HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN PWPRC 2018/08/07 2016-2018COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS &
PARKS AND RECREATION
22nd Session
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii
August 7, 2018
CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Public Works and Parks and Recreation
ORDER: was called to order at 2:21 p.m., in the Council Chambers, Hilo, by
Ms. Jennifer Ruggles, Chair.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Ms. Jennifer Ruggles, Chair
Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Vice Chair
Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member
Ms. Karen Eoff, Member
Mr. Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member
Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Vice Chair
Ms. Eileen O'Hara, Member
Ms. Valerie T. Poindexter, Member
Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Member
CHR. RUGGLES: At this time, because of our jam packed schedule for the day,
and out of appreciation for everyone coming down to testify. I would like to go
ahead and accept everyone's testimony, and then we're going to recess the
meeting and move back to Mass Transit to accommodate our Mass Transit
Administration, along with our consultants who are here from Oahu to give us a
presentation.
STATEMENTS The Chair directed the Committee 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 in regards to Comm. 991, and came
forward when called by the Chair:
Henry Keith Oney, representing the Hilo Sailing Club, comment.
R. Winston Albright, comment.
Frank Pustka, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club, in support.
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Ian Herman, comment.
Richard Greever, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club, in support.
Alex Franceschini, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club, comment.
Gary Morgan, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club, in support.
Frederic (Ric) Wirick, comment.
Thomas (Mac) Cooper, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club, in
support.
Rita Becker, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club, comment.
Richard Brungard, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club,
comment.
Joan Karakowiak, in support.
Suzanne Sanxter, in support.
Lynn Nakkim, representing Na Hoa Holomoku Sailing Club, comment.
Jon Olson, comment.
Diana Zwirn, comment.
Rhonda Reep, comment.
CHR. RUGGLES: Thank you, for your testimony. Is there anyone else wishing
to testify? Okay, seeing or hearing none, I'm going to close testimony at this
time. We have to make some decisions, so I'm going to ask you for your
feedback. We have Bill 170 here. Is Aaron Stene here? I was told that he would
have liked us to take this up in case there was any questions before he has to
leave. Seeing that he's not here, we also have a presentation from Parks and
Recreation. And we need to decide on whether or not we should take our Mass
Transit presentation first and then go back to this, or have the presentation now
while the community is here. Cheryl, when do you have to leave? Oh, excuse
me.
MS. POINDEXTER: Madam Chair, can I just put in my two cents? I think
because they're all here and just testified, I think we should just roll right into
Parks and Rec since its all fresh. And our Director is here, Roxcie is here, and I
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think Maurice was around too. So my opinion is to flow right into it instead of
breaking, if that's okay.
CHR. RUGGLES: Okay, thank you. Does that work for you Mrs. Herkes?
MS. HERKES: Sure.
CHR. RUGGLES: Okay, great. Then I think we have to take a five minute
recess to get set up.
MR. HENRICKS: Yes, for the presentation? Correct.
CHR. RUGGLES: Okay, great. Well we're going to recess for five minutes.
Recess: At 3:16 p.m., the Chair called for a recess.
Reconvene: The meeting reconvened at 3:20 p.m.
CHR. RUGGLES: Okay, Council Members, we're going to get started. I'm
going to call this meeting back to order, at 3:20 p.m. Excuse me, Clerk, what is
the communication number for the presentation?
MR. HENRICKS: I believe it's being numbered now, it will be 991.2.
CHR. RUGGLES: Okay, great, we'll just go ahead and move forward with this.
We have Deputy Messina and Director Waltjen here. Thank you for being here,
and for preparing this presentation. It's been courteous of you to allow us public
conversation.
(Note: At this time, Parks and Recreation Director Roxcie Waltjen and
Deputy Director Maurice Messina came forward to address the members
of the Committee.)
COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business,
CATIONS: Communications.
Comm. 991: REQUESTS DISCUSSION WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT RELATING TO THE NA HOA HOLOMOKU OF HAWAII
YACHT CLUB AND THE REMOVAL OF THE CLUB'S SAILBOATS
FROM HILO BAYFRONT
From Council Member Jen Ruggles, dated July 12, 2018
and
Comm. 991.1: From Council Member Jen Ruggles, dated July 31, 2018, offering a revised title
to accurately reflect the contents of discussion for this agenda item.
