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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PSMTC 2013/03/27 2012-2014Brenda Ford u� Karen Eoff, Member Chair `' "• gyp;'•+''+,,, Greggor Ilagan, Member Dru Kanuha, Member '• ' Zendo Kern, Member Margaret Wille +r,•.• Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member Vice Chair o Valerie T. Poindexter, Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & `--) MASS TRANSIT .7a n CD 5th Session DATE: March 27, 2013 (Wednesday) PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawaii Civic Center o "° 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A o- Kailua -Kona, Hawaii TIME: 1:30 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 183: DISCUSSION ON THE PLANS TO REOPEN THE KULANI CORRECTIONAL FACILITY From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated March 6, 2013. The discussion will include the proposal to incorporate a pu`uhonua alternative that would incorporate Hawaiian cultural traditions in support of reintegrating prisoners preparing to, be released from prisons, and the importance of a prison agricultural garden program. Comm. 189: NOMINATION OF JOHN M. BERTSCH OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII POLICE COMMISSION. From Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated March 6, 2013, requesting the Council's review and confirmation. Comm. 200: PRESENTATION BY SHARON VITOUSEK OF THE NORTH HAWAII OUTCOMES PROJECT RELATING TO THE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE TRAFFIC REPORT From Council Member Brenda J. Ford, dated February 6, 2013, requesting time for the above presentation. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer PSMTC -5 Page 2 March 27, 2013 Comm. 201: NOMINATION OF KEITH T. MORIOKA OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII POLICE From Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated February 26, 2013, requesting the Council's review and confirmation. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by March 21, 2013. Relay users please call 711(961 -8245) to contact our office. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event public testimony has not been completed: • Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401; • Pahoa Council Office, Pahoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pahoa Village Road, Room 304; and • Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following location until 3:00 p.m., or later in the event public 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 - Cleric web page at http: / /co. hawaii. hi. us / council /agendas_and_actions.htm. For further information, please call 961 -8245. Submitting Written Testimony: 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 Cleric's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawaii, 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimony2c co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address (url) to videotestimony2,hawaiicounty.gov before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting. 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 submittal. Each video submittal shall be limited to a single agenda item. 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 Cleric reserves the right to refuse testimony containing inappropriate content or that is not in compliance with Council Rule 13 (Public Statements and Testimony). PSMTC -5 Page 3 March 27, 2013 Viewing of Meetinus on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Planning; Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability; and Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committee meetings - Tuesdays, April 2 and 9 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Public Safety and Mass Transit, Environmental Management, and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, April 4 and 11 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, April 6 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 Hawaii. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo `O Hawaii website at 1-ittp: / /www.nateo.ty /tv- schedules /channel -52.