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Home My WebLink AboutAGE GREDC 2013/02/19 2012-2014 ACTIONS Dennis “Fresh” OnishiKaren Eoff, Member Brenda Ford, ChairMember Dru Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member Greggor Ilagan Valerie Poindexter, Member Margaret Wille, Vice ChairMember J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT nd 2 Session DATE: February 19, 2013 (Tuesday) PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i TIME: 1:00 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER – 1:00 p.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 10.1: HAWAI‘I STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES’ (HSAC) DECEMBER 13, 2012 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT From Council Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, dated January 30, 2013, transmitting for the Council’s review and discussion the December 13, 2012 HSAC Executive Committee meeting agenda and attachments. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Poindexter, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Onishi - 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer GREDC- 2 Page 2 February 19, 2013 Comm. 119: URGES THE MAYOR TO ADDRESS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE (Res. 53-13) OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL WHEN THE SAME ATTORNEY REPRESENTS DIVERGENT INTERESTS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated January 29, 2013. Resolves that the Mayor take appropriate steps to ensure that a Deputy Corporation Counsel is assigned to represent the Legislative Branch and that this attorney will not be under the substantive supervision of the Corporation Counsel but rather be independently accountable to the County Council. Forwards Res. 53-13 to Council with a negative recommendation: Ayes: Committee Members Ford and Wille - 2. Noes: Committee Members Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Poindexter, and Chair Onishi - 5. Absent: Committee Members Eoff and Yoshimoto - 2. Comm. 132: PRESENTATION BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT HILO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY From Council Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, dated February 7, 2013, requesting time for the above presentation. The purpose of the presentation is to provide an update on the effort of establishing a permanent building for the College of Pharmacy. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Poindexter, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Onishi -9. Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT – 3:27 p.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations February 13, 2013 for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. GREDC- 2 Page 3 February 19, 2013 Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at tʻhe following locations until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed:  Council Chambers, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401;  Pāhoa Council Office, Pāhoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pāhoa Village Road, Room 304; and  Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5. 3:00 p.m. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following location until , or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed:  Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Community Center, 92-8924 Leilani Circle. If for technical or other unanticipated circumstances the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Copies of this agenda and items 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 Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14)before 12:00 noon on the business copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted 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 Please submit separate testimony for each item. counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address (url) before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting to videotestimony@hawaiicounty.gov . The email shall indicate the appropriate Committee or Council meeting, the meeting date, agenda item (communication, bill, resolution, or report number), and number of testifiers on the video Each video submittal shall be limited to a single agenda item submittal. . Video submittals may contain up to three individual testifiers and shall each be up to three minutes in length. Video testimony will not be played during the meeting; however, it will be distributed to Council Members prior to the meeting. The Office of the County Clerk reserves the right to refuse testimony containing inappropriate content or that is not in compliance with Council Rule 13 (Public Statements and Testimony). Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Public Works and Parks and Recreation, and Finance Committee meetings - Tuesday, February 26 and March 5 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Governmental Relations and Economic Development, and Planning Committee meetings - Thursday, February 28 and March 7 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, March 2 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 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/tv-schedules/channel-52/.