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6th Session
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Hawai`i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai`i
May 16, 2017
1:00 p.m.
(Note: Please turn all communication devices to silent mode.)
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
COMMUNICATIONS
Comm. 46.4: , HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES' MARCH 17, 2017,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
From Council Member Dru Mamo Kanuha, dated April 19, 2017.
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
GREDC-6 May 16,2017
ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
Res. 205-17: ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HAWAII COUNTY AND THE HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE HISTORICALLY
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST LOW INCOME AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN
COMMUNITIES OF THE PUNA AND KA`U DISTRICTS, AS ESTABLISHED
BY THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS' SEPTEMBER 28, 2000, RULING, AND
PLEDGES THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING DISPARITY
AND PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST DISADVANTAGED
POPULATIONS
States that limited police services, substandard roads, and a lack of medical
facilities, water, and sanitation in the Puna and Ka`u districts have been recognized
by the Federal government, and commits the Council to addressing this disparity.
Reference: Comm. 281
Intr. by: Ms. Ruggles
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
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.
The meeting places are accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special
accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by May 12, 2017. 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:
• Kona Council Office,West Hawaii Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A; and
• Pahoa Council Office, 15-2879 Pahoa Village Road.
Public attendance via courtesy site is also available at the following locations until public testimony
has been completed:
• Na`alehu State Office Building, 95-5669 Mamalahoa Highway, Na`alehu; and
• Old Kohala Courthouse, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapa`au.
If, due to unanticipated circumstances, the courtesy site is unavailable and/or participation is disrupted,
the scheduled meetings will continue.
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GREDC-6 May 16,2017
Live stream of County Council Committee Meetings: Meetings are available for live viewing. Click
on Council Meetings on the County's homepage at http://www.hawaiicounty_.gov.
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) 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 to
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 Safety and Mass Transit, Finance, and Governmental Relations and Economic
Development Committee meetings - Tuesdays, May 23 and 30, 2017, at 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; and
Saturday, May 27, 2017, 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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