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Home My WebLink AboutAGE FC 2013/05/14 2012-2014 ACTIONS Va lerie T. Poindexter Karen Eoff, Member Brenda Ford, ChairMember Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member Greggor IlaganDennis “Fresh” Onishi, Member Margaret Wille Vice ChairMember , J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON FINANCE th 12Session MEETING CONTINUED FROM MAY 14, 2013 TO MAY 29, 2013. DATE: May 14, 2013 PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i TIME: 1:45 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER: 6:07 p.m. (May 14, 2013) RECESS: 6:21 p.m. (May 14, 2013) RECONVENED: 10:12 a.m. (May 29, 2013) STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 3.12: REPORT OF CHANGE ORDERS AUTHORIZED: MARCH 16 - 31, 2013 From Finance Director Nancy Crawford, dated April 16, 2013, transmitting the above report pursuant to Hawai‘i County Code Section 2-12.3. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter –8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Onishi - 1. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer FC-12 Page 2 May 14, 2013 Comm. 7.4: REPORT OF TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED: APRIL 1 - 15, 2013 From Controller Kay Oshiro, dated April 16, 2013, transmitting the above report. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter –8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Onishi - 1. Comm. 257: REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATION REPORT FOR TAX YEAR 2013-2014 From Finance Director Nancy Crawford, dated April 22, 2013, transmitting the above report pursuant to Chapter 19, Section 19-90(d) of the Hawai‘i County Code. The total value of next taxable real property is $23,542,277,844, which represents 0.06 percent increase compared to the previous tax year. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter –8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Onishi - 1. Comm. 261: AMENDS CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 5 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (Bill 71) (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAXES, LIENS, FORECLOSURES, AND NOTICE From Council Member Brenda J. Ford, dated April 25, 2013. Reduces the number of years required to foreclose on delinquency real property taxes, and relocates notice requirements previously placed in Section 19-38 into Section 19-40. Postponed to the call of the Chair: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter – 7. Noes: Committee Member Ford - 1. Absent: Committee Member Onishi - 1. FC-12 Page 3 May 14, 2013 Comm. 265: AUTHORIZES THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS OF A LATER FISCAL YEAR AND (Res. 108-13) OF MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR A MULTI-YEAR LEASE OF OFFICE SPACE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN WAIMEA From Finance Director Nancy Crawford, dated April 25, 2013. Authorizes the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to continue the lease for the current office space in Waimea for five years. The current lease will expire on June 30, 2013. Recommends adoption of Res. 108-13. Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter –8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Onishi - 1. Comm. 266: AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A MULTI-YEAR HOUSING (Res. 109-13) ASSISTANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT (AGREEMENT) WITH MOHOULI SENIOR PHASE 1, LLP, OWNER OF THE MOHOULI HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT PHASE I (PROJECT), SELECTED FOR THE SECTION 8 PROJECT- BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM (PBV PROGRAM) AS OFFERED THROUGH A PUBLIC NOTICE DATED DECEMBER 1, 8, AND 15, 2010 From Finance Director Nancy Crawford, dated April 25, 2013. The Office of Housing and Community Development has accepted a proposal from Mohouli Senior Phase 1, LLP to attach a Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment Contract to the Mohouli Heights Neighborhood Project, Phase 1. This program makes rental housing units available to low-income families that are not within the current housing fair market rents. Recommends adoption of Res. 109-13. Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter –8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Onishi - 1. FC-12 Page 4 May 14, 2013 Comm. 267: AMENDS CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 10, SECTION 19-89.5 OF THE HAWAI‘I (Bill 75) COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO KULEANA LAND EXEMPTIONS From Finance Director Nancy Crawford, dated April 25, 2013. Eliminates residential and agricultural zoning restrictions and allows qualified parcels in residential use, agricultural use, or vacant land to be eligible for a kuleana land exemption; and clarifies that vacation rental use does not qualify as a residential use with regard to this exemption. Recommends passage of Bill 75 on first reading. Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter –8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Onishi - 1. ADJOURNMENT 11:25 a.m. (May 29, 2013) - The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations May 9, 2013 for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. 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:  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; 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://www.hawaiicounty.gov/lb-council-committee/. For further information, please call 961-8245. FC-12 Page 5 May 14, 2013 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 . 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