HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE PWPRC 10/02/2012 2010-2012 ACTIONS
Fred BlasPete Hoffmann,
Member
Donald Ikeda,
ChairMember
Dennis “Fresh” Onishi,
Member
K. Angel Pilago,
Member
Brenda Ford Brittany Smart,
Member
Dominic Yagong,
Vice-ChairMember
J Yoshimoto,
Member
HAWAI‘ICOUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS &
PARKS AND RECREATION
th
34 Session
DATE:
October 2, 2012 (Tuesday)
PLACE:
Council Chambers
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i
TIME:
9:00 a.m.
(Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.)
CALL TO ORDER – 9:02 a.m.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM(S) ON THE AGENDA
REFERRAL(S)
Comm. 842: URGES THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO
(Res. 302-12) ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES ON PARCELS LESS THAN 15
ACRES THAT ARE DESIGNATED “AGRICULTURAL” UNDER STATE LAW IN
HAWAI‘I
As set forth in the Hawai‘i 2050 plan, Sustainable Living Research Sites will allow citizens on
agriculturally zoned parcels of 15 acres or less to explore innovative methods of self-
sustainability. A Sustainable Living Research Site is an area of land on which the legal owners
and/or occupants are permitted to engage in activities and erect structures that might otherwise be
prohibited or unduly constrained by state and/or county law.
Intr. by: Mr. Yagong
RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RES. 302-12:
Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago,
Smart, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Blas - 8
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Hoffmann - 1.
(Mr. Onishi voted “kānalua” twice.)
Serving the Interests of the People of our Island
Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
PWPRC-34 Page 2 October 2, 2012
ADJOURNMENT - 9:39 a.m.
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Public Attendance Via Videoconference is available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event
public witness testimony has not been completed:
Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A;
Pāhoa Council Office, Pāhoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pāhoa Village Road, Room 304;
Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5.
If for technical or other unanticipated circumstances the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the
scheduled meeting will continue.
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before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the
distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted
meeting
(1) by mail to the County Clerk’s Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720; (2) by facsimile
Please submit separate testimony for
to (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us.
each item.
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