chair mike white present mr chair we have eight members present one member excused quorum is present to conduct a business of the council thank you mr clarke and this morning we have opening remarks by mr victory no thank you for this opportunity to share my thoughts this morning as you well know there's rain out there and i know some people seem to be complaining about it but you know from our whenever we've got rain that means our farmers and ranchers mostly in most cases are pretty happy and i want to say that i love the rain and i hope it continues to rain but in a very nice and steady manner first of all i like to say today i'd like to recognize volunteerism i i alexis don't feel a french historian of serve that he had seen americans meet greet secor fice and sincere opportunities for the common good and notice how much need had a had over a right americans always gave each other faithful support was referring to volunteer ism where just about everyone at one time one another has been a volunteer i think anyone in this room has done something in that regard in a typical year more than sixty two million people volunteer across america putting in well over eight billion hours or eight billion hours of volunteer ism and value put on that according to the united states census is something of the in the nature of one hundred and seventy three billion dollars amazing st here in my county we have many citizens offering their time and talents to serve on our boards and commissions and i want to and events thank them for being a part of the system and like one member said once somebody once said earlier if you're not part of the solution then you're part of the problem and i think these people are part of the solution these boards and commissions rely on volunteers to guide advice and help conduct important business needed to provide services and programs g heroes within our community and wish to thank them for volunteering their time talent and expertise that benefits our community and i continue to ask others to step forward whenever and wherever possible any help in any share my thoughts thank you great remarks to start our media off with them as we please rise and recite the provide testimony for on the ceremonial resolutions both in the chamber and the district offices shall we proceed with the ceremonial resolution yes please do so you have before you a proposed resolution entitled recognizing march twenty fifteen as a red cross month in the march twenty fifteen as a red cross month in a county whereas in recognition of the humanitarian role the american red cross plays in our communities each year the president of the united states proclaims march as red cross month a tradition that began with president franklin d roosevelt in one thousand nine hundred forty three and whereas clara burton founded the american red cross on may twenty first eighteen eighty one as a way to lift up those who are suffering whether the warriors wounded in the line of duty or families displaced by damaging storms and whereas in eighteen ninety eight printed money began the american red cross in  organizing a society of three hundred women to care for sick and wounded soldiers and wrote from the philippines during the spanish american war and whereas in one thousand nine hundred seventeen the american red cross or fisher the form the chapter in provides communities on maui with training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation also known as c p r aquatic safety and first aid and whereas the american red cross provides twenty four hour support to members  military veterans and their families and whereas in mali county american red cross works tirelessly to lend a helping hand when disaster strikes in whereas last year throughout the state the american red cross responded to eighty local disaster incidences recruited and trained over six hundred volunteers and assisted two thousand two hundred howie military service members and their families whereas the exceptional performance dedication  the counsel of the county of one get here by recognizes march twenty fifteen as red cross month in a county in mali and to that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to michelle liberty director molly colony office american chair it is my pleasure to help recognize the month of march two thousand and fifteen as the red cross month and the mouth and county of maui the american red cross is one of the oldest human services organizations in the united states and is recognized worldwide as the first responder to disasters offering assistance anytime and anywhere just this past august we had a situation that could have been much worse with hurricane isabel but the red cross was there ready and prepared to assist the community and played an important role in his recovery the red cross the success and in durance is also embedded in the principle of volunteerism the organization provides appropriate training and helps to turn our residents and neighbors into local heroes in times of emergencies and crisis i would like to say thank you to all the red cross leaders administration volunteers and especially for those who are who have the willingness to continue the efforts i urge my fellow members to adopt this resolution which will bring deserved attention and focus to many times is ricky nationwide for major disasters and many times not recognize what the every day things they do i was watching the news just morning another fire occurred and the red cross assisting the family in finding shelter and other needs in this time and it is it is hard for me to know that they're there for any emergency whether it's an as well just a fire when this echo my support and say that this is another organization we see government funding is dependent on donations from the community at large this country and i also encourage people to remember when the red cross is called alt and the need for money or whatever it may be called for please step up because they are the number one responding to what ever i disaster occurs throughout this gratitude to the red cross for all the work that they do i think i know everyone in my industry depends on the red cross for first responder training and c p r training and i know that we're not the only funding i think in a lot of cases people think that the red cross is funded by by the federal government because they're all over the place and they're doing such an incredible amount of work in responding agencies it is part of what happens and we just kind of expect them to be there but then if you step a moment and you think what would happen if they were not here when there's an emergency a fire or whatever it is it would be a different thing and i think they'd be much more on our radar screen it's funny you know when services are