opening the remarks this morning we have remarks from dr spicer thank you chair i have some very different kind of opening remarks this morning i figured it was time for a little bit of a change since i have the opportunity white and i will be attending going to the legislature and we're going to try to plead for some t eighteen money we'd like a fair share and so we're going there and we will need of course the love and support of everybody as we do that because it's not an easy job at the present time the proposal before us is not to the advantage of the counties and it's not fair and so we're going to do our best to see how we can convince them to change their mind and along those lines we normally very i'm going to break from tradition and we normally do very but i would ask everyone if you would please join me in reciting the lord's prayer we are going to need all the best things we can get today in order to pull this off so if you would join me our father kingdom the power and the glory amen members thank you very much and we will do our best thank you chair thank you miss by so and all those in the chambers please rise  reciting the pledge of allegiance with  thank you all and please turn off your phones for the months i would vote and support was proceed mr chair proceeding with the presentation of testimony on agenda items we've established limited interactive communication that enables individuals from honda to provide testimony from our district offices individuals who wish to offer testimony from honolulu and i should now set up a district office staff individuals who wish to offer testimony in the chamber please sign up at the desk located in the eighth floor lobby just outside the chamber door testimony at all locations is limited to the items listed on today's agenda pursuant to the rules of the counsel each testify or may be allowed to testify for up to three minutes when testifying please state your name and the look and there is no one here waiting to testify thank you mr chair we have one individual who has signed up to testify in the council chamber the first person to testify in the chamber is susan white executive director for but you use council youth cultural center testifying on committee report sixteen dash fifty six which important she is the last individual who signed up to testify in the council aloha my name is susan white and i'm the executive director of the pi youth culture center standing with me today in support is village elder who has been the board president for the pa youth council for the last six years lisa starr who is the vice president and has been on the board of the use center for the last sixteen years i would like to think first of all the counsel for the committee for agreeing to extend the lease agreement from twenty five years to thirty five years for the youth and culture center this is really important to us because we have an old building as many of you know and it  to get grants outside of government grants to deal with our building needs so we really appreciate that i would like to also say that the pie and culture center as mall of you know we've been up here a number of times has been in existence now for twenty four years and we have i think been remarkably infective in meeting our mission statement which is to build community through our youth and we have pretty much are known to be the main spokesman for the north shore community the community and i would also like to really think and have it on record and be properties who was our former landlord for the past twenty three years and we had a great relationship with them and even though they charge us rent they gave us back everything that they charged through many many grants over the years and also they provided a twenty four hour security for us in the center in that area which was very important because as most of you know we live in quite  so we are really looking forward to having the same kind of and maybe even better relationship with the county and just hope we can be the best partners and do great things in the future  if any of you i welcome you any of you to come to the you center in the time you don't have to call the blood of snow anything you can drop in in our opening hours love to show you the place love to have introduce you to the youth and just want to extend  invitation to you and that's all i have to say unless you have any questions thank you very much susan there was any need for clarification of her testimony testifying committee report kind of communication sixteen fifty nine and sixteen dash sixty good morning everybody happy weekend and we are dealing with two this morning that are coming up again about water in this morning's paper had a presentation from the mayor and they're saying that the water difficulties and other difficulties in infrastructure are not just popping up out of nowhere they've been problems for a long time and they've been accumulating in the costs both by way of the replacement and building of new things and by way of being legal fees for stuff that should have been done a long time ago and that were not done properly and we're paying a hefty situation for that and it's coming that bond funding that scary bonds have to be paid off and we are so far in debt i mean we're talking about millions of dollars here and it's just it's just like you do the math it doesn't work out so we're talking about yearly increment of our having to pay back on these which means that the people who are coming after us as well as we ourselves at this point are ending up footing these bills that are just plain astronomical so i would ask you to make sure that when you're reading this morning's paper or however you get that information that the current today's date letter from the mayor of