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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
October 2, 2013
A meeting of the Committee of the Whole of the Council of the County of
Kaua`i, State of Hawai`i, was called to order by Jay Furfaro, Chair, at the Council
Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday,
October 2, 2013, at 9:20 a.m., after which the following members answered the call
of the roll:
Honorable Gary L. Hooser
Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Honorable Jay Furfaro
Excused: Honorable Tim Bynum
Honorable Mel Rapozo
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
ES-672 Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes Sections 92-4, 92-5(a)(4),
and Kauai County Charter Section 3.07(E), on behalf of the Council, the Office of
the County Attorney requests an Executive Session with the Council to provide the
Council with a briefing regarding the impact of the Koontz vs. St. Johns River
Water Management District on the County's ability to impose exactions on
developers and issues relating to the County's liability with respect to public access
easements, and related matters. This briefing and consultation involves the
consideration of the powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities of the
Council and the County as they relate to this agenda item.
Chair Furfaro: We have had a presentation from the County
Attorney requesting us to go into Executive Session at present. I will ask for a
motion as it has been my practice, with a roll call vote to go into session. May I
have a motion?
Ms. Yukimura moved to convene in Executive Session for ES-672, seconded
by Ms. Nakamura.
Chair Furfaro: Any discussion members? If not, may I ask
for a roll call vote to go into Executive Session?
COW COMMITTEE 2 OCTOBER 2, 2013
The motion to convene in Executive Session for ES-672 was then put, and
was carried by the following vote:
FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION: Hooser, Kagawa, Nakamura,
Yukimura, Furfaro TOTAL — 5,
AGAINST EXECUTIVE SESSION: None TOTAL — 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: Bynum, Rapozo TOTAL — 2,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL — 0.
Chair Furfaro: Now, to the audience, I am going to ask you
if you can leave for our purpose of going into Executive Session. I need to make
sure that if you have any camera devices, they can stay there, but I want to make
sure that you have unplugged any recording devices. In five (5) minutes we will go
into our Executive Session. Thank you.
There being no objections, the Committee recessed at 9:21 a.m.
There being no objections, the Committee was called back to order at
3:13 p.m., and proceeded as follows:
Bill No. 2497 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE KAUAI
COUNTY CODE 1987, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING A
NEW ARTICLE TO CHAPTER 4, RELATING TO THE
REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS
[This item was deferred to November 13, 2013.]
Chair Furfaro: I do want to let you know that I have
received a request from the Ethics Board to give them more time to study the item
dealing with the parameters set for the Lobbyist. Also in that correspondence, they
chatted with me the fact the Bill currently reads "Effective immediately when it is
passed." They would also need, based on some of the expectations of them, at least
ninety (90) days to implement that. But for right now, we are asking for a deferral
and I would like to honor that. May I have a motion to defer?
Ms. Yukimura moved to defer Bill No. 2497.
Chair Furfaro: I am just being reminded that they asked for
it to be specifically for one month, date specific which would bring it to
November 13, 2013. Thank you trusty staff for being right on top of it.
Upon motion duly made by Ms. Yukimura, seconded by Mr. Kagawa, and
carried by a vote of 5:0:2 (Councilmember Bynum and Councilmember
Rapozo were excused), Bill No. 2497 was deferred to November 13, 2013.
COW COMMITTEE 3 OCTOBER 2, 2013
CR-COW 2013-18: on Resolution No. 2013-67 — RESOLUTION AMENDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-02 RELATING TO
THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL OF THE
COUNTY OF KAUAI FOR THE
ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES AND
THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS
[Approved as Amended.]
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:38 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Allison S. Arakaki
Council Services Assistant I
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on October 16, 2013:
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