52: th Human Services, Social Services, and Public Safety; and Finance Committee meetings - Wednesday, March 14 and th Tuesday, March 20 at 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Public Works and Parks and Recreation; Planning; and Governmental th nd Relations Committee meetings - Thursday, March 15and 22 at 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - th Saturday, March 17 at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature, and are subject to change by Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i website at http://www.naleo.tv/schedule.