knowledge is that this is a problem i also would like to remind us that for the water information that we got from the water department  long term debt twenty seven million four hundred thirteen dollars and twenty three cents that we need to be paying off on that huge ok and also in terms of  the water materials that were brought in about the use and the development of water there are parts of our island of maui and the other two islands that have had no development at all to speak up in terms of increasing population but there is evidence of the increasing population so we need to get those to come together to realistically met that we can't just keep spending more borrowing and when we have the state suing for lack of they are having better compliance i don't know if i were at the state i'd be wondering why maui wants us to them partner up with them it's just not adding up and we need to get that added up so thank you very much for her realistically going over what those debts the next person to testify is david thomas vice chancellor for administrative services testifying in committee report sixteen dash fifty seven wanted to talk about it so let me be begin by sharing at the purpose the purpose is going to repurpose actually those buildings and it's going to be what we hope to be the hospitality academy of ma and it's it's to be used to provide our students with hands on training in an experience running a hotel and also going to support their degree programs such as call unary business yes and also active learning for even construction programs that in our campus college the project has had strong local support within the industry state as well the first phase unfortunately we don't have sufficient monies to renovate all four buildings first phase is to address in renovate the first two buildings that's closest to come when we have in the second phase is probably several years away we doing fund raising campaign piracy ip mining we don't have sufficient right now but because we only have sufficient monies for the first two buildings for the first few years the program is only going to do education training for students there's not going to be public service in terms of us offering hotel accommodations to the public the economics don't allow for that so you won't see something like that for several years so i'm hang around be happy to answer questions but again thank you thank you for allowing me to testify and again we hope of the hope you supported members of the need for clarification mr okama thank you german i think a richer for doing good work on this review a couple of things that i just wanted to be very  upstairs in the fine dining it's very similar to death except now it's in a hotel environment where they get to learn how to manage a hotel in a simulated fashion and very small scale so when you or the university assured this the community about requirements for permits and taxation what is your understanding regarding taxation for this hotel operations that's a great question because i think the first thing we were made aware that there is a cop i think it's that trans the an accommodation statics that we need to understand how it is it applies to the  hospitality academy we have and significant research it and our lawyers are looking at it now but we can i should i counsel do whatever it takes for us to come play we will comply and if it requires  to provide public service and we just offer it to our students that's what we'll do ok if you're in there please check on the real property component yes and the last thing i just want to share with you because we could do have mr worried in ms by so going to walk with this afternoon on the people's behalf of your this county i would just ask that you consider whenever you have your opportunity to talk to the legislature but to really senators kobayashi to khuda kim yes please make them aware of her this county that you are that you reside in works with the state and that the such is your school to make things happen in this county for the benefit of the same constituents that they serve yes because this seems to be a big disconnect there that this county does not support or have appropriated county funds fo seven state departments county funds for state programs such as yours your dental program your nursing program your color we have supported the school with county monies for years and years and i would just  ask that you share that with those on the one who feel that the county just takes and does not provide so i share that with you because i think that's an important message that you can help reinforce because the people  like myself i was not present in this committee not a voting member so and unfortunately but reading the summary of the meeting itself so in and make it makes no i guess there was some discussion about taking away from student how we seen that such a needed thing in our community and he stated that the university works to make neighboring properties available for  have some of those homes the program but what we also have is actually what precipitated the closure of the dormitories seven years ago and the county worked brand new water from most that a student wanted to move over and the pricing was fairly before so that precipitated the closure because we didn't have enough students wanting to move into  should student residents around the college ok all right well good to know you hear very good and and then it says this teaching hotel hands on experience what have the transit accommodations open to the general public so like an actual hotel that people check in and get you know the room key in good or they're like you do this you checked into a clinic might be job tellers some other hotel yes and interesting the operation know thank you very