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Motion to Close File: Ms. Poindexter moved to close file on Comm. 991.
Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy.
CHR. RUGGLES: Go ahead.
MS. WALTJEN: First of all, I'd like to thank the group back here. Because they
have been providing sailing lessons, sailing classes, education regarding sailing
for the past 30-40 years. And they moved from site to site. And you know what,
I'm really sorry that they did not have an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)
executed all these years. There have been several conversations with past
Administrations, and it never went forth.
But I got a call from the Mayor's Office that said, "Hey, did you take a look down
at Hilo Bayfront?" And there was a big pile of trash that was piled up over there.
He said, "Go down there and take a look, and clean it up." So we went down, we
got that part cleaned up and when we moved all that trash that was there the
bottom of that trash was so contaminated it was starting to smoke, and that's how
bad it was, okay. Right next to that was the Sailing Club's area. When we looked
at the Sailing Club's area, you know, we thought there was a MOU with that.
Upon investigation and going through files and everything, we found there was no
current MOU.
So trying to be efficient we had a meeting with the group, and said, "Hey, come
on in, let's do an MOU. Let's get a safe place, a place that you can call your own
for your group to continue its club's activities." Now the MOU that was drafted
is the standard MOU that we use with all our partnerships, and all our different
clubs. I think we have one with the Honoka`a Arena, we have one with the tennis
clubs out in Kona, the tennis clubs in Hilo. We have one with different
recreational activities, recreational programs, with different cultural programs.
We have them also with some of our different sports activities. So it's a standard
MOU that we use for everyone.
Mr. Olson, I'd like to thank you very much for giving us the history of the sailing,
because he came to our first meeting. And he is the one who enlightened us about
how many directors they have talked to, and no MOU was ever developed. And
that's why we took on this challenge of getting an MOU developed. But in the
process when I went down there and took a look at the place, you know, I saw
how substandard it was. I saw that there were homeless living in there, I saw that
they had things stolen from them. I also saw that there was drug paraphernalia in
there, as we found on our different fields and our different recreational facilities.
And that was the reason that we had wanted to go in and do a mass cleanup and
restoration project. And one of the restoration projects was to get rid of all that
opala that was on the ocean front from the big king tides that we had. And big
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surprise, we're having king tides again this week. So with that we did draft an
MOU, and I want to show you what we're going to do with that park down there,
okay. So that you all understand.
If you take a look at the video, this is the sailboat area where all of the sailboats
got removed. Yesterday we had this picture taken, this area here (referring to
pictures displayed on screen; see Comm.991.2). The trees that you see there,
they're all going to be topped. And some of the branches are going to be
trimmed, so that you will have a better place to park your boats. You will also
have a better area to hold your classes. Because I've been down there when you
do your classes. You kind of like have a tarp and you have people sitting on that
side, right next to the big tree that's up on the hill. That's not a very safe place,
okay. I foresee something a little bit better for the people taking classes, and for
that whole area. Maurice?
MR. MESSINA: Maurice Messina, Deputy Director of Parks. Not sure where
the information came that we were kicking out the Sailing Club, all we ever
wanted was a month to clean it up. When we brought down our tree crew to look
at the trees, they suggested that we take off large portions of the top of the trees.
It would not be safe to keep the boats there while we do that, not at all. Also
Roxcie was even talking about doing like more of a permanent structure out there
for them to do their classes.
I'm a Navy Veteran. I love the ocean, I love the sea. We are a 100 percent
supportive of this group. Unfortunately whatever it was out there that said we
were kicking them out, that is not our plan. Our plan is, number one, to make it
safe for them; and number two is a way for us to help the Police. And that is
when everything gets put back, we want to make it to where when the Police do a
drive-by patrol over there they can see inside the facility. Because our Parks guys
get calls in the night for drug usage and for homeless people in the boats that we
have to go down and take care of. So we want to make safe for them, we want to
make it safe for the children. And like Roxcie said, this Administration is going
to ensure an MOU is completed. It's good for both sides. It protects the liability
for the County, and it also helps the group there.
If it wasn't for this lobby event, we would have probably had this MOU executed
three months ago. We originally had a meeting with Matt Cooper set up, but we
had to cancel it when we had to go open the shelters. So just want to let all of
them know that whoever they got that information from, it has never been our
intent to ever keep them out permanently. And the MOU, it even states the exact
days that we were requesting to do the clean-ups. So we appreciate everything
that they're doing, we see the kids out there and it's a great thing, and we hope
they keep it up.