there in available we all kind of except in minutes that they're going to be there and so this is a great  this this resolution honestly i never knew till i got into office that the red cross was not funded by the federal government i entire my entire life i just thought they were and i just wanted to recognize that without the red cross being vailable internationally especially having its inception in the philippines that it really means a lot assist the people so i just want to point that out and definitely appreciate them being here and like you in the hotel industry have gone through their training for the c p r classes in what have you so definitely wonderful work they do share certainly hi good morning i just want to thank all of you for your continued support i loved the comments that you were saying and you're right i can't imagine what the world looks like without red cross we are always there sometimes it's two o'clock in the morning sometimes it's in the middle of the day but it doesn't seem to matter to our volunteers you know how when you have young kids and you're going off for a trip maybe taking them to disneyland and you're constantly hearing them say are we there yet are we there yet that's much like what i hear from our volunteers in maui county when the storms on top of us or a disaster is headed our way or a disaster has just happened because they truly love the work that they're doing and there's something that draws them to red cross something from the heart where they just they want to be there and they want to help so it's a pretty amazing thing i want to take a minute i've got one of our volunteers here with me this morning rebecca king and this year we're recognizing rebecca king as our volunteer of the year  for the american red cross back is done some amazing work she has off a lot of responsibilities with her job with county she's part of the all hazards incident management team and in addition to that she works so closely with the she's part of our volunteer leadership team this past year she was able to hop on a plane it with a moment's notice and fly off to guam to help our red cross offices over there get ready in case a typhoon came their way i'm still teasing her about that because apparently she slept through the storm and he does she's she's a pretty amazing person so congratulations thank you and you're right last summer when a tropical storm was headed our way and then in october when tropical storm on it was headed our way we were ready our volunteers were out in force they were standing by to help however they could the preparations were well underway it really was an amazing thing to see and it was even better because although we sustained some damage as a country we didn't have the level of damage that our other volunteers experienced on the big island in our residence experience over there after dot storm so again thank you to our volunteers and thank you for your continued support thank you to provide testimony from my district offices individuals who wish to offer testimony from honolulu and molik i should now sign up with the district office staff individuals who wish to offer testimony in the chamber  you sign up at the desk located on the eighth floor lobby outside the chamber door testimonies at all locations is limited to the items listed on today's agenda and pursuant to the rules of the counsel each testifier is allowed to testify for up to thank you mr chair we have one individual who have signed up to provide testimony in the council chamber the first person to testify this morning is mr dick mayer testifying on county communication number fifty dash seventy nine chair like to ask that the testimony that i submitted be handed out to the council members they have you have a very good thank you you have before you seventy nine communication seventy nine implementation hoping that you'll pass that that's part of the package that could have been done a year ago and it's funny coming to you and i think it's a very important part of the island plan in addition i would like to add that all your efforts for the past three or four years now at the council level before that at the planning commission before that at the g pac and before that the planning department's efforts it's probably a spent expenditure of well over a million maybe several million dollars to get all the studies done to go all the work done the salaries everything else may all be in vain unless this plan is implemented otherwise will be one of those plans that sits on a shelf so i'm bringing for you this this concept to help implement the plan plain direct it will spend required our county charter and by the code to make an annual report to the council on the implementation and foresman of the general plan those two words in there which includes the policy plan the plan and all community plans i believe planning director has never fulfilled that obligation which would provide the council with useful information during the budget process it would also compel the various county departments to review a general plan on a regular basis to documents what is the county charter and this is a direct charge to the plenty director the planning director shall issue a report annually providing a detailed explanation of the implementation in force meant of jump plan and the committee plans to the mayor and the council i don't think you have ever seen a planning director give you that report and secondly within the county code i'm going to skip over some of the earliest stuff it's got on to the part that's highlighted there the planning director shall issue a report annually providing a detailed explanation of the implementation enforcement of the general plan and the committee plants the mayor and the council that is after getting reports from each of the departments you spend so much time you have a whole committee working for several years just to develop the plan of the county what policy plan now that effort should be utilized to get information back to you and to the public on how that plan is operating is supposed to guide the county over the long term it should help you make the budget decisions whether you should build roads with you should improve the water system where things go those are the things in there and as the parts of the general plan are implemented and if you plan implemented then you can leave those behind and work on those new areas that need to still be done please require the planning director to give you the information that you will need to make much better budget decisions thank you th county communication number fifteen dash eighty to back up my there was eleven documents i did meet before the board of graphic names last on the eighteenth whenever that was they were receptive but they didn't vote they're