much for being here mr tom and thank you mr kirk mr church there are no further individuals signed up to testify in the council chamber is there any additional individuals in the council chamber or the district offices who like to offer testimony here waiting to testify mr chair there are no other individuals in the district offices nor the chamber who wish to offer testimony thank you mr cord without objection members will close public testimony no objections thank you very much declared mr chair proceeding with committee reports you have before you from your budget finance committee the following committee report committee report sixteen dash forty nine recommend the following one to the proposed resolution and titled authorizing the filing of an application with the department of housing and urban development united states of america for a grant under the community development block grant program be adopted and to that kind of communication sixteen dash twelve be filed mr okama t have before you committee report sixteen thus fifty recommending to the proposed bill and titled a bill for an ordinance amending the fiscal year two thousand and sixteen budget for the county of maui as it pertains to appendix a part one grant revenue schedule of grants by departments in programs department of public works federal highway administration federal aid and other transportation gran passing first reading of the order to print mr holcombe chairman thank you so much i move they can reports sixteen days forty nine and sixteen days fifty with its recommendations be adopted for worthy designated projects within the county of molly and i thank mr punter never for a job well done under the second ad only it is to receive five point five million dollars of federal high highway projects thank you thank you mr obama members any further discussion on these two items seen none of those in favor please signified by saying those opposed say no measure passes fifty one recommending to the proposed bill untitled a bill for an ordinance amending appendix a of the fiscal year two thousand and sixteen budget for the county as it pertains to part two special purpose revenues schedule of revolving special funds for fiscal year two thousand and sixteen how a beautif pertains to estimated revenues countywide other projects county wide equipment total capital improvement project appropriations and total appropriations operating and capital improvement projects be passive first reading of the order to print and to that the proposed bill entitled a bill for an ordinance amending ordinance number the accounts for the departments to be able to place appropriate cost center expenses as well as taking care of a dish no needs from bid responses that have been bill thirty four two thousand and sixteen relative to committee part sixteen fifty three bills thirty five and thirty six two thousand and sixteen respectively and relative to committee report sixteen us fifty four bill thirty seven two thousand and sixteen you have before you from your committee of the whole the following committee report committee report sixteen dash fifty five recommending the following one of the proposed resolution entitled authorizing settlement of tremaine by bertie versus county a maori disability compensation division case number five dash fourteen dash zero zero three two to be adopted to that the proposed resolution entitled authorizing settlement of kathleen kern versus county a maori disability compensation division case number five dash fourteen dash zero zero three three zero be adopted three that the proposed resolution entitled and march eighteenth two thousand and sixteen to consider a request by the department corporation counsel to authorize settlement of five workers compensation cases arising from an air crash on the island of lanai on february twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen your committee notes its previously authorized settlement of these cases by resolution fifteen dash eighty one through fifteen gushy eighty five adopted on july twenty fourth two thousand and fifteen your committee further notes for the five claimants were employees of the department of planning at the time of the incident and the fifth claimant was an employee of the department of corporation council all five individuals were on the nih to staff the lanai planning commission meeting and were returning to maui aboard a plane operated by maui island air incorporated when the incident occurred since the prior resolution was adopted an arbitration was conducted between mile island air tank and the estate of the pilot and the claimants according to the department of corporation counsel its deputy through the arbitration a settlement was reached among the claimants the air carrier and the pilot's estate the corporation council explained that despite the delicate circumstances this associated with the incident the department's obligation under the charter is to inform your committee of the applicable worker's compensation laws and the county's legal rights the deputy noted that the claimants have requested the county waive its right to reimbursement for previously paid workers compensation benefits under state law thereby allowing the claim is to retain the full proceeds of their settlement with the air carrier and the pilots state executive meeting your committee voted sixty zero to recommend the adoption of five proposed resolutions to authorize settlement of the matters under the terms proposed and executive session i ask the members for full support of this motion  you know there's some apparently some misinformation out there is one the people who have concerns about this issue to contact corporation counsel to to see what the situation is  contacted by a couple people who