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CHR. RUGGLES: Is your presentation finished? Okay, great. Go ahead,
Ms. Poindexter.
MS. POINDEXTER: Yeah. And I want to thank you, thank Parks and Rec.
Because I know I've heard, I've gotten some emails and some questions about
kicking them out and whatever. And I know I met with you months ago about
this, so I knew what was going on. My question is, there was a testifier who
stated, you know, they didn't like the ownership part in the MOU (Memorandum
of Understanding). But isn't it difficult, because we had some pictures of boats
that were left like this on the beach.
MR. MESSINA: So originally when the Mayor called Roxcie, he wanted us to go
down and clean up the area. So when we went down there to take pictures, we
did see that these boats were down there. And so we contacted the sailing club
and asked them about this, and they were real good about getting it out of there
and cleaning it up. Because when the Mayor goes down there, and the Managing
Director goes down there, this is what they were seeing. All the good things that
are happening, but they are also seeing this and they're seeing the drug
paraphernalia; and the needles and stuff like that. So we had one chance to
basically get everything out, get it all cleaned up at one time.
If you go down there right now and you look at it, it's a beautiful piece of land.
Now as far as ownership goes, if there is a tidal wave, it there's something that
releases one of these boats, it goes into the canoes, it goes out onto the highway.
We need to be able to know who that boat belongs to. I can't even think of a way
to get around it. Any property that is owned, our property, we need to know who
it belongs to.
MS. POINDEXTER: Right. And I agree with the County on this part. Because
of the liability, the ownership it's like us owning cars or even motor bikes on the
highways. I mean everybody's got to get registered, you take an ownership. Did
they claim ownership to these boats, or did they know who the owners of these
boats that were left there were?
MS. WALTJEN: Well some of the boats they did not know who they belonged
to, and some of the boats they were like boats for spare parts that people just left
there that they could use for spare parts. So you know well that's what
Mr. Olson said at the meeting.
MS. POINDEXTER: So wait, Roxcie. Later on if I have questions I can call you
up?
MS. WALTJEN: Okay.
MS. POINDEXTER: No, but go ahead.
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MS. WALTJEN: And the other thing on the ownership thing, okay, as far as for
whatever is on the beach, Parks and Recreation is in charge of the beach. When
the boats go into the water, the Department of Land and Natural Resources
(DLNR) takes on the responsibility of controlling that. Now the Hilo Bay is quite
a unique area, because part of that property is Parks and Recreation, the County of
Hawaii. And part of the property on the far right side, if you're facing this way
down belongs to DLNR. So that's why you have a difference of ownership. We
do not have access to the ownership, or registration forms of DLNR, okay. And
that's why whatever property sits on the property of County of Hawaii, we need
to know who owns it.
MS. POINDEXTER: Right. So I just want to say, thank you to Parks and Rec for
working with them. I'd like to, you know—and young man, I know you're
shaking your head no, but you were a great testifier and you were brilliant. But
please just listen. And what I want to share is, I had a lot of projects that I had to
work with Parks and Rec, and we came to the table, we're working on MOUs.
But there's what we call a compromise, you know, so what I would ask is that
when you do the negotiations, Parks and Rec, what I see is trying to be of service
to our people. So the clubs out there, even in Hamakua, our rodeo clubs that
we're working with, we're learning how to work with aloha, that aloha sprit, and
making sure we can come to a good compromise.
Because there's no absolute in everything. You can want the world but we may
not be able to give you the world. But we can meet you half way, where there can
be a win-win situation. And I definitely support the club and your efforts, and
what you do for community, definitely. But there is also things we've got to work
around, and making sure that our liability and things don't cost the tax payers
more money later down the road because we didn't cross our is and dot our is in
the MOU.
And thank you, Parks and Rec, for even doing the MOU and finally getting
something done, so that we can continue to have that partnership with the sailing
clubs. And for the sailing clubs, thank you for coming out today. Thank you for
letting us know what was going on with you, and how you were feeling. All I ask
is that now we work together with a good spirit and for a win-win situation, so
thank you. And young man, you were great in your testimony. Whoever is your
dad, yeah, awesome job.
