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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN COUNCIL 2017-01-05 2016-2018 HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL rd 3 Session Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i January 5, 2017 INVOCATION: Reverend Bryan Siebuhr of Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin gave the morning’s invocation. CALL TO The regular meeting of the Hawai‘i County Council was called to order at ORDER: 9:05 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Hilo, by Ms. Valerie Poindexter, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Ms. Valerie Poindexter, Chair Ms. Karen Eoff, Vice Chair Mr. Aaron Chung, Member Mr. Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Member Ms. Eileen O’Hara, Member Ms. Jennifer Ruggles, Member Mr. Herbert “Tim” Richards, III, Member PLEDGE OF The Chair Pro-Tem directed the Council to the next order of business, Pledge of ALLEGIANCE: Allegiance. (At this time, Ms. Lee Loy led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.) PETITIONS, The Chair Pro-Tem directed the Council to the next order of business, Report of MEMORIALS, Credentials Committee. CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, AND EXPRESSIONS OF CONDOLENCE: (There were none.) Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 STATEMENTS The Chair Pro-Tem directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: The following individuals registered to speak and came forward when called by the Chair: Teresa L. Nakama: Res. 28-17 (Comm. 26); and Res. 29-17 (Comm. 27), in opposition. Charles Young: Res. 28-17 (Comm. 26); and (representing West Hawai‘i Res. 29-17 (Comm. 27), in support. Fisheries Council – KUPA) Robert Nishimoto: Comm. 30, comment. Horace Farr: Comm. 31, in support. Bob Williams: Comm. 30; (representing Hawai‘i Island Vets) Comm. 31; Comm. 32; Comm. 33; Comm. 34; Comm. 35; and Comm. 36, comment APPROVAL OF The Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, MINUTES: Approval of Minutes. (There were none.) COMMUNI-The Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, CATIONS: Communications. Comm. 30: APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL YEE AS PLANNING DIRECTOR From Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 13, 2016, submitting for the Council’s review and confirmation the above appointment. Waived: PC Confirm by: February 2, 2017 (Section 13-8, Hawai‘i County Charter) Page 2 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 Vote on Comm. 30: Mr. Richards made a motion to confirm the appointment of (Approved) Mr. Michael Yee as Planning Director. Seconded by Ms. David and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Ruggles, Richards, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Comm. 31: APPOINTMENT OF COLLINS TOMEI AS FINANCE DIRECTOR From Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 13, 2016, submitting for the Council’s review and confirmation the above appointment. Waived: FC Confirm by: February 2, 2017 (Section 13-8, Hawai‘i County Charter) Vote on Comm. 31: Ms. Eoff made a motion to confirm the appointment of (Approved) Mr. Collins Tomei as Finance Director. Seconded by Mr. Richards and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Ruggles, Richards, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Comm. 32: APPOINTMENT OF DIANE LEY AS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR From Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 13, 2016, submitting for the Council’s review and confirmation the above appointment. Waived: GREDC Confirm by: February 2, 2017 (Section 13-8, Hawai‘i County Charter) Page 3 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 Vote on Comm. 32: Ms. O’Hara made a motion to confirm the appointment of (Approved) Ms. Diane Ley as Research and Development Director. Seconded by Ms. Eoff and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Ruggles, Richards, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Comm. 33: APPOINTMENT OF JULES UNG AS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR From Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 13, 2016, submitting for the Council’s review and confirmation the above appointment. Waived: GREDC Confirm by: February 2, 2017 (Section 13-8, Hawai‘i County Charter) Vote on Comm. 33: Ms. David made a motion to confirm the appointment of (Approved) Ms. Jules Ung as Information Technology Director. Seconded by Ms. O’Hara and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Ruggles, Richards, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Comm. 34: APPOINTMENT OF FRANK DEMARCO AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR From Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 13, 2016, submitting for the Council’s review and confirmation the above appointment. Waived: PWPRC Confirm by: February 2, 2017 (Section 13-8, Hawai‘i County Charter) Page 4 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 Vote on Comm. 34: Ms. David made a motion to confirm the appointment of (Approved) Mr. Frank DeMarco as Public Works Director. Seconded by Ms. Eoff and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Ruggles, Richards, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Recess: At 11:19 a.m., the Chair called for a recess. Reconvene: The meeting reconvened at 11:34 a.m. Comm. 35: APPOINTMENT OF CHARMAINE KAMAKA AS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR From Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 13, 2016, submitting for the Council’s review and confirmation the above appointment. Waived: PWPRC Confirm by: February 2, 2017 (Section 13-8, Hawai‘i County Charter) Vote on Comm. 35: Mr. Richards made a motion to confirm the appointment of (Approved) Ms. Charmaine Kamaka as Parks and Recreation Director. Seconded by Ms. David and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Ruggles, Richards, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. Comm. 36: APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM KUCHARSKI AS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR From Mayor Harry Kim, dated December 13, 2016, submitting for the Council’s review and confirmation the above appointment. Waived: EMC Confirm by: February 2, 2017 (Section 13-8, Hawai‘i County Charter) Page 5 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 Vote on Comm. 36: Ms. Eoff made a motion to confirm the appointment of (Approved) Mr. William Kucharski as Environmental Management Director. Seconded by Ms. O’Hara and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Ruggles, Richards, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. (Council Members spoke in favor of the appointments.) Recess: At 12:26 p.m., the Chair called for a recess. Reconvene: The meeting reconvened at 12:36 p.m. