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Home My WebLink AboutAGE GREDC 2013/09/17 2012-2014 ACTIONS Dennis “Fresh” OnishiKaren Eoff, Member Brenda Ford, ChairMember Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member Greggor Ilagan Valerie T. Poindexter, Member Margaret Wille, Vice ChairMember J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT th 10 Session DATE: September 17, 2013 PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i TIME: 9:00 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 9:01 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 10.8: HAWAI‘I STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES’ (HSAC) JULY 26, 2013 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES From Council Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, dated August 23, 2013. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Poindexter, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Kern - 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- 10 Page 2 September 17, 2013 Comm. 407: URGES THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO (Res. 170-13) SUPPORT AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE HIGHEST PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I From Council Chair J Yoshimoto, dated August 27, 2013. Each Council Member will designate a priority capital improvement project in his or her district, which projects will then be ranked for priority by the Council to be submitted to the State Legislature and Governor seeking their support. Postponed Res. 170-13 to October 15, 2014. Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Poindexter, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Kern - 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT - 9:25 a.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special September 13, 2013 accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . 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 witness testimony has not been completed:  Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A;  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 and/or audio 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 copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted the business 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. GREDC- 10 Page 3 September 17, 2013 Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the (url) to videotestimony@hawaiicounty.gov 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 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: Governmental Relations and Economic Development, Public works and Parks and Recreation, Human Services and Social Services and Planning Committee meetings - Tuesdays, September 24 and October 1 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and Finance and Agricultural, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee meetings Thursdays, September 26 and October 3 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, September 28 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-55/.