HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE CHC 2010-07-23EDMUND HAITSUKA
Chairman
DAVID FUERTES
Vice Chair
17th Session
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
2009 -2010
HAWAII COUNTY
CHARTER COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
1:30 PM. July 23, 2010
County Council Chambers
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
ORDER OF BUSINESS
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 25, 2010
COMMUNICATIONS
DAPHNE HONMA
CASEY JARMAN
JAMAE KAWAUCHI
GUY KAULUKUKUI
JOSEPH KEALOHA
ALAPAKI NAHALE -A
SUSIE OSBORNE
TODD SHUMWAY
SCOTT UNGER
COMM. 259: CONFIRM LINCOLN ASHIDA AS REPLACEMENT LEGAL COUNSEL
Memo from Edmund W.K. Haitsuka, Chairman, Hawaii County Charter
Commission, dated July 14, 2010, naming Lincoln Ashida, Corporation Counsel,
as replacement counsel for Levi Hookano.
COMM. 260: EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Memo from Edmund W.K. Haitsuka, Chairman, Hawaii County Charter
Commission, dated July 14, 2010, asking commissioners to identify potential
organizations in their respective districts to whom the Charter Commission can give
presentations regarding the proposed Charter amendments.
2009 -10 Charter Commission - 17 Page 2 July 23, 2010
NEW BUSINESS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
COMM. 256: REQUEST TO PLACE REPORT FROM THE AD -HOC COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION ONTO THE AGENDA
Memo from Commissioner Casey Jarman, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on
Education, dated June 14, 2010.
(Discussion on Comm. 256 and all related communications was postponed June 25, 2010.)
and;
COMM.256.1: REPORT FROM THE AD -HOC COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
From Ad -Hoc Committee Chair, Casey Jarman, transmitting the findings and the report
of the Ad -Hoc Committee on Education.
COMM. 258: PROPOSED BALLOT QUESTIONS FOR CHARTER AMENDMENTS
Memo from Commission Attorney, Levi Hookano, dated June 16, 2010, transmitting
proposed ballot language for the charter commission's proposed amendments.
REPORTS
REFERRALS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
2009 -10 Charter Commission - 17 Page 3 J@ 23, 2010
The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations
for this meeting should call 327 -0099 by July 20, 2010. Relay users please call 711(327 -0099) to
contact our office.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (herinafter "HRS) §92 -3.5, the
Hawaii County Charter Commission will be conducting this meeting via videoconference.
Commissioners will be present at the following locations:
• County Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo; and
• Kona Council Office, Kailua Trade Center 75 -5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109
Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the locations above and at the Waimea Council
Office at the Holomua Center, 64 -1067, Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5. If for technical or other
unanticipated circumstances the audio stream between Kona and Hilo is lost for more than a short period
of time, the meeting will be terminated.
Submitting Testimony. Those wishing to testify in person must register with the Commission Secretary.
Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution.
Testimony may also be submitted (1) by mail to Karen Eoff, County Council Office in Kona at 75 -5706
Hanama Place, Suite #109, Kailua -Kona Hawaii 96740; (2) by facsimile to (808) 329 -4786; or (3) by e-
mail to keoff @co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Copies will be
distributed at the meeting only if they are received before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the
meeting. All oral and written testimony will be public record.
Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five
days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2- 91.3(b), Hawaii County Code} A lobbyist means
"any individual engaged for pay or other consideration that 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), Hawaii County Code} Registration forms and expenditure report documents are
available at the Office of the County Clerk- Council, 333 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii 96720