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, will you please read in Resolution 25-17? Change Order of As directed by the Chair and with no objection from the Council Members, the Business: following items were taken out of order: Res. 25-17: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE DANIEL R. SAYRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION TO ASSIST THE HAWAI‘I FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH REFURBISHING ITS RADON RESCUE BOAT Transfers $2,000 from the Clerk-Council Services – Contingency Relief account (Council District 1); and credits to the Hawai‘i Fire Department, Protection Other Current Expenses account. Reference: Comm. 23 Intr. by: Ms. Poindexter Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to adopt Resolution 25-17. Seconded by Ms. David. (Note: At this time, Battalion Chief Gerald Kosaki came forward to address the Council.) MR. KOSAKI: Okay, perfect, thank you. First of all, my name is Gerald Kosaki, Battalion Chief in the Hawai‘i Fire Department. I oversee what is called Special Operations, which is fortunate enough to oversee three different divisions, which Page 6 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 is Hazmat (Hazardous Materials Response), second is Rescue, and the third is Ocean Safety. So this donation to the Sayre Foundation is in regards to helping to complete the refurbishment of the Radon Boat, which we use as our primary rescue boat in Kailua-Kona. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any questions or discussion, Council Member Eoff? MS. EOFF: Thank you. Yes, and I know that several of us have also contributed to this. I just wanted to thank you for helping us coordinate and being able to share in the cost of getting the radon refurbished and up to speed. Also, the Sayre’s aren’t here today, but I will shout out to them too for their part in raising most or the bulk of the money through their foundation. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any other discussion? Hearing or seeing none, all those in favor, of approving Resolution 25-17, say “aye.” Vote on Res. 25-17: The motion to adopt Res. 25-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, please read in Resolution 32-17. Res. 32-17: AUTHORIZES THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION OF SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR FOR USE BY THE HAWAI‘I FIRE DEPARTMENT’S RESCUE AND OCEAN SAFETY PROGRAMS Donated by the Daniel Sayre Memorial Foundation, with an estimated total value of $81,308.30, to be used by the Hawai‘i Fire Department. Reference: Comm. 41 Intr. by: Ms. David (B/R) Waived: FC Motion to Approve: Ms. David moved to adopt Resolution 32-17. Seconded by Ms. Eoff. CHR. POINDEXTER: Council Member David. MS. DAVID: Thank you, Chair. Chief Kosaki, can you give us a brief explanation on this funding. Page 7 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 (Note: At this time, Battalion Chief Gerald Kosaki came forward to address the Council.) MR. KOSAKI: Yes, thank you. First of all, again, I’d like to congratulate all of you who got either re-elected or elected to the Council. I’ve worked with a lot of you in the past, but there are a couple of you who I haven’t worked with or have met before. Just to give you a slight summary of the background for the Sayre Foundation. Approximately 20 years ago, there was an incident where a boy about 20 years old was taking some pictures out in the valley and he apparently fell. Once we located the body, we found that it was in an area that was really inaccessible by ground and when we tried to get to it by air, we found that it was too far in a remote area that the chopper couldn’t get low enough. So we not having the proper equipment, we had to make shift or put a long line on the helicopter and slung in two of our personnel to go in and retrieve the body and it was putting our rescuers at risk. And because of this, the family was so grateful to have closure and was able to retrieve the body. They decided they wanted to do something for the department. So that nobody else would have to go through such a traumatic event and hopefully they wouldn’t put our rescuers at risk, by having the proper equipment. So, Frank and Laura Sayre developed this foundation called the Daniel Sayre Foundation. They developed it to try and bring more money or try to solicit money from the community to get more equipment and proper equipment for the Fire Department, especially the rescue personnel. They initially started the foundation thinking they would get some equipment or whatever we can get for the department. But in the last 20 years, it has grown so immensely that to date they have donated, through the community donations, more than a million dollars to the department. I was lucky enough to come into my position in 2009 and since then, have been working closely with Laura Mallery-Sayre. And I have come to be really close to them and have known them as people; they are so nice, as all of you who have met them know. And probably all of you will have the chance to meet them in the future. Every year they have this awards dinner that they present awards to certain individuals in the Fire Department for outstanding or duties that they go above and beyond. They have a dinner, which is during the Labor Day holiday. But at that dinner, Laura Sayre, those of you who have attended know how passionate she is about our department and our County. And she really pushes and pleads for more money. I feel bad when she does that, really, because we don’t have any money and we’re the poor child who doesn’t have any money and we need money, whatever money we can get. But, you know, I wouldn’t dare tell you that you don’t have to do that, but I just feel bad because she works so hard for our department. And so, this donation comes from several other agencies or other Page 8 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 companies that have donated and they all hear about the Sayre Foundation and that is a good avenue as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for them to have that avenue for the money to come into the department. So they give it to the Sayre Foundation, donate it to them, and then from the Sayre Foundation, it comes to us. So this $81,000 is not only from the