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Home My WebLink About2025-03-24 Transportation Commission Agenda Mass Transit Agency HILO: 25 Aupuni Street  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720  (808) 961-8744  Fax (808) 961-8745 Matthew Terlep, District 1 C. Kimo Alameda Ph.D. \[Vacant\] District 2 KAILUA-KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg D • Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740  (808) 323-4330 Mayor \[Vacant\] District 3 \[Vacant\] District 4 www.heleonbus.org  heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov William V. Brilhante, Jr. Kristy Cruz, District 5 Managing Director \[Vacant\] District 6 Roselyn Molina, District 7 Chelsea Ahern, District 8 Zachary D. Bergum Lloyd Matsubara, District 9 Acting Mass Transit County of Hawai‘i Administrator Transportation Commission AGENDA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Transportation Commission of the County of Hawai‘i in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 91 and 92, of the Hawai’i Revised Statutes, and Chapter 18, Divisions 2 and 3 of the Hawai’i County Code. DATE: Monday, March 24, 2025 TIME: 10:30 a.m. IN-PERSON LOCATION: Hawai’i County Building-Puna Conference Room (Suite 1501) 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 ONLINE/ZOOM: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1614397552?pwd=JQ90amDwm5g98rarsaILcuJIWOpvG3.1 MEETING ID: 161 439 7552 PASSCODE: 762873 PHONE: +1 669 254 5252 NOTICE REGARDING INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY (ICT): This meeting will be held by Interactive Conference Technology (ICT) through Zoom conferencing technology pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes 92-3.5. If internet connection is lost, the public meeting will be automatically recessed to restore communication. If lost connection exceeds 30 minutes, the meeting will be terminated. SUBMITTING ORAL OR WRITTEN TESTIMONY: The public may attend at the location address provided above and if interested, provide oral testimony in person or by Zoom. To provide oral testimony please email heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov or call 808-961-8744 to obtain meeting login information. To ensure timely delivery to Commissioners prior to the meeting, written testimony must be received no later than 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting by: (1) email: heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov (2) fax: 808- 961-8745; or (3) mail/walk-in: Mass Transit Agency 2299 Ho’olaulima Road, Hilo HI 96720. Please indicate agenda item submitting for and submit separate testimony for each item. All written testimony, regardless of time of receipt, will be made part of the permanent record. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: Comments may be made either during the public comment portion of the agenda or just prior to the relevant business item. Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes in length per agenda item. MEETING MATERIALS/BOARD PACKET: Pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Section 92-7.5, the meeting materials provided to members of this commission for this meeting is available for public inspection two business days before the meeting date during regular business hours at the Mass Transit Agency office at 2299 Ho’olaulima Road., Hilo, HI 96720. This information can also be requested by sending an email to heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov or by calling 808-961-8744. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome, roll call and introductions 3. ELECTION FOR NEW CHAIRPERSON 4. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND THE SUNSHINE LAW FROM THE CORPORATION COUNSEL 5. APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 25, 2024, MEETING MINUTES 6. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC/PUBLIC TESTIMONY Interested persons who want to provide oral testimony on any agenda item may do so now, or at the time the specific agenda item is called. Public testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes in length per agenda item. 7. NEW BUSINESS 1. Review taxicab applications for NEW Certificate of Public Convenience & Necessity to operate in the County of Hawai’i.  Herrick Pimentero on behalf of Jazirh Taxi, Kailua-Kona  Remigio Dumayag on behalf of R&A Taxi, Hilo  James Oxley on behalf of Masakos Taxi, Kailua-Kona 2. License revocations: Hearing on revocation of the following Certificate of Public Conveniences due to the discontinuance by the carrier of the business of transporting passengers as a common carrier of passengers operating upon and using the public highways for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or more or failure to renew his/her taxicab license for the year. (FY 2024-2025)  CH405, CH406-Amador Cabudol dba A’s Taxi  CH622- Branden Henson dba B.H Taxi  CH518-Yasuo Maruta dba B.I. Taxi  CH331, CH555-Roy Pua-Kaipo dba Da Best Taxi  CH550-Hermingildo Rafol dba Estee Taxi  CH238, CH258-Hironori Inoue dba Hawai’i Kanko  CH645, CH646-Leo Esteban dba Hope Taxi  CH631, CH636-Randy Llaneza dba Kai’s Taxi  CH475-Rhoniel Arenas dba Kayden Taxi  CH395-Orlino Ulibas dba Lino’s Taxi  CH479-Robert Burdman dba Malia’s Taxi  CH3-Rachel Fall dba Percy’s Taxi  CH353-Paul Wallace dba Tradewinds Taxi & Tours  CH609-Villaflor Dacayanan dba Westside Taxi  CH572-Jonas Montgomery dba Yagi Hawaii  CH649-Cindy Perreira dba Z Taxi County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. 8. MASS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT  Annual ADA Training-February 2025  Received donation of Gillig bus parts from Oahu Transit Services-February 2025  Relocation of a Kona bus shelter to Pahoa Elementary bus stop-February 2025  Addition of (1) new hometown diesel bus-February 2025. 7 additional buses coming in over the next several months.  9 paratransit vans on order  Mass Transit Administrator position posted-February 2025  Pahoa Hub progress-CATEX is currently with HDOT  Continued work to implement bus stops and bus shelters island-wide Upcoming elements:  Working with Transit Vistas and Dept. of Research and Development (R&D) to update online platforms like google maps of bus route and bus stop information and updating schedules on our website. Anticipated completion of project is end of April 2025  APTA Mobility Conference-April 2025 in Austin, TX  Arrival of (4) battery electric buses-May/June 2025  Charging infrastructure with HECO will be in progress as the year proceeds  Fare-free ends on December 31, 2025. MTA reaching out to county leadership and riders for feedback on continuing fare-free  Kona hub progress-still in the planning phase with SSFM 9. QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION RELATED TO THE MULTI- MODAL PLAN Link to the County of Hawai’i-Transit and Multi-modal Transportation Master Plan: https://heleonmasterplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Supplement_2022_V10-letter-size.pdf 10. ANNOUNCEMENTS  Future agenda items  Next meeting is scheduled for Monday June 23, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in Hilo 11. ADJOURNMENT NOTE: This meeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact the Mass Transit Agency at 808-961-8744 or email heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats such as large print or electronic copy. Commissioners may also be present at the meeting facility as listed above on the agenda and/or participating via interactive conference technology from other locations. All commissioners participating remotely must have their cameras on throughout the meeting. The full text of Transportation Commission agendas are also available on the County of Hawai’i Mass Transit Agency website at https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/boards-and-commissions/boards- and-commissions-listings/transportation-commission to navigate to the current agenda. For copies of the current agenda or questions, please call (808) 961-8744 or email heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov. County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. NOTICE TO LOBBYISTS: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i County Code} A lobbyist means "any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials." {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai‘i County Code}. Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Room 1402, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720. County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.