HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0575.000 2014-2016 Aaron S. Y. Chung <P'L os, '' Phone No.: (808) 961-8272
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District 2 South Hilo ; - aaron.chung@hawaiicounry.gov
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HA WAI I COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai'1
Hawai`i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 `r' C?
Date: November 20, 2015
To: Dru Kanuha Chair
From: 'Aaron 00 S. Y. Chung, Council Member —
Hawai`i County Council
Subject: Request for Special Meeting to Discuss the Dengue Fever Outbreak on Hawaii
Island
This is a follow-up to a request I made to you yesterday for the scheduling of an emergency
meeting pertaining to the above-referenced matter. After giving the matter further consideration,
I am withdrawing the previous request(numbered as communication 574) and instead requesting
that you schedule a special meeting on the subject. I am suggesting that the meeting be held on
the same day as our next full council meeting, December 2, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. I am asking that
we set aside one hour for this meeting. Although I am fully aware that the State and County
have been working jointly on a community outreach program consisting of, among other things,
public informational meetings and websites, I also believe that redundancy in terms of
disseminating information is a good thing in this particular situation. I do not expect our
presenters to rehash what has been said at the public meetings. They can instead abbreviate the
important points of their presentation and perhaps address some of the salient questions which
have been raised by members of the public at such meetings. I am personally interested in
understanding the operational aspects of their efforts and whether they would be able to offer a
prognosis regarding this outbreak. I'm sure that there will be many different areas of concern
brought up by other members of the council.
At the minimum, I ask that we invite members of the State Department of Health and the County
Civil Defense to present a briefing to us. As I did in my previous memo, I also request that State
Senator Josh Green and State Representative Richard Creagan be invited to the meeting to
present their ideas to us. I further request that inasmuch as this is an information-gathering
meeting, we reserve public input until the end of the session. This will avoid having to keep our
resource persons from waiting in our council room and will enable them to get back to their
duties as soon as possible. Finally, I ask that you instruct the county clerk to coordinate with Na
Leo Television in order to get the meeting viewed by a wide audience and in the quickest way
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Thank you for your considersation.
Sincerely,
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AARON S. Y. CH
Councilmember, Distri• 2
Cc: S. Maeda, County Clerk
D. Goodenow, Council Services Supervisor
Laura Murashige, Executive Assistant to Chair