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BRENDA FORD KAREN EOFF
GREGGOR ILAGAN
Chair and Presiding Officer
DRU MAMO KANUHA
ZENDO KERN
MARGARET WILLE DENNIS “FRESH” ONISHI
VALERIE T. POINDEXTER
Vice Chair
J YOSHIMOTO
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY &
MASS TRANSIT
th
16 Session
ORDER OF BUSINESS
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
March 18, 2014
12:45 p.m.
(Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers, and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.)
CALL TO ORDER - 12:47 p.m.
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
COMMUNICATIONS
Comm. 697: DISCUSSION AND FORMATION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE RELATING
TO THE VOLCANO-PĀHOA EMERGENCY ROAD PROJECT
From Council Member Brenda J. Ford, dated February 11, 2014, requesting
formation of an ad hoc committee pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes,
Section 92-2.5, to review, assess, and make recommendations for an emergency
route from Volcano to Pāhoa or any other emergency route in Ka‘ū.
Postponed Comm. 697 to March 31, 2014:
Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern,
Onishi, Poindexter, and Vice Chair Wille - 8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Yoshimoto - 1.
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
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ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
ADJOURNMENT - 1:28 p.m.
Note: B/R, when listed next to the name of an Introducer, signifies that the Council Member has
agreed to introduce legislation “By Request” on behalf of the requesting party. It does not
necessarily signify support of or opposition to the proposal.
The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special
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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 testimony has not been completed:
County Council Room, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401; and
Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5.
Public attendance via videoconference is also available at the following locations until public testimony
has been completed:
County Facility (former Bank of Hawai‘i Building), 54-3888 Akoni Pule Highway, Kohala;
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.
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
Street, 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.
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
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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
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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; Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability;
and Public Safety and Mass Transit Committee meetings - Tuesdays, March 25 and April 1 at 7:00 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m. Planning, Public Works and Parks and Recreation, and Finance Committee meetings -
Thursdays, March 27 and April 3 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday,
March 29 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/.
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