Sayres’ that are giving us their personal money, but it’s from the community who donates. And some is like the Janet and Grant Miller and another one that just donated was the Rotary Club of Kona mauka, who donated the part of the PA (public address) systems. So if you look at the resolution, things that stand out, of course, one that we really was in need of over $48,000 dollars was the repair or refurbishment of the radon boat, of which the Sayre Foundation drummed up over $20,000 and thanks to the rest of some of the Council Members, who had made up the difference of $18,000, which I thank you again. Other things on here that stand out are swift-water equipment. And when we talk about swift-water, we say in Hawai‘i we don’t have too much swift-water; right? But what we use it for is the Boiling Pots of Wailuku River, which every year we end up looking for bodies or a body or somebody in distress there. And if we don’t have the proper equipment and we go in, it puts our personnel at risk, too. Another one is the confined space rescue kit, it’s in the wrong column, but it’s over $16,000, and that’s a hard-wired communication systems. If our personnel needs to go into a confined space and they would have active communications to the personnel in there, while the command is outside. Currently what we use is just a rope, and they bring in a rope, and we just use the tugs of the rope to determine communications. So if one tug, we say oh, we’re okay. Two tugs, we say oh, we’re going to advance the line. So it seems like a prehistoric way of doing it, but that is a really well-known way to communicate, if we don’t have any hard-wired communications. So that is part of this, too and some others are the PA system. We also have, third from the bottom, is the waterproof case for our headset or electronic microphone. What that is for is our jet ski program or the rescue watercraft, where we can have our radio. It hooks up to our radio system. The radio system is in a water-proof backpack that they carry on with the ear phones, that they can communicate with while operating the jet ski. If they go underwater or the wave turns them over, even underwater, it will be protected. So they can come up and still communicate. And another plus for that is while they are responding, and you know how loud it is on the water, with the jet ski going, since it is right in their ear. And if dispatch needs to contact them for any reason or the incident commander needs to contact them, they’ll be able to contact them and they’ll hear it. Because, basically, they have a bag holding the radio and while responding if you are trying to contact them, they may not be able to hear it. Page 9 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 So in summary, there is a lot of money that is being donated from the Sayre Foundation. And, you know, a lot of people ask, why do you need money from the Sayre Foundation to buy your equipment, can’t the County provide your equipment or can’t the County pay for it? Yes, we do have a budget in the County, but like anything, we don’t have an infinite budget. Everything is finite, so we purchased equipment and purchase things for maintenance. But as you know, things get worn-out, and we need to replace things, and we need to maintain things. There is a lot of new technology that always comes out, which we want to purchase, but a lot of times we cannot because of our finite budget. So this Sayre Foundation really has been a godsend for us, as a department and as a County. When other counties and jurisdictions hear about the Sayre Foundation, they all try to tap into the information from Laura and Frank and ask how they can create something like that in their own jurisdiction. But again, thank you. I’m open to questions, if you have. CHR. POINDEXTER: Thank you. Council Member David, you still have the floor. MS. DAVID: Thank you, Chief Kosaki. I just want to say personally, to Frank and Laura Sayre, that there are no words to express our gratitude in all of the years that they have been doing this to protect the citizens of this County. So, I want to thank you folks for working so closely with the Sayre Foundation and I look forward to the next event in September. Mahalo. CHR. POINDEXTER: Council Member Richards. MR. RICHARDS: Chief, thanks for that explanation and the background of the Sayre Foundation. For clarification for myself, Daniel Sayre, is that who you all went to go pick up on the long line, is that who it was? MR. KOSAKI: Yes, that’s correct. MR. RICHARDS: Okay, thank you. CHR. POINDEXTER: Council Member Eoff. MS. EOFF: Yes, I just wanted to thank you for always working with the Sayres’ and, of course, to them, for having made such a beautiful relationship out of a terrible accident or experience. So, all in all in kind of benefited everybody. CHR. POINDEXTER: Okay. So, all those in favor, of Resolution 32-17, please say “aye.” Page 10 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 Vote on Res. 32-17: The motion to adopt Res. 32-17 was carried by the following (Adopted) voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Aaron is excused and he asked that we take his really quickly, but I am going to wait until he gets back, if he is coming back. I know he had to leave. Okay, so, we’ll just go out of order to Resolution 28-17. Res. 28-17: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE MALAMA KAI FOUNDATION TO ASSIST THE WEST HAWAI‘I FISHERY COUNCIL’S EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE WEST HAWAIʻI COAST Transfers $2,666 from the Clerk-Council Services – Contingency Relief account (Council District 8); and credits to the Liquor Control, Public Programs account. Reference: Comm. 26 Intr. by: Ms. Eoff Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to adopt Resolution 28-17. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. POINDEXTER: Council Member Eoff. MS. EOFF: Thank you, Council Members. I’m just going to ask for your support. This is district contingency funds of $2,666. The reason it’s this amount is to be added to an amount that Ms. Wille had contributed prior to leaving office. And, I believe, Ms. David has a reso coming up right after this one and putting it all together, we’re able to help better protect the health of West Hawai‘i reef and eco-system. I wanted to thank the testifiers for coming forward today. I’m sorry we’ve had you stay so long, but hopefully you understand that although your statements are correct about who funds what aspects of government, there is often times a way to overlap our support. And I feel this is a County related project. It goes through quite a bit of scrutiny before it comes to the agenda, so it’s been approved not only by the mayor but the departments. It fits the goals and objectives of the department that accepted the funds and it will be carefully monitored and used for the purposes that are stated. So, I’m going to leave it at that. I don’t know if Ms. David has something to add, mahalo. Page 11 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Council Member David. MS. DAVID: Yes, mahalo. I would like to thank, Teresa, for coming this morning and Mr. Young, for giving us an explanation of the differences between programs such as this. What Ms. Eoff had represented is that we were asked, when Ms. Wille came forward before she left office, to help with this educational outreach program for the West Hawai‘i Fisheries. And I think Mr. Young explained the purpose behind this request and is contingency funding, which I understand Ms. Nakama’s testimony, that these funds should be better spent with our parks and road repairs, et cetera. But this is contingency funding that we Council Members fund programs that benefit the community as a whole and not big, large projects, such as park improvements and such. So thank you so much, for your testimony this morning and I likewise ask for your support for this resolution. Thank you. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any other discussion? Council Member Kanuha. MR. KANUHA: Thank you. I am going to be supporting this. I just have a question and I don’t know who to pose it to? You know, because this is made by State Law, am I correct—yes, come, please. I know this is from DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) or aquatic resources, correct? (Note: At this time, Charles Young of the West Hawai‘i Fisheries Council came forward to address the Council.) MR. YOUNG: That is correct. Charles Young. I can provide you a full background on the Council, if you want. MR. KANUHA: Where I’m getting to, basically, is, you know, we have our own funding sources to provide funding for parks and whatever we feel is a service that usually the Counties provide that we maybe not have budgeted in a certain way for us to provide that for our community, you know, in case of lack of funding. I know this is a State Commission, I guess, you want to say, and they provide the funding for a secretary, correct? MR. YOUNG: All of our funding has come through grants. MR. KANUHA: Oh, everything comes through grants? MR. YOUNG: The State has never funded this Council, although it created it in law. We have been on a volunteer basis and the initial funding came from the castle foundation originally. And it funds the very bare minimum in administrative costs, but it does not permit us enough funding so that we can properly outreach into the communities. Page 12 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 MR. KANUHA: Got it and I’m all for the outreach in the communities. I remember talking or getting the background before, of what more can you do within this West Hawai‘i Fishery district? And I completely believe in the mission of going out into the different communities and getting more information. Because it’s very difficult to get information where everybody has to go to one place from Upolu Point, Kawaihae, if you come to Kailua then go to the meeting to have input is extremely difficult. And like Miloli‘i, any kinds of these communities, so I believe that the outreach is important. I think it’s okay that we, as a County, provide that funding to get that out, because I think it’s a real good thing that is happening. It’s just—it’s frustrating for me to see the State not providing funds for a mandate basically, a law. It’s like we have been talking about all the time, these unfunded mandates. It’s something frustrating from the County’s side and I’m sure you are feeling the frustration and why you are coming to us. So I just wanted to state that and basically, I do support this. I did want to compliment the testifier previously about some issues that were brought up. And, you know, I don’t know if they have any questions later on that you all might ask the rest of the Council. Is there anything that you wanted add to what was said previously? MR. YOUNG: Yeah, the Council actually came to being in 2000, so it’s been 16 years since this Council. And there are quite a number of achievements it has completed. The West Hawai‘i Fishery Council supported the establishment of FRA’s, which are Fish Replenishment Areas along the coastline, within the West Hawai‘i fishery management area. So we’re very specific. We’re only looking at a portion of Hawai‘i island, and that’s West Hawai‘i, very specific. And within that, we were able to designate 37 percent of the coastline, as a fish replenish area, where there is no aquarium fish collecting permitted. And this allows the aquarium fish collected to replenish themselves. And even the aquarium fish collectors lauded that because now they actually have more stock because there are areas that are breeding the stock. We also helped to create and I shouldn’t say—we’re not a decision maker, we recommend to the DAR (Division of Aquatic Resources), but we do this with ample public input and that’s the forum we provide for the public that is not there. Otherwise you are going to go through chapter 91, which can be a very long and intimidating process to go through DAR rule-making. What we do is we take this input on a monthly basis and if people are, you know, willing to come to the meetings so we can advise DAR well ahead of time. But also, there is a White List now that limits the amount of aquarium fish you can collect by species. There are bans on scuba diving night time, fishing with spear fish because of the depletion of certain species that are easily caught at night. So, the West Hawai‘i Fishery Council has been advising DAR on these rule makings for a long period of time. So it has an established record, but any time Page 13 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 you get involved with these kinds of controversies, you are going to get criticism as well. So, I understand that some people feel that maybe the Council doesn’t function to suit their best needs, but we are all volunteers and community members. The membership is comprised of folks like myself and I represent a region, I represent Hoʻokena and part of South Kona. We have someone from Miloli‘i that represents Miloli‘i. But we also have members on the Council that come from the commercial