CHR. RUGGLES: Council Member Lee Loy.
MS. LEE LOY: Thank you, Chair. And maybe Mr. Yoshimoto might be able to
help me out on some of this, because I just kind of want to get back to some other
due diligence of this parcel. How large is this particular area that the club is
looking to establish the MOU with?
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MS. WALTJEN: Right now, I don't have that information. But it's a parcel.
That whole parcel right there that was on the picture, it's equivalent to the other
halaus that are there.
MS. LEE LOY: So similar in size to all the other canoe halaus that we have along
the beach.
MS. WALTJEN: Yes.
MS. LEE LOY: Now this particular area has been executive ordered over to the
County, which is separate and apart from the Department of Land and Natural
Resources. Is that correct?
MS. WALTJEN: Yes, absolutely.
MS. LEE LOY: So under the executive order, who becomes responsible for any
improvements to this particular area? Is it a County, or is it partnership between
the County just like the canoe halaus? How does that work?
MS. WALTJEN: It's supposed to be the County of Hawaii, and we would do the
partnerships.
MS. LEE LOY: So is it like maybe something like establishing a friends of that
area, would that help?
MS. WALTJEN: That could be one way that could be worked out. Or you know,
a similar kind of arrangement like how we have with the halaus.
MS. LEE LOY: One thing that I know is critically important for the canoe halaus
is the water. And for sailors the same thing, you've got to wash down your
equipment. What is the water availability in that area?
MS. WALTJEN: We would have to check on that. But I do know that there is
water available on the higher level, on the back part near the road area. And we
can certainly look at that.
MS. LEE LOY: One thing that I worked on along with the canoe halaus was an
overall master plan, which established not only the bathroom uses but water for
all of the canoe halaus. And maybe as an opportunity through this establishment
of a friends of the park agreement along with the MOU, for them to engage with
canoe halaus so that we can have a larger overall master plan, because water is
really critical down there. Is that something you and the other stakeholders
can?
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MS. WALTJEN: Absolutely. That is something that we need to look at.
Because when that master plan was developed, as you can see we have a very
small bathroom there. I think there was like two or three stalls. And that's why
whenever you do large scale events like the world sprints and like the large canoe
regattas, you're bringing in 10 to 12 portable toilets. And it's a challenge with the
tides. If the tides come in, and you know, now whenever you do any bathrooms
it's going to have to be septic tanks, and it's going to have to be moved away
from the shoreline area. So all of those factors will come into play. And yes,
absolutely all of those things would come into play.
MS. LEE LOY: You mentioned that part of the movement, had to do a lot with
the tree and the tree trimming. Is that going to be part of a larger scope
throughout the MOU, that once a year there's tree trimming? And is there a plan
for them throughout that MOU to look at other areas maybe not so far away,
where they could maybe move to Reeds Bay?
MS. WALTJEN: We're always open to, you know, if anybody wants to adjust
where they are, we're open to that. As far as for the maintenance, yes. Right now
we're looking at trimming the trees to not interfere with what's going on, but
make it a safer place. Because some of those tree branches are reaching the
ground, and it created quite a dark area. So when it's night time and there's no
lights down there, we don't know what's going on down there. When the police
drive through, we want them to be able to see so that they can have a little better
view as far as for securing that area and the boats and participants there.
MS. LEE LOY: Thank you, Maurice and Roxcie. I think we have some good
bones here. It sounds like everybody has to get back to the table. But to the
sailing club, I would also like to offer for you folks to engage with the Banyan
Drive Redevelopment Agency. Although they're focused on just Banyan Drive,
the connection between Banyan Drive and Downtown Hilo is a critical link. And
you guys could actually have a voice on making that connectivity work better,
along with Bayfront Parks and Trailways. They were the ones that developed the
walking path that was intended to connect the harbor to Banyan Drive to
Downtown Hilo, and provide a pedestrian walking path.
So if you guys are looking for more stakeholders, where you guys could have a
larger collaborative vision of all of Hilo Bay, and then even connect that to our
shops down in Hilo, I really think there would be a huge opportunity for not only
families to thrive but business opportunities also. I'm going to leave it there, I
really think there are some good bones. And you know, thank you, it's been
challenging with the events in Puna. And unfortunately we've had to re-evaluate
and redirect our resources. But things are a little different now, and maybe we
can go back to the table and start making some changes to help our community. I
yield, thank you.
