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Home My WebLink About2025-06-24 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: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 TIME: 9:30 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/1602861642?pwd=Ka5NKxDBEbIagRjwZyxbRslbkysoG6.1 MEETING ID: 160 286 1642 PASSCODE: 548076 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 three 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. ROLL CALL 3. QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SUNSHINE LAW AND ETHICS FROM THE DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL 4. APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 24, 2025, MEETING MINUTES 5. 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. 6. OLD BUSINESS 1.) Hearing on revocation of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, certificate number CH622 issued to Branden Henson dba B.H. Taxi, for failure to renew his taxicab license by June 30, 2024. 7. NEW BUSINESS 1.) Review Sunrise Taxi’s application for a NEW Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate in the County of Hawai’i (Tom Diaz will be present on behalf of Sunrise Taxi). 8. MASS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT Follow up:  Report on timeliness of bus pick up and drop off at Hilton Waikoloa.  Report of the minimum conditions a taxicab must meet before receiving a taxicab license pursuant to Hawaii County Code, Section 18-37.9.  Update on Hele-On’s fare-free program, which currently has an end date of December 31, 2025. New report:  Report on the County’s inspection of its new Gillig buses and Promaster vans conducted in April 2025.  Construction of a new bus shelter at Mohouli senior housing in April 2025.  Mass Transit Agency employees received training in May 2025 regarding Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs and activities that receive federal funding, including transportation.  Mass Transit Agency’s participation in the Center for Transportation and the Environment’s June 2025 Zero emission conference.  Update on Kona transportation hub progress. County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.  Update on Pahoa transportation hub progress.  Update regarding the improvement of the County’s bus stops and bus shelters.  Update regarding the arrival of 8 Hometown diesel buses.  Update regarding the arrival of 4 battery electric buses, expected arrival date of July 2025.  Update regarding Albizia tree roots causing plumbing issues at Mass Transit Agency’s Hilo base yard. 9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  Commissioners will discuss future agenda items. 10. NEXT MEETING  Commissioners to discuss date of next meeting, which will be sometime between September 22, 2025, through September 26, 2025. 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. 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.