waiting for resolution and other information to come in but i think we'll talk about this more later but i'm here in support of the resolution so i think we'll have a chance to testify at another time on this thank you thank you for your work on this individuals in the chamber or at the district offices that would like to provide testimony of these identify yourself to the appropriate staff in the testimony lecturing or district office phone at this time on an office are there any not your office any additional testif mr chair there are no other individuals in the district offices nor their chamber who wish to offer testimony thank you mr clerk we received written testimony this morning mr chair we have received written testimony members without mr clarke mr chair proceeding with committee reports you have before you from your policy an intergovernmental affairs committee committee report fifteen dash fifteen recommending the adoption of the resolution relating to the appointment to members to boards committees and commissions colony one approved the appointment of the following members boards committees and commissions for the county of terms beginning when april and fifteen and expiring on march first twenty twenty unless otherwise indicated a affirmative action advisory committee one caring be board of ethics one commission on persons with disabilities gave corson and sheet of illinois i molly planning commission thurston robinson and lawrence hudson j police commission when  changing for a job requirement your committee was satisfied that the other nominees were qualified to fulfill the duties and responsibilities related to the board and which they are being appointed i respect f request the council's consideration on this motion thank you mr chair thank you members any further discussion and all those in favor of adopting the recommendations and committee report fifteen dash fifteen recommending adoption of the resolution approving the appointment and raymond fellow ups and alternates gary rings b and peter jacobson to the urban design review board for terms beginning that this is a second thank you have a motion by mr victorian on a second by mr couch to adopt their recommendations and committee reports fifteen sixteen and fifteen seventeen members any further discussion or i'm sorry  for the record resolutions number fifteen dash twenty three and fifteen dash twenty four respectively mr chair proceeding lake county communications you have county communication number fifteen dash seventy chairman thank you i would ask my colleagues see if there are any specific country requests to be separated at this time for we for a committee who are financed component seventy signify by saying i was opposed say no as you pass as he dies or a knows when excused as a clerk you have before you cannae communication number fifteen dash seventy one from the council chair transmitting a proposed resolution entitled rescheduling the council's may one and may fifteenth twenty fifth meetings a recess for the chair the resolution rescheduling the council's may first and may fifteenth two thousand and fifteen meetings and a further discussion thank you chair i believe that there are some scheduling chair for the record resolution fifteen twenty five mr chair the following county communications are recommended for referral to the following committees as noted to your budget and finance committee conny communication number  seventy two from the council chair relating to the kalina campus expansion phase one kani communication number fifteen dash seventy three from the director of finance transmitting to finance directors quarterly report for the government facilities or a design and construction to a bill for an ordinance amending ordinance number forty one thirty number thirty four twenty fourteen relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county zion in construction and three a bill for an ordinance determining that part of the proceeds of the general obligation bonds of the county here too for issued in excess of the amounts required proposed purposes of which such bonds were initially issued or may or should not be applied to those for pisses and directing such proceeds to other public improvements or authorize purposes of the county of county communication number fifteen nash seventy five from the budget director of transmitting a proposed bill entitle a bill for an ordinance amending a fiscal year two thousand and fifteen budget for the county of mali as it pertains to estimated revenues west mali community plan area parks and recreation ecosystem restoration project total capital improvement project appropriations and total appropriations operating and capital improvement projects along with the certification of additional revenues for fiscal year two thousand and fifteen county communication number fifteen nash seventy six from the director of parks and recreation transmitting a proposed resolution title authorizing acceptance of a donation mali timeshare venture l l c to the department of parks and recreation colony pursuant to section thirteen dash eight revised charter of the county of one thousand nine hundred eighty three as amended and chapter three point five six molly county code to your infrastructure and environmental management committee county communication number fifteen dash seventy seven from a to director of water supply transmitting a proposed resolution and title approving water source development agreement for  on behalf of a b c give element company l o l c trans many copies of documents and three proposed bills entitle one a bill for an ordinance to amend the state land use district classification from agricultural to urban for and planning director relating to the matter of amending the mali island plan chapter ten implementation program to your policy and intergovernmental affairs committee county communication number fifteen dash eighty from council member  transmitting a proposed resolution and title urging your hawaii state board of geographic names to rename the screen to wild local river to your water resources coming county communication number fifteen dash eighty one from the you have before you number three twenty fifteen a bill for an ordinance amending the fiscal year two thousand and fifteen budget for the county as it pertains to appendix a part one grant revenue schedule of grants by departments of programs been in favor of this agreement this is just really what we consider a stopgap measure we are able to go on our own and have our own billing system so i would ask my members for favorable  chair there is no further business before the council thank you mr clerk thank all the members for their attendance this morning and for this mr wong although we didn't make much use of your talents this