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Home My WebLink AboutAGE PSMTC 2013/05/14 2012-2014 (Continued on May 29 (see Notices folder))Brenda Ford Chair Margaret Wille Vice Chair DATE: May 14, 2013 HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY & MASS TRANSIT 7 1 Session PLACE: Council Chambers Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni St. Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 9:00 a.m. Karen Eoff, Member Greggor llagan, Member Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member Valerie T. Poindexter, Member J Yoshimoto, <Libern C� Z --i .<-+„i C-) N-- (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. 271: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE (Bill 79) 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO PROHIBITION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated April 25, 2013. The bill adds a new article to Chapter 14, General Welfare titled "Genetically Modified (Transgenic) Organisms Prohibited," to prohibit the propagation, cultivation, raising, growing, sale or distribution of transgenic organisms (GMO's). ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by May 9, 2013. Relay users please call 711(961 -8245) to contact our office. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer PSMTC-4 Page 2 March 12, 2013 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 Hawaii Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohok0ole Highway, Building. A; • Nihoa Council Office, Nihoa Marketplace, 15-2660 P5hoa Village Road, Room 304; and �n • Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Miimalahoa Highway, Suite 5. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following location until 3:00 p.m., 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://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 Clerks Office in Hilo at 25 AUpuni St., Hilo, Hawaii, 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912, or (3) by e-mail to coLinciltestimonyL('t�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 videotestimony ahawaiicounty,go 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 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 Safety and Mass Transit; and Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee meetings - Tuesday, May 21 and 28 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Governmental Relations and Economic Development, Finance, and Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committee meetings - Thursday, May 23 and 30 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:310 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, May 25 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 '0 Hawaii. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo '0 Hawaii website at littl)://www.nateo.tv/tv-schedules/chaiiiiel-52/.