are concerned about this so i just wanted to get that out there that they should contact cooperation council thank you thank you mr holcombe or german speaking support of the motion i really do have reservations over while it is a very difficult situation for those families it's also a difficult situation for this county as an employer  i need to also keep in mind the total perspective of the interests of the county of mali and the total citizen peace my concerns calmly and potential concerns come in the future of whether or not how it impacts us regarding our insurance policy and that is something we need to take in account and will continue to discuss in the budget process so i thank you for this opportunity to share my comments thank you thank you m record resolution sixteen thus fifty three sixteen thus fifty four sixteen thus fifty five sixteen fifty six and sixteen dash fifty seven respectively he had before you from economic development energy agriculture and recreation committee the following committee report committee report fifteenth two thousand and fifteen march fifteenth two thousand and sixteen to consider a proposed resolution to authorize the grant of a thirty five year lease for one dollar a year the facility known as the paiutes center and adjacent area consisting of point nine one eight acres in pioneer my whole way to the piii a youth center incorporated a nonprofit organization for the purposes of providing a drop in youth center young adult mentoring program skills program and skate park at the youth council has provided recreational social educational vocational and cultural experiences at the facility for over thirty years under a lease with the previous property owner and the properties incorporated and more recently under the temporary extensions of the lease as assumed by the county upon its purchase of the property in two thousand and fourteen pursuant to section three point three six point zero nine zero of the now county code the council may authorize lease of the real property at less than fair market value by resolution the director of parks and rec who recreation stated that the estimated fair market value of the annual rental for the facility is four thousand nine hundred ninety five dollars and the department supports the resolution your committee supported the resolution supports resolution and commended by the youth council for its great work with now you i respectfully ask the council for its full support of the committee's recommendations thank you for the record resolution sixteen fifty eight you have before you from your housing human services and transportation committee the following committee report committee report sixteen us fifty seven recommend in the following one that the proposed resolution and title authorizing the first amendment to the university of hawaii  college student housing lease be adopted and to that kind of communication sixteen dash thirty six be filed thank you two i moved to adopt the recommendations and committee report sixteen dash fifty seven mr chair i second the motion of a motion for mistrial in a second from a sparser scribble thank you chair your housing and human services and transportation committee met on march seventeenth twenty sixteen to discuss our propose resolution from the director of housing and human concerns and title authorizing the first amendment to the university of hawaii moet college student housing lease the original east was entered into in december  specifically for student housing the proposed resolution authorizes you a to my we college to broaden the use of the lease property from student housing to administrative educational and student and faculty housing purposes currently two of the four buildings are used as classrooms for the hospitality program the university's intent is to transform their facility into a teaching and for the hospitality program face one and tails remodelling two of the four buildings on the property with a three point five million dollars appropriation from the state that needs to be encumbered by the end of this fiscal year the remodelling transform the four buildings into a teaching hotel allowing hands on experience but transit accommodations available to the public the planning department confirms that the properties owning community planned visit mation allows for the uses in the amendment for that a property isn't in an estimate area and the university will be required to obtain the necessary permits the university assure th committee that they will comply with state and county requirements for permits and taxation upon establishing its said facility which they call hospitality a cad of the of your committee was also concerned with the loss of student housing and the university's stated they will work to make neighboring properties and privately owned the housing units available your committee recommended adoption of the revised sixteen us fifty six from the director of finance reporting to the council and transfers from the general fund and department of water supply revenue fund to the bond fund as of february twenty ninth two thousand and sixteen just  i would request regarding this communication in the future communications of this matter be referred to committee thank noted to your budget and finance committee kind of communication sixteen dash sixty from the mer transmitting to the council the matter relating to the proposed fiscal year two thousand and seventeen budget including the following one mare's budget proposal to a proposed bill entitled bill for an ordinance relating to the operating budget for the county of maui for the fiscal year july first two thousand and sixteen to june thirtieth two thousand and seventeen three a proposed bill intitled a bill for an ordinance relating to