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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/10/2014 Special Economic Development & IGR Committee Agenda (Water Workshop) SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (SUSTAINABILITY / AGRICULTURE / FOOD / ENERGY) & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING WATER WORKSHOP NOTICE AND AGENDA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014 1:00 P.M. OR SOON THEREAFTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS R E r F I V E D HISTORIC COUNTY BUILDING 4396 RICE STREET, SUITE 201 LIHU`E, KAUAI, HAWAII 96766 '14 NOV -3 P 4 :46 OFFICL tF A. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER. THE COUNTY CLERK COUNTY OF KAUAI B. ROLL CALL. C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. D. PUBLIC COMMENT. Pursuant to Council Rule 13(e), members of the public shall be allowed a total of eighteen (18) minutes on a first come, first served basis to speak on any agenda item. Each speaker shall be limited to three (3) minutes at the discretion of the Chair to discuss the agenda item and shall not be allowed additional time to speak during the meeting. This rule is designed to accommodate those who cannot be present throughout the meeting to speak when the agenda items are heard. After the conclusion of the eighteen (18) minutes, other members of the public shall be allowed to speak pursuant to Council Rule 12(e). E. WATER WORKSHOP: 1. The Kauai County Council's Economic Development (Sustainability / Agriculture / Food / Energy) & Intergovernmental Relations Committee will conduct a second workshop to provide an opportunity for additional and/or clarifying information to be presented relating to the presentations made during the October 9, 2014 Water Workshop. This is a non-decision making, informational workshop to discuss water issues in Kaua`i's Puna District which have been raised by the community group Hui Ho`opulapula Na Wai o Puna ("Hui"). The Workshop is being held so that the Committee can become better informed and the community engaged in broader issues and process. SPECIAL EDR MEETING 2 NOVEMBER 10, 2014 WATER WORKSHOP Representatives from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will make a presentation regarding water resource information available from the USGS. Professor D. Kapua'ala Sproat, with Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law and the Environmental Law Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law, will be available to answer any questions raised by the USGS' presentation or related to her clinic's October 9, 2014 Water Workshop presentation. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has provided funding to Professor Sproat's Environmental Law Clinic this fall to assist the Hui and the County of Kaua`i in better understanding this issue. Dr. Adam Asquith, from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa Sea Grant program, will also be available to answer any questions raised by the USGS' presentation or related to his October 9, 2014 Water Workshop presentation. This Workshop will provide time for open facilitated questions and discussion focused on information presented, process questions, and process options. F. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §92-7(a), the Council may, when deemed necessary, hold an Executive Session on any agenda item without written public notice if the executive session was not anticipated in advance. Any such Executive Session shall be held pursuant to HRS §92-4 and shall be limited to those items described in HRS §92-5(a). (Confidential reports on file in the County Attorney's Office and/or the County Cleric's Office. Discussions held in Executive Session are closed to the public.) G. ADJOURNMENT. H. NOTE: SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS AND SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER AND INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FIVE (5) DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE, TO THE COUNTY CLERK, 4396 RICE STREET, SUITE 209, LIHU`E, KAUAI, HAWAII 96766. TELEPHONE NO. (808) 241-4188. FACSIMILE NO. (808) 241-6349.