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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
COUNTY COUNCIL
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Hawaii C.,wil Building
15 Aavant Sn'eet
Ink Hawai'796720
AARON S. Y. CHUNG
MAILE "MEDEIROS' DAVID
KAREN EOFF
GREGGOR ILAGAN
DRU MAMO KANUHA
DENNIS `FRESH" ONISHI
DANNY PAITKA
COMMITTFE ON AGRICULTURE, WATER
AND ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
ORDER OF BUSINESS
West I Iawai`i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ,o
March 16, 2016
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9:30 a.m.
(Note: Please turn all communication devices to silent mode.)
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
COMMUNICATIONS
ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
March 16, 2016
Bill 163: AMENDS ARTICLE VII OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2014) BY
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND AN AGRICULTURE COMMISSION
Reference: Comm. 736
Intr. by: Ms. Wille
ADJOURNMENT
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.
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accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by March 14, 2016. Relay users please call
711(961-8245) to contact our office.
Public attendance via courtesy site 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, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401; and
• Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5.
Public attendance via courtesy site is also available at the following locations until public testimony has
been completed:
• Conference Room adjacent to Hisaoka Gymnasium, Kamehameha Park Complex,
54-382 Kamehameha Park Road, Kapa`au;
• Na`alehu State Office Building, 95-5669 Mamalahoa Highway, Na`alehu; and
• Pahoa Neighborhood Facility, 15-2710 Kauhale Street.
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or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue.
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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.
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Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring
fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the
business day prior to the meeting: (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni
Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail
counciltestiinonyLq)hawaiicouno�.ov. Please submit separate testimony for each item.
Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address
(url) to videotestimonyghawaiicounty_.gov before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the
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
submittal. Each 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:
Planning; Public Works and Parks and Recreation; Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability; and
Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, March 24 and 31, 2016, at 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; and
Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts
from the State Legislature, and are subject to change by Na Leo `O Hawaii. Please check the current
legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo `O Hawaii website at http://www.naleo.ty/ty-
schedules/channel-55/.)
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