aspects of the industry; fish farms. We have biologists and scientists on the committee, as well. So we try to keep the Council well- rounded, in terms of its expertise. Because we haven’t been able to get out into the community adequately, we suffer in two ways. Not only do we not get input from the community that is really necessary, and they end up then having to go through Chapter 91 process, which can be very intimidating. But also, we haven’t been able to keep our membership strong because we’re just not there. And we cannot expect people to come to Kailua from Kohala or even from Miloli‘i to meet, it’s just too great of a distance. We owe it to the community to get to them and our strategic plan over the last couple of years is to be effective, we have to do more of this. We are frustrated and disappointed that the State is not sharing that burden of at least trying to fund us. And, again, we are very thankful that the County is at least undertaking these resolutions. MR. KANUHA: Thank you and just real quickly, how much money were you asking for? MR. YOUNG: We had budgeted, to do the work that we anticipate doing over the next year, about $7,300. MR. KANUHA: Okay, thank you. CHR. POINDEXTER: Thank you. Council Member Richards. MR. RICHARDS: Thank you and thank you, Mr. Young, for your explanation and clarification. I have some constituents concerned about the use of these funds for putting in moorings. As I read through this, this is specific towards, and I’ll use the term “clerical support.” Looks like website and looks like communication and also outreach to the community, but mainly clerical support of your Council going forward. Is that what I’m hearing? Is that the understanding that none of these funds will be directed towards mooring? Is that a correct statement? One of the mandates of the West Hawai‘i Fishery Council was to resolve, initially in its inception way back in 2000, to help resolve the issues of mooring. So that is—we’re not here to add moorings or detract or dissolve some of them, because as you know, there are many illegal moorings out there. That is an issue for DOBOR (Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation) to settle. We provide the Page 14 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 public forum so we can meet with DOBOR and the communities involved, so we can resolve the issues of the moorings. We’re not in favor or opposed to them, what we’re here to do is to hear the community input and then make recommendations to DAR as to what the community—so the moorings are one of our mandates. But the funds are not directed at pro or con on moorings, it’s really to help us with the administrative costs so we can do the outreach and get the communities’ input, on subjects such as mooring. MR. RICHARDS: Okay, thank you. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor, of Resolution 28-17, please say “aye.” Vote on Res. 28-17: The motion to adopt Res. 28-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, will you please read in Resolution 29-17. Res. 29-17: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE MALAMA KAI FOUNDATION TO ASSIST THE WEST HAWAI‘I FISHERY COUNCIL WITH PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE COAST OFF OF WEST HAWAIʻI Transfers $2,666 from the Clerk-Council Services – Contingency Relief account (Council District 6); and credits to the Liquor Control, Public Programs account. Reference: Comm. 27 Intr. by: Ms. David Motion to Approve: Ms. David moved to adopt Resolution 29-17. Seconded by Ms. O’Hara. CHR. POINDEXTER: Council Member David. Page 15 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 MS. DAVID: Thank you, Chair. And I want to thank, Mr. Young and Ms. Nakama, for their testimonies this morning and, especially, for clarifying some of the points that were raised. It’s the same resolution as Ms. Eoff and I appreciate your support, mahalo. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Res. 29-17: The motion to adopt Res. 29-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Can I ask the Council if we should just forge ahead and go to the top of the agenda and finish this quickly or do you all want to break for lunch? I think it will be pretty quick, but can I get some opinions? Do you think it’s pretty quick? Okay, so Mr. Clerk, please read in Resolution 23-17. Return to Order of The Chair directed the Council to return to the order of business. Business: ORDER OF The Chair Pro-Tem directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, RESOLUTIONS: Order of Resolutions. Res. 23-17: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT FOR THE HAWAI‘I ISLE POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE (HI-PAL) BOXING PROGRAM IN WEST HAWAI‘I Transfers $1,000 from the Clerk-Council Services – Contingency Relief account (Council District 8); and credits to the Police Department, HI-PAL Other Current Expenses account. Reference: Comm. 20 Intr. by: Ms. Eoff Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to adopt Resolution 23-17. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. POINDEXTER: Council Member Eoff. Page 16 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 MS. EOFF: Thank you. I just ask for your support to get this program going for the west side of the island. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Res. 23-17: The motion to adopt Res. 23-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Resolution 24-17. Res. 24-17: AUTHORIZES THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS OF A LATER FISCAL YEAR AND OF MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT FOR THREE TRUCKAT TRUCK-MOUNTED MOWERS WITH MULCHING UNIT ATTACHMENTS Authorizes the Mayor to enter into a five-year agreement for three Truckat truck- mounted mowers to be used by the Department of Public Works, Highways Division, in Kohala, Kona, and Puna. Reference: Comm. 21 Intr. by: Ms. Eoff (B/R) Waived: FC Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to adopt Resolution 24-17. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Res. 24-17: The motion to adopt Res. 24-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. Page 17 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Resolution 26-17. Res. 26-17: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT FOR THE HONOMŪ COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Transfers $2,000 from the Clerk-Council Services – Contingency Relief account (Council District 1); and credits to the Parks and Recreation, Recreation Division Other Current Expenses account. Reference: Comm. 24 Intr. by: Ms. Poindexter Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to adopt Resolution 26-17. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any other discussion? Okay, I just ask for your support, it’s self-explanatory. All those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Res. 26-17: The motion to adopt Res. 26-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Resolution 27-17. Res. 27-17: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT FOR THE HᾹMᾹKUA SENIORS FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION FAIR Transfers $5,000 from the Clerk-Council Services – Contingency Relief account (Council District 1); and credits to the Parks and Recreation, Elderly Activities Division Other Current Expenses account. Reference: Comm. 25 Intr. by: Ms. Poindexter Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to adopt Resolution 27-17. Seconded by Ms. David. Page 18 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any other discussion? Okay, I think it’s self- explanatory and ask for your support. All those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Res. 27-17: The motion to adopt Res. 27-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. Res. 30-17: TRANSFERS/APPROPRIATES AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITS SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL TO HELP DEFRAY EXPENSES RELATED TO THE HILO DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION’S 2016 DOWNTOWN HILO CHRISTMAS LIGHTS PROJECT Transfers $5,000 from the Clerk-Council Services – Contingency Relief account (Council District 2); and credits to the Research and Development, Business Development account. Reference: Comm. 28 Intr. by: Mr. Chung Motion to Approve: Ms. Lee Loy moved to adopt Resolution 30-17. Seconded by Mr. Richards. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any other discussion? Council Member Lee Loy. MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. Council Member Chung has left, but, you know, as a courtesy, I would like to support this alongside with him. This is his district contingency funds and does help downtown Hilo. So, thank you very much. CHR. POINDEXTER: Thank you, any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Page 19 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 Vote on Res. 30-17: The motion to adopt Res. 30-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Resolution 33-17. Res. 33-17: AUTHORIZES THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS OF A LATER FISCAL YEAR AND OF MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR FOR A MULTI-YEAR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Authorizes the Mayor to enter into a five-year maintenance agreement for a new large format color plotter/copier/scanner being purchased by the Department of Public Works, Traffic Division in Hilo. Reference: Comm. 42 Intr. by: Ms. David (B/R) Waived: FC Motion to Approve: Ms. David moved to adopt Resolution 33-17. Seconded by Ms. Eoff. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any other discussion? Council Member Ruggles. MS. RUGGLES: Thank you. I was just wondering why we are renting the copy machines, because they total over $7,000 for one. I wonder if we could just buy one for that or less than that, even. MS. DAVID: You know, I’m not sure why we’ve been renting these things, but the Department of Public Works is, basically, making the request and it comes to us. And no one is here from the department to explain why they are renting, as opposed to purchasing. CHR. POINDEXTER: If you want, we can call someone from Public Works or Finance. I think Finance had a good reason because of the type of machine sand the maintenance agreements. But they can explain it better, if you would want to hear a better explanation before voting on it, we can table it until the very last and get somebody over here. Council Member Lee Loy. Page 20 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 MS. LEE LOY: Yeah, and I would support to table this to the end. I mean, she has a very valid question. I have worked with these, I understand they’re very expensive—maintenance, but I would rather you hear that from the department and why they made this business decision. So, I would support that and have someone from either Finance or Public Works come. CHR. POINDEXTER: Come up to the table, identify yourself, and proceed. (Note: At this time, Corporation Counsel Molly Stebbins came forward to address the Council.) MS. STEBBINS: Good afternoon, Chair Poindexter and members of the Council, Molly Stebbins, Corporation Counsel. You may still have questions for Public Works. And I don’t mean to speak for them, but I just was looking at the language of the reso for a multi-year agreement to enter into maintenance agreement for a copier that they are purchasing or have purchased. So, I just wanted to draw that to your attention. CHR. POINDEXTER: So if this is a maintenance agreement, are you okay with going to speak with the Finance Department and asking the question on why they are leasing versus purchasing. MS. RUGGLES: Yes, and I had planned on doing that before the meeting. So, I apologize and I am comfortable with that. CHR. POINDEXTER: Okay, so we’re all comfortable that this is a maintenance agreement? Okay, so any other discussion, on the maintenance agreement? Okay, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Res. 33-17: The motion to adopt Res. 33-17 was carried by the (Adopted) following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bills for Ordinances, First Reading. Bill 3. Page 21 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 BILLS FOR The Acting Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, ORDINANCES Bills for Ordinances (First Reading). (FIRST READING): Bill 3: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 16-72, AS AMENDED, THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2017 Increases revenues in the Federal Grants – State Homeland Security Program Fiscal Year 16 account ($200,000); and appropriates the same to the State Homeland Security Program Fiscal Year 16 account. Funds would be used to purchase specialized equipment to enhance the County’s capability to prevent and respond to incidents of terrorism and other hazards. Reference: Comm. 22 Intr. by: Ms. Eoff (B/R) Waived: FC Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to pass Bill 3 on first reading. