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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EDMTC 03/20/2012 2010-2012 ACTIONSDennis "Fresh" Onishi Chair Brittany Smart i ice - Chair DATE: March 20, 2012 (Tuesday) CLOSE FILE: ADJOURNMENT — 9:47 a.m. HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & MASS TRANSIT 7th Session PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai`i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A Kona, Hawai`i Ayes: Committee Members Blas, Ford, Ikeda, Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Onishi -7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Hoffmann and Pilago -2. Excused: None. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Harm 7 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Fred Blas, Member Brenda Ford, Member Pete Hoffmann, Member Donald Ikeda, Member K. Angel Pilago, Member Dominic Yagong, Member J Yoshimoto, Member TIME: 9:00 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER — 9:18 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA REFERRAL(S) Comm. 620: UPDATE REGARDING THE MASS TRANSIT AGENCY From Council Member Dennis Onishi, dated February 28, 2012, stating that Mr. Tom Brown will be providing an update regarding the Mass Transit Agency. EDMTC -7 Page 2 March 20, 2012 The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-824 by March 16, 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, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401 • Kona Council Chambers, West Hawaii Civic Center, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole 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: • Pahoa Council Office, Pahoa Marketplace, 15 -2660 Pahoa Village Road, Room 304 • Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa 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 Testimonv: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai`i. 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimonv c;co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 52: Economic Development and Mass Transit; Environmental Management; and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, March 29 and April 5th at 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Governmental Relations; and Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committee meetings — Friday, March 30 and Tuesday, April 3r at 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, March 31S 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.ty /schedule.