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CHR. RUGGLES: Thank you. Council Member Chung.
MR. CHUNG: Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I think no one will disagree that sailing
really enhances the quality of life for many people on our island, particularly on
the east side. And echoing what Maurice said, I don't know how we got to this
point, okay. Obviously it was some miscommunication on one side or both sides,
and you know, I think some distrust might have arisen. And I did have a talk with
an attorney who's representing some of you, Steven Strauss. And you know, he
felt that there was that level of distrust, but I don't know how it got to that point
really.
I'm just going to take you guys back, because I'm the Councilperson representing
that district, although this is something broader than just a representative district
issue. I think I first caught wind of this months ago, when the club had received a
letter to remove their boats on a Sunday. I think it was, I can't recall. And it was
only like days away. So as soon as I was alerted to that, I called up Roxcie. And
Roxcie has been wonderful, my estimation. I wanted to echo the sentiments of
Ms. Poindexter. I mean Roxcie and Maurice have been wonderful, as far as I'm
concerned. I talked to Roxcie, I said, "Hey Roxcie, what's going on with this
removal in a few days? Is there a possibility that you guys can give some kind of
extension?" She said sure. And I think that was communicated to your group.
And I said, "Roxcie, would you be willing to at least have a discussion with the
members?" She said absolutely. I think those were her exact words. And that
was enough for me. I called up the person who was my only contact at that point,
I can't even recall what her name was. And hopefully she conveyed that to the
rest of you.
And then, you know, there was this lag, and then it came up again. So I met with
Mr. Greever, over there at the beach. And I left telling him this, because there
was apprehension whether this thing was going to be a permanent removal. And I
told Mr. Greever, okay, I'm going to talk to Roxcie. If you don't hear from me
again, that means it's not permanent. Correct Richard? And you never heard
from me again, right? Because I immediately went to talk to Roxcie, and I asked
her; "Hey Roxcie, is this thing permanent?" She said, "No, we're going to come
up with an MOU and we're going to work with these guys." I said terrific. And
then I had a subsequent telephone conversation with Maurice, he said exactly
what he told all of you today. He's an ex -navy guy, you know. He loves sailing.
You know, he wants to support all of this.
But the fact of the matter is when I went down there, and I told Richard this, you
know, I rarely go down in that area. But it's not a nice looking area, so I
supported the department's efforts in trying to spruce that place up. Because even
if I'm not a sailor, even if I'm not a canoe paddler and even if I don't go down
there too often, my interest is this: that is the visual quarter from the boat area all
the way into the Downtown area, and that place has to be nice. The canoe halau
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all have ownership in their respective areas, and they keep it immaculate. It's
beautiful. Now we get to the boating, you know, we got some big boats that were
left there. I think Richard explained to me, I don't know what it was, but they
weren't supposed to be there, they were just storing it there. And it didn't look
nice, and it really is no reflection on the boating club or community. Maybe it
was because there was no MOU in place that—you know, there's no real
ownership in it.
But now that we've got representations from the department that they're going to
move forward—and I will say this, Roxcie has never—I've worked with her for a
long, long time and she's never given me wrong information. Her word is gold,
and until she proves me wrong, I'm going to continue feeling that way towards
her.
And by the way when is our compost thing going toalmost pau, Joe? The
compost thing contract, supposed to be finished in August, right? Okay, so
anyway her word has been gold. And there may have been some
miscommunications, misunderstandings, and maybe even some
misrepresentations, but I don't think they were ill intentioned. Let's all work
together now, okay. Move forward, it's a good thing, I think we all agree on that.
And I think this can be a real positive, yeah.
But you've got to understand with the MOU, the department still has to look after
the interest of the County. It can't be everything that the club wants, as
Ms. Poindexter says. This has to be a meeting of the minds; compromise, okay.
That's all I have to say, thank you all.
CHR. RUGGLES: Anyone else? Okay, great. Well I really appreciate you guys
coming down and having a discussion. I think it's been very clarifying for all of
us. The takeaways from me is that there wasn't really ever an MOU, and the
MOU you're moving forward with now is the standard. And that currently when
you went down there it was looking substandard. There was a problem with
homelessness and drug paraphernalia. And that all you want to do for this month
is just do a cleanup and restoration. Take care of the trees and any safety hazards,
make it easy for the police to see inside, and keep it maintained. And so I think
just a month to do that, I think that's fairly reasonable. And after that things will
go back to normal, and you guys can keep continuing to use the Bayfront. One
question is, where is the MOU right now, what is the status of it?
