HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP GREDC 007 2017/10/17 (2016-2018) REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DATE: October 17, 2017 Re: Comm No. 534/Res. No. 361-17
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona
TIME: 12:50 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Governmental Relations and Economic Development, to which was referred
Resolution No. 361-17 reports as follows:
Resolution No. 361-17, transmitted by Council Member Dru Kanuha, dated October 3, 2017,
includes five Kauai, two Maui proposals, and ten carry over proposals from the 2017 Hawai`i
State Association of Counties (HSAC) legislative package.
Council Member Valerie T. Poindexter moved to approve Resolution No. 361-17 with Council
Member Karen Eoff seconding the motion.
Committee Member Dru Kanuha informed the Committee Members that Kauai and Maui
County submitted additions for the 2018 HSAC Legislative package. Each county must pass
proposals for the items to be included in the 2018 HSAC Legislative package. Committee
Member Karen Eoff inquired on the process, if the Committee Members vote on each item for
inclusion or not. Committee Member Dru Kanuha stated that the process is open and that
Hawai`i County can do what they want. For example, they can either amend the resolution and
remove items, or relay to the HSAC Executive Committee their concerns and have the Executive
Committee clean it up to either include or exclude proposals.
Committee Members Karen Eoff, Sue Lee Loy, and Eileen O'Hara agreed that to have less
proposals in the 2018 HSAC Legislative package is better. It makes for a stronger package and
allows HSAC to lobby for priority proposals versus trying to lobby for multiple items.
Committee Member Aaron Chung stated that there is only a three percent chance that the
proposals will pass in the State Legislature.
Committee Members are in agreement that they are okay passing the measure as is and having
HSAC Executive Members to decide which proposals will be priority. Committee Member
Jennifer Ruggles has some concerns on proposal number fourteen; A Bill for an Act Relating to
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Ms. Ruggles' concern was that it did not clearly state the rules in
regard to flying drones over private property with the homeowner not being present. Corporation
Counsel Joseph Kamelamela concurred that the legislation does not clearly address those specific
concerns but there should be other checks and balances in other procedures attached to it.
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Committee Members are in strong support of proposals 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, and 16.
Committee Members have agreed to send a memo to HSAC President Kanuha stating their
concerns and support on certain measures related to proposals to be included in the 2018 HSAC
Legislative package.
Committee Member Susan Lee Loy mentioned that the effective date from carry over proposals
need to be corrected to reflect the current effective dates, and asked that HSAC do the
corrections.
Committee Members as a whole were in support of Resolution No. 361-17.
Your Committee on Governmental Relations and Economic Development is in accord with the
purpose and intent of Resolution 361-17, and recommends its adoption.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL
EOFF x RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
KANUHA X
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X
POINDEXTER x DRU MAMO KANUHA, CHAIR
RICHARDS X GREDC REPORT NO. 7
RUGGLES X ADOPTED: NOV 0 2 2017