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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/25/2010 Public Hearing Transcript re: BILL#2374* AND #2375**PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 25, 2010 A public hearing of the Council of the County of Kauai was called to order by Daryl W. Kaneshiro, Chair, Budget & Finance Committee, on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at 2:00 p.m., at the Council Chambers, 3371-A Wilcox Road, Lihu`e, Kauai, and the pesence of the following was noted: Honorable Tim Bynum Honorable Dickie Chang Honorable Daryl W. Kaneshiro Honorable Lani T. Kawahara Honorable Derek S. K. Kawakami Honorable Bill "Kaipo" Asing, Council Chair EXCUSED: Honorable Jay Furfaro The Clerk read the notice of the public hearing on the following: BILL NO. 2374 - A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. B-2010-705 AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE .COUNTY OF KAUAI, STATE OF HAWAII, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2010 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2011 BY REVISING THE SURPLUS AND APPROPRIATIONS ESTIMATED IN THE GENERAL FUND ($95,000.00 -Solid Waste-Host Community Benefit (CAC Process)) BILL NO. 2375 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. B-2010-706, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI, STATE OF HAWAII FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2010 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2011 BY REVISING THE BUDGET PROVISIONS (Kekaha Host Community Benefits accrued interest account) which was approved on first .reading and ordered to print by the Council of the County of Kauai on July 28, 2010, and published in The Garden Island newspaper on August 10, 2010. The following communication was received for the record: • Bruce Pleas testimony, dated August 25, 2010 • Brenda Jose testimony, dated August 25, 2010 The hearing proceeded as follows: JOSE BULATAO, JR.,: Thank you Mr. Kaneshiro. My name is Jose Bulatao Jr., for the record. I am here as a private citizen in my capacity as a private citizen, I want to make that clear. First of all I would like to thank the members of the Council for due diligence in responding to the request emanating from the community to introduce these bills so that the work on the HCB allotment fund may proceed... primarily with the opportunity for the members of the community to be empowered and to have an opportunity to be involved in the process that continues. We have asked as a community to keep the community informed about the mechanics of the funding so that the community may be apprize as to what the expenditures are and anything relevant to the finances of the HCB funding allocation. We are entirely grateful and I speak as a community resident for that opportunity to have the community residents be a part of the decision making process. This has been something that was a sticking point from the community's perspective and to have been given that opportunity to be participant in the process is appreciated. Thank you very much. Mr. Kaneshiro: Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Bulatao? No questions. Thank you. Anyone else wanted to testify on these two (2) bills 2374 and 2375? Good afternoon and please state your name for the record. EVELYN OLORES: Good afternoon Councilmen, my name is Evelyn Olores, I'm here to speak for the community of Kekaha. I would like to thank this Council for putting up more money so that... I'm seeing at this time that our community members are getting empowered by all these money's that we're looking forward to spending, especially for the community. I have here in my hand which we never had before survey's that I went to the school to do, with the kids. It's interesting to note that these kids came up with their own ideas as to how they would spend the money. You know the teacher's went... were very cooperative, in fact if they couldn't tell us in words, they drew pictures and colored it. A couple of the things that they came up with was a skateboard park, skating rink, more playground equipment, a place where they could go swimming... swimming pool, you know and one (1) thing was interesting is you know Mr. Kawakami, they said we only have two (2) stores in Kekaha... they want more stores... but it was really interesting to see this kind of thing. This survey to me was better than the survey that we sent to the adults because in the adults survey, they said... oh isn't that the County's kuleana, isn't that the State kuleana, isn't that DLNR... but the kids came up with, "if I had one (1) wish, I wish we had a swimming pool" and if you didn't have a swimming pool, what would you like... a skating rink. Those things came up but and more and more... I'm getting different things from the community, we also have community input in their own words, so having the community get empowered to tell us, instead of we telling them... would you like this, or that, etc. They're coming back and telling us, this is what we want. So I'm thankful that this Council would give us a little bit more money so we can come back and say... okay, this is what the community really wants because we have it all here, in black and white and the kids have it in techno color, let me put it that way because they colored their pictures. So I'm hoping that the Council will give us this money and give us a little bit more time so we can go back to the community and come back again and say okay we're ready to tell this Council and the County and the Mayor this is what the community really wants. Thank you. Mr. Kaneshiro: Thank you. Any questions members? Thank you very much. Anyone else is this Chamber wanting to testify on this item? BARBARA BULATAO-FRANKLIN: Good afternoon everyone. For the record my name is Barbara Bulatao-Franklin. I just have a question... we have discussed this within the community and they are curious as to the possibility of having interest accrued retroactively from 2008 for the eight hundred and ten thousand dollars ($810,000). I would just like for you folks to be able to think about that and to see if there is a possibility to do that. I'm open to any questions you might have. 2 Mr. Kaneshiro: Thank you. Any questions by the members of the Committee? If not, thank you for your testimony. Anyone else wanting to speak or publicly testify on this item. Seeing none, this public hearing is now adjourned. There being no further testimony on this matter, the public hearing adjourned at 2:11 p.m. Respectfully submitted, . ~ ~-- PETER A. NAKAMURA County Clerk /ds 3