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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PSMTC 2013/03/27 2012-2014 ACTIONS Brenda Ford Karen Eoff, Member Greggor Ilagan, ChairMember Dru Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member , Margaret WilleDennis “Fresh” Onishi Member Valerie T. Poindexter, Vice Chair Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MASS TRANSIT th 5 Session DATE: March 27, 2013 (Wednesday) PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i TIME: 1:30 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER – 1:31 p.m. 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. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Poindexter, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Ford – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. 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. 189: NOMINATION OF JOHN M. BERTSCH OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I POLICE COMMISSION From Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated March 6, 2013, requesting the Council’s review and confirmation. Recommends confirmation of the appointment of John M. Bertsch to the County of Hawai‘i Police Commission: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Poindexter, Wille, Yoshimoto and Chair Ford –9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Comm. 200: PRESENTATION BY SHARON VITOUSEK OF THE NORTH HAWAI‘I 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. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Poindexter, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Ford – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None . Comm. 201: NOMINATION OF KEITH T. MORIOKA OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I POLICE COMISSION From Mayor William P. Kenoi, dated February 26, 2013, requesting the Council’s review and confirmation. Recommends confirmation of the appointment of Keith T. Morioka to the County of Hawai‘i Police Commission: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Poindexter, Wille, Yoshimoto and Chair Ford – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT – 4:04 p.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations March 21, 2013 for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. PSMTC-5 Page 3 March 27, 2013 4:30 p.m. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following locations until , or later in the event public 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 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://co.hawaii.hi.us/council/agendas and actions.htm. For further information, please call 961-8245. fourteen Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring (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, Please 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. submit separate testimony for each item. 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 Each (communication, bill, resolution, or report number), and number of testifiers on the video submittal. 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 Clerk reserves the right to refuse testimony containing inappropriate content or that is not in compliance with Council Rule 13 (Public Statements and Testimony). 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