the capital program for the fiscal year ending june thirtieth two thousand seventeen for a proposed bill entitled a bill for an ordinance authorizing the mayor of the county of maui to enter into intergovernmental agreements for loans in the state of hawaii's in water pollution control revolving fun for various wastewater projects fiscal year two thousand seventeen budget ordinance five a proposed bill intitled a bill for an ordinance authorizing the mayor of the county of maui to enter into an intergovernmental agreement for a loan from the state of hawaii's drinking water treatment revolving loan fund for various water projects fiscal year two thousand and seventeen budget ordinance six a proposed bill intitled a bill for an ordinance authorizing the issuance of fifty eight million three hundred ninety two thousand dollars aggregate principal amount of general a geisha in bonds of the county of maui for the purpose of providing funds to pay all or part of the costs of appropriations for public improvements of and for the county of fixing the farm denominations and certain other features of such bonds and providing for their sale authorizing the director of finance to determine certain details of the bonds  general bonds of the county of maui here too for issued as in excess of the amounts required for the purposes for which such bonds are initially issued or may or should not be applied to those purposes in directing such proceeds to other public improvements or authorized purposes of the county of maui  services and transportation committee kind of communication sixteen sixty one from the director of housing and human concerns transmitting to the council a proposed bill and titled a bill for an ordinance amending chapter two point one six maui county code relating to the residential workforce housing policy credit requirements and deed restrictions to infrastructure environmental management committee kind of communication sixteen dash sixty two from council member cochrane transmitting to the council cherry proposed bill entitle the bill for an ordinance amending chapter to twenty point one  recreation park maintenance program where who golf course program golf and total operating appropriations and total appropriations operating a couple improvement projects mr obama even you that was quite impressive mr clinton sixteen and titled a bill for an ordinance repealing chapter thirteen point zero four the country code in establishing a new chapter thirteen point zero for a maori country code relating to parks and recreational facilities and amending section six point zero four point zero nine zero bill would revised provisions revealing with the regulations and management of the county parks and recreational facilities and makes improvements to the permit process process by redefining permit types and requirements improves the ability of the department of parks and recreation to rent parks equipment including renting to nonprofit organizations that benefit the county and addressing the handling of feral animal colonies and county parks also the proposed bill would add while a parking while loop through to the list  county parks where consumption of alcohol is prohibited prohibited except as authorized by permit license these are concession the proposed bill was requested by the department of parks and recreation as part of his initia lot of work that went into this i don't know we had a lot of meetings on it and as we discussed yesterday and budget and finance committee there's been attempts to streamline point of moving this department forward visibility of this apartment now to help bring in revenues to the county for the further maintenance and improvements that the community wishes to having its park and recreational facilities ability of concessions to bring in revenues from sources that are sister counties currently utilized to their residents benefit is now being provided as an opportunity to our communities to this action this morning priorities department and if it's just a cad successor as others that i have seen i think the people of this count will be very happy to see and utilize the improvements projects build thirty one repeals chapter three point three four county code eliminates the fund and transfers the balance to the affordable housing fund the rental housing development fund has  dormant for fifteen years and has a current balance of fifty two thousand seven hundred seventy five dollars developing county rental housing is the permit it use of the affordable housing fund therefore allowing the balance to at the opening of our meeting please worse us good luck and keep us in our in your prayers for this afternoon's appearance at the house finance committee  as we've said many times in this chamber of the distribution of the revenues it is not fair at this point how it generates approximately one hundred thirty million dollars and we receive twenty three million dollars back to the state over the last seven years has increased their take from eight point three million to over two hundred five million while the counties have received just two million dollars each year during that same time our parks and recreation costs for the four counties and that that two point that two point two million dollars just goes to all four counties it's not maui county share during that same timeframe police fire and parks expenses for the four counties have increased by one hundred seventy million dollars the state took the money when they needed to balance their budget  our tax base dropped the neighbor islands especially drop considerably more than the state's impacted tax base so it's time for them to recognize that that the time for taking is over the time for sharing has returned so i wish us all the best with that we are