MS. WALTJEN: It was given two weeks ago to the Commodore, and we haven't
heard back from them yet. So we're waiting on them.
CHR. RUGGLES: Okay, great.
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MS. WALTJEN: Jen? You also had a question earlier today, about the pool out
in Pahoa. Just to let you know, we cleaned the pool yesterday and today. We
removed a lot of the Pele's hair. We're going to clean it twice more, and if
everything stays like how it is right now and we don't have any more events, then
we will be opening next week.
Okay, now here's the thing, we just made that hurdle and tomorrow we were
supposed to open up the skate park, but we have (Hurricane) Hector coming,
okay. So just keep in mind, but we are moving forward in that.
CHR. RUGGLES: Great, thank you.
MS. WALTJEN: Okay.
MR. CHUNG: I want to make a comment, if I may?
CHR. RUGGLES: Okay.
MR. CHUNG: Chair Ruggles stated that, because I don't want any
miscommunications already at this point. I think she made reference to a standard
MOU. I could be wrong, maybe I heard incorrectly. But I don't wantI mean, I
cannot speak for the department. But I think they have to frame the MOU for the
circumstances that surround this club. I mean, I wouldn't want the expectation to
be that there is a standard MOU out there, because I was, you know, approached
by Chris Bridges, and I talked to Steven Strauss. And they wanted copies of the
MOU for the canoe clubs, but this was done a long time ago. And of course you
live and learn as time goes on, and maybe there might be some tweaking of those
MOUs that the department may see fit. So I don't want anybody to get the
impression, again I'm not speaking for you guys, but that there is a standard MOU
out there, that's going to be used for this situation. It's something that you guys
all have to work on, okay.
CHR. RUGGLES: Thank you for that, Mr. Chung. And I also second that, I
think they bring up a good point. Because of the amount of equipment and energy
that goes into this, it may be worthwhile to look at options allowing for longer
than a year MOU, just so they have something to count on. I'm sorry we can't
take questions, but we can talk after. With that, all those in favor of filing
Comm. 991, please say "aye."
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Vote on Comm. 991: The motion to close file on Comm. 991 was carried by the
Filed following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff,
Kanuha, Lee Loy, O'Hara, Poindexter,
Richards, and Chair Ruggles — 9.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
CHR. RUGGLES: Moving to Bill 170.
Bill 170: AMENDS CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 10, DIVISION 2 OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
MOVING VEHICLES
Amends Section 24-264, Schedule 12 (Stop intersections), paragraph (a),
Hamakua, by adding "Hauola Road, Pohakea Road intersection, all
approaches." The proposed all -way stop will allow for cars to still park along
Hauola Road and minimize the line of sight requirements at the intersection.
Reference: Comm. 998
Intr. by: Ms. Ruggles (B/R)
Motion to Approve: Ms. Poindexter moved to recommend passage of Bill 170
on first reading. Seconded by Mr. Kanuha.
CHR. RUGGLES: This is a bill I introduced by request. Aaron from the
department was here, and he requested that if we have any questions that he
would be here for first reading in Council. Okay, do we have quorum anymore?
Okay. All those in favor of Bill 170, please say "aye."
Vote on Bill 170: The motion to recommend passage of Bill 170 on first
(Approved) reading was carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff,
Kanuha, O'Hara, and Chair Ruggles — 6.
Noes: None.
Absent: Council Members Lee Loy, Poindexter,
and Richards — 3.
Excused: None.
CHR. RUGGLES: May I have a motion to adjourn?
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ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 3:51 p.m., Mr. Kanuha moved to adjourn
MENT: the meeting. Seconded by Ms. David and carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff,
Kanuha, O'Hara, and Chair Ruggles — 6.
Noes: None.
Absent: Council Members Lee Loy, Poindexter,
and Richards — 3.
Excused: None.
CHR. RUGGLES : We are adjourned, thank you.
Approved:
Mr. Jon Henricks
COUNTY CLERK
JR/rk
Ik1-31te,
(Date)
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