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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE FC 2013/10/15 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 st 21 Session DATE: October 15, 2013 PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i TIME: 9:00 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 9:03 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 452: AMENDS CHAPTER 12, ARTICLE 2 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (Bill 137) (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE FORMATION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS From Finance Director Nancy Crawford, dated September 26, 2013. The bill clarifies the procedures for and usage of the combined hearing process as it relates to the final details of plans and specifications to be prepared after the hearings. Also adds a ten percent cost overrun threshold to clarify materially significant costs that would trigger a second public hearing. Recommends passage of Bill 137, as amended to Draft 2, on first reading: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter - 8. Noes: Committee Member Ford - 1. Absent: None. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer FC-21 Page 2 October 15, 2013 Comm. 454: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 13-66, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PUBLIC (Bill 138) IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCING THEREOF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2013 TO JUNE 30, 2014 From Council Member Dru Kanuha, dated September 26, 2013. Adds the Public Works Nani Kailua Extension project for $3.5 million to the Capital Budget. Funds for this project shall be provided from the General Obligation Bonds, Capital Projects Fund-Fund Balance and/or other Sources (State CIP). This project will provide a new mauka-makai connector from Ali‘i Drive, in the vicinity of Oneo Bay, to the Kuakini Highway. Recommends passage of Bill 138 on first reading: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Chair Poindexter - 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT - 9:29 a.m. The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations October 10, 2013 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 testimony has not been completed:  Council Chambers, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401; 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 locations until , or later in the event public testimony has not been completed:  Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Community Center, 92-8924 Leilani Circle; and  Pāhoa Neighborhood Facility, 15-2710 Kauhale Street. 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. FC-21 Page 3 October 15, 2013 Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (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). Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Public Works and Parks and Recreation, Finance, and Public Safety and Mass Transit Committee meetings - Tuesdays, October 22 and 29 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Planning, and Governmental Relations and Economic Development Committee meetings - Thursdays, October 24 and 31 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, October 26 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/.