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any discussion? Ms. Eoff. MS. EOFF: Just so that we all are clear, this is grant monies coming into the County’s budget. So the budget needs to be amended to reflect this $200,000. CHR. POINDEXTER: Thank you, any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 3: The motion to pass Bill 3 on first reading was carried by (Approved) the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Order of the Day, Second or Final Reading, Mr. Clerk, Bill 255. Page 22 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 ORDER OF THE The Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, Order of DAY (SECOND OR the Day (Second or Final Reading). FINAL READING): Bill 255: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 16-73, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO (2014-2016) PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND FINANCING THEREOF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2016, TO JUNE 30, 2017 Adds the Parks and Recreation Pana‘ewa Equestrian Center Repairs/Improvements - County project for $150,000 to the Capital Budget. Funds for this project shall be provided from General Obligation Bonds, Capital Projects Fund - Fund Balance and/or Other Sources ($150,000). Funds would be used for renovations, improvements, and upgrades to the Pana‘ewa Equestrian Center. Reference: Comm. 1150 Intr. by: Ms. Eoff First Reading: December 21, 2016 Note: Requires 2/3 vote of the entire membership to amend, pursuant to Section 10-6(e), Hawai‘i County Charter Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to pass Bill 255 on second and final reading. Seconded by Ms. O’Hara. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any questions? Council Member Lee Loy. MS. LEE LOY: Yes. I was just asking for your support. I know this is second and final reading and we wouldn’t be here without all of that support, but I am eager to get this money in. They have a stampede coming up in February and so, this is actually really nice timing for them to get that facility ready. Just in time, we’re about 6 or 7 weeks out for that. So, I appreciate your support, thank you. CHR. POINDEXTER: Thank you, any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 255: The motion to pass Bill 255 on second and final reading (2014-2016) was carried by the following voice vote: (Approved) Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. Page 23 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bill 257, Draft 2. Bill 257: AMENDS SECTION 25-8-26 (PĀHOA ZONE MAP), ARTICLE 8, (Draft 2) CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2014-2016) (2005 EDITION), BY CHANGING THE DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL – 10,000 SQUARE FEET (RS-10) TO VILLAGE COMMERCIAL – 10,000 SQUARE FEET (CV-10) AT WAIAKAHIULA, PUNA, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP KEY: 1-5- 002:027 AND 1-5-114:020 (POR.) (Applicant: Paul Ogasawara) (Area: 29,837 square feet) The Windward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for this change of zone, which would confirm the existing gas station and auto repair activities on the property as well as increase the auto repair area. Reference: Comm. 1153.2 Intr. by: Mr. Ilagan First Reading: December 21, 2016 Motion to Approve: Ms. O’Hara moved to pass Bill 257, Draft 2, on second and final reading. Seconded by Ms. Ruggles. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 257: The motion to pass Bill 257, Draft 2, on second and final (Draft 2) reading was carried by the following voice vote: (2014-2016) (Approved) Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. Page 24 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bill 258. Bill 258: AMENDS SECTION 25-8-33 (CITY OF HILO ZONE MAP), ARTICLE 8, (2014-2016) CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), BY CHANGING THE DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL – 10,000 SQUARE FEET (RS-10) TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL – 10,000 SQUARE FEET (CN-10) AT WAIĀKEA, SOUTH HILO, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP KEY: 2-2-040:004 (Applicants: Robert S. and Carol Oshiro) (Area: 1 acre) The Windward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for this change of zone, which would allow for the construction of a new 2,280 square foot restaurant. Reference: Comm. 1154 Intr. by: Mr. Ilagan (B/R) First Reading: December 21, 2016 Motion to Approve: Ms. O’Hara moved to pass Bill 258 on second and final reading. Seconded by Ms. Eoff. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 258: The motion to pass Bill 258 on second and final reading (2014-2016) was carried by the following voice vote: (Approved) Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. Page 25 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bill 259. Bill 259: AMENDS SECTION 25-8-33 (CITY OF HILO ZONE MAP), ARTICLE 8, (2014-2016) CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), BY CHANGING THE DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL – 10,000 SQUARE FEET (RS-10) TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL – 10,000 SQUARE FEET (CN-10) AT WAIĀKEA HOMESTEADS HOUSE LOTS, WAIĀKEA, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP KEY: 2-2-040:108 (Applicant: Kristen Mahnke) (Area: approx. 16,315 square feet) The Windward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for this change of zone, which would allow the applicant to develop an approximately 3,000 square foot single-story office building for either rental or personal use. Reference: Comm. 1155 Intr. by: Mr. Ilagan (B/R) First Reading: December 21, 2016 Motion to Approve: Ms. David moved to pass Bill 259 on second and final reading. Seconded by Ms. Eoff. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any discussion? Hearing or seeing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 259: The motion to pass Bill 259 on second and final reading (2014-2016) was carried by the following voice vote: (Approved) Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. Page 26 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bill 260. Bill 260: AMENDS SECTION 25-8-33 (CITY OF HILO ZONE MAP), ARTICLE 8, (2014-2016) CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), BY CHANGING THE DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FROM AGRICULTURAL – TWENTY ACRES (A-20a) TO FAMILY AGRICULTURAL – TWO ACRES (FA-2a) AT PONAHAWAI, SOUTH HILO, HAWAIʻI, COVERED BY TAX MAP KEY: 2-5-047:031 (Applicant: John K. and Lori L. Kai) (Area: 9.323 acres) The Windward Planning Commission forwards its favorable recommendation for this change of zone, which would allow the applicant to subdivide the property into four parcels of approximately two acres each. The applicants state they will live on one parcel that has an existing home and reserve the other parcels for their immediate family. Reference: Comm. 1156 Intr. by: Mr. Ilagan (B/R) First Reading: December 21, 2016 Motion to Approve: Ms. O’Hara moved to pass Bill 260 on second and final reading. Seconded by Mr. Richards. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any discussion? Hearing or seeing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 260: The motion to pass Bill 260 on second and final reading (2014-2016) was carried by the following voice vote: (Approved) Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. Page 27 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bill 267. Bill 267: AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 1, OF THE HAWAI‘I (2014-2016) COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS Amends Schedule 5 (35 mile per hour limit) by revising a portion of Kuakini Highway, Subsection (f), Kona. Reference: Comm. 1177 Intr. by: Ms. Poindexter First Reading: December 21, 2016 Motion to Approve: Mr. Kanuha moved to pass Bill 267 on second and final reading. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. POINDEXTER: Any discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 267: The motion to pass Bill 267 on second and final reading (2014-2016) was carried by the following voice vote: (Approved) Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bill 268. Bill 268: AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 1, OF THE HAWAI‘I (2014-2016) COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO SPEED LIMITS Amends Schedule 8 (45 mile per hour limit) by revising a portion of Kuakini Highway, Subsection (f), Kona. Reference: Comm. 1178 Intr. by: Ms. Poindexter First Reading: December 21, 2016 Motion to Approve: Mr. Kanuha moved to pass Bill 268 on second and final reading. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any discussion? Council Member Kanuha. Page 28 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 MR. KANUHA: Just real quickly. I know the article came out about us changing the speed limit for this and there were several comments that were made and some called my office. Why are you, Dru, you know, approving these speed limits? Why are you changing these speed limits? This wasn’t my idea. This came from the department. So, the engineering guys thought that this was necessary in this area for future development purposes. So, I just wanted to state that for the record to those that were concerned about us, as Council Members, changing these engineer type of situations. So, I just wanted to state that. CHR. POINDEXTER: Thank you. Okay, any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 268: The motion to pass Bill 268 on second and final reading (2014-2016) was carried by the following voice roll call vote: (Approved) Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Mr. Clerk, Bill 1. Bill 1: AMENDS ORDINANCE NO. 16-72, AS AMENDED, THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2017 Increases revenues in the Federal Grants – Traffic Safety Training Project account ($121,444.70); and appropriates the same to the Traffic Safety Training Project account. These funds would bring the total amount of the State Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Grant to $136,444.70 and would be used by the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Reference: Comm. 13 Intr. by: Ms. Eoff (B/R) First Reading: December 21, 2016 Motion to Approve: Ms. Eoff moved to pass Bill 1 on second and final reading. Seconded by Ms. O’Hara. CHR. POINDEXTER: Is there any discussion? Council Member Eoff. MS. EOFF: No, just in case anybody doesn’t understand. We have to amend the budget because there was only $15,000 originally in the budget for this program. Page 29 Hawai‘i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 But, with this additional money from the State, we need to, actually, change that amount to add the $121,444.70. CHR. POINDEXTER: Okay, thank you, any other discussion? Seeing or hearing none, all those in favor say “aye.” Vote on Bill 1: The motion to pass Bill 1 on second and final reading was (Approved) carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O’Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung – 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Before I ask for an adjournment, I think, Council Member Lee Loy had an announcement. REPORTS: The Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, Reports. (There were none.) REFERRALS FOR The Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, Referrals EXECUTIVE for Executive Session. SESSION (There were none.) OTHER The Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, Other BUSINESS: Business. (There was none.) ANNOUNCE-The Chair directed the Council to proceed to the next order of business, MENTS: Announcements. MS. LEE LOY: Thank you, Chairman. A few months ago, we lost a really good man, Clift Tsuji, our representative for my district and it was a huge loss for the community. But that process engaged another process, which was filling that position. And I’m just learning, right now, Governor Ige has appointed Chris Todd to fill the late Representative Clift Tsuji’s seat. My understanding is there will be a more formal press release coming out later today and a little larger interview with Mr. Todd, along with some other technical swearing in and other stuff. So, I just wanted to share that with the rest of the Council. Thank you. Page 30 Hawai`i County Council-3 January 5, 2017 CHR. POINDEXTER: Thank you very much. I have one more announcement. Big Brothers, Big Sisters sent a letter saying that January is recognized as National Mentoring Month. So they ask that we continue to support the academic and social achievements of the youth in our community. So, if any of you are interested in participating with what they have,please contact Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Vanessa Carlson, she is our Hawai`i Island Regional Director. So with that Mr. Clerk, did we cover everything? MR. MAEDA: Yes, Madam Chair, we did. ADJOURNMENT: There being no other business, at 1:28 p.m., Ms. David moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Council Members David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair Poindexter— 8. Noes: None. Absent: Council Member Chung— 1. Excused: None. CHR. POINDEXTER: Okay, meeting is adjourned. Council Approval: APR 0 5 2017 COUNTY CLERK SM/slm Page 31