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COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
Mel Rapozo,Chair /,��L
Ross Kagawa,Vice Chair 1Oa#*r"���'y� Jade K.Fountain-Tanigawa, County Clerk
Mason K. Chock - " it' , Scott K. Sato,Deputy County Clerk•
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KipuKai Kuali`i �`YNtQ Telephone(808)241-4188
JoAnn A. Yukimura \, OFy" Fax (808)241-6349
Email cokcouncil @kauai.gov
Council Services Division
4396 Rice Street, Suite 209
Lihu`e,Kauai,Hawai`i 96766
MEMORANDUM
November 19, 2015
TO: Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., Mayor
FROM: Mel Rapozo, Council Chair Y"1
RE: NOVEMBER 18, 2015 COUNCIL MEETING RECAP
This is to inform you of the action taken by the Council at its
November 18, 2015 Council Meeting:
COMMUNICATIONS:
C 2015-278 Communication (10/20/2015) from the Mayor, transmitting for
Council consideration for inclusion in the 2016 County of Kaua`i Legislative
Package, A Bill for An Act authorizing the issuance of General Obligation Bonds
and making an appropriation, in the amount of$7,150,000 for the following:
• Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center
(Construction & Site Improvements) — $5,000,000
• Centralized Auto Maintenance Facility
(Planning, Permitting & Design) — $550,000
• Kaua`i Fire Department Helicopter Hangar
(Construction) — $500,000
• Salt Pond Master Plan— $400,000
• Veterans Cemetery Facility Construction &.
Improvements — $700,000
(Approved.)
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Council Meeting Follow-up Memo to the Mayor
November 19, 2015
Page 2
C 2015-283 Communication (10/20/2015) from the Director of Finance,
requesting Council approval to dispose the following government records from the
Department of Finance — Real Property Assessment Division, pursuant to
Section 46-43, Hawai`i Revised Statutes and Resolution No. 2008-39 (2008) as
amended, which has been kept for over seven (7) years and are no longer of use or
value:
• P-2 Forms (2006 and prior);
• P-64 Conveyances & Transfer Deeds (2006 and prior);
• Income Exemption & Circuit Breaker Applications (2006 and
prior);
• Permanent Home Use Dedications (1993 and prior);
• Copies of construction plans (all copies — no requirement to
save);
• Appraiser working papers (2006 and prior);
• Long-Term Affordable Rental Applications (2006 and prior);
and
• Miscellaneous files (2006 and prior).
(Approved.)
C 2015-284 Communication (10/21/2015) from the Fire Chief, requesting
Council approval to accept a donation of eleven (11) APX 7000XE portable radios,
valued at eighty-four thousand dollars ($84,000), from Motorola Solutions, Inc., in
honor of Kaua`i Fire Department's 2010 and 2014 Benjamin Franklin Fire Service
Awards for Valor, which will be used to enhance the communication ability of the
Kaua`i Fire Department. (Approved with thank-you letter to follow.)
C 2015-285 Communication (10/30/2015) from the Prosecuting Attorney,
requesting Council approval to correctly reflect State contract amounts and time
frames from agenda items (C 2015-152, May 19, 2015 Council Meeting and
C 2015-265, October 21, 2015 Council Meeting) as follows:
1. Apply for, receive, and expend state funds, in the total
- amount of up to $74,434, to fund one (1) Victim / Witness.. -
Trainee for the period of July 1, 2015 to September 1, 2015,
one (1) Victim / Witness Counselor I for the period of
September 2, 2015 to September 15, 2015, and one (1) Victim
/ Witness Trainee for the period of January 1, 2016 to
June 30, 2017, and fringe benefits, for the Kauai Victim
Witness Assistance Program 16-VW-03 Year 1 and Year 2,
for the term July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017; and
2. To receive and expend State funds in the total amount of up
to $222,628, for the period of July 1, 2015 through
June 30, 2017, for the continuation of the Kaua`i Career
Criminal Prosecution Program. The funding will be
expended on the salary and partial fringe benefits for the
Special Prosecuting Attorney of the Career Criminal
Prosecution staff; and
3. Indemnify the State of Hawaii Department of the Attorney
General for the aforementioned program grants.
(Approved.)
Council Meeting Follow-up Memo to the Mayor
November 19, 2015
Page 3
C 2015-286 Communication (11/04/2015) from the Chief of Police, requesting
Council approval to receive and expend funds from the State of Hawaii
Enhanced 911 (E-911) Board, pursuant to Section 138-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
for the following:
• Non-recurring funding, estimated in the amount of
$2,300,000, for next generation Public Safety Answering
Point (PSAP) software suite which includes integrated
Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Computer Aided Mobile
(Mobile), Records Management System (RMS), and
associated necessary hardware and software.
• Estimated recurring costs associated with the PSAP:, which
includes Master Street Address Guide (MSAG), Imagery
License Agreement, CAD Maintenance, Trunk Charges
(Primary and Alternate PSAP), Long Distance, Text to 911
Service Charges, and Alternate PSAP Call Routing Services
for the following fiscal years (FY):
• FY 2016 - $755,729
• FY 2017 - $760,517
• FY 2018 - $941,704
• FY 2019 - $953,698
• FY 2020 - $953,698
(Approved.)
C 2015-287 Communication (11/05/2015) from the County Engineer,
requesting Council approval to apply for, receive, and expend State of Hawaii
Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School (HDOT-SRTS) program
funding, which are federal funds provided by Section 1404 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU),
as the HDOT is seeking applications to plan, develop, and implement eligible Safe
Routes to School projects. (Approved.)
C 2015-288 Communication (11/06/2015) from the Director of Finance,
transmitting for Council consideration, an amendment. to
Ordinance No. B-2015-797, as amended, relating to the Capital Budget of the
County of Kauai for the Fiscal Year 2015-2016, by revising the amounts estimated
in the Development Fund CIP to establish the project "Koloa/Poipu Intersection
Improvements," as identified as condition #24 in Use Permit U-2005-32, Class IV
Zoning Permit Z-IV-2005-38 for Poipu Realty Partners, LLC, and Kiahuna Mauka
Partners, which was approved by the Planning Commission at its meeting held on
December 19, 2005. (Koloa/Po`ipu Intersection Improvements, Poipu Realty
Partners, LLC— $41,000) (Received for the Record.)
C 2015-289 Communication (11/06/2015) from the Director of Finance,
transmitting for Council consideration, an amendment to
Ordinance No. B-2015-797, as amended, relating to the Capital Budget of the
County of Kauai for the Fiscal Year 2015-2016, by revising the amounts estimated
in the Development Fund CIP to establish the project "Koloa/Po`ipu Intersection
Improvements," as identified as condition #24 in Use Permit U-2006-10, Project
Development Use Permit P.D. U-2006-11, Class IV Zoning Permit Z-IV-2006-13 for
Kiahuna Fairways, LLC, and Kiahuna Mauka Partners, which was approved by the
Planning Commission at its meeting held on March 17, 2006. (Koloa/Po`ipu
Intersection Improvements, Kiahuna Fairways, LLC — $47,750) (Received for the
Record.)
Council Meeting Follow-up Memo to the Mayor
November 19, 2015
Page 4
C 2015-290 Communication (11/02/2015) from the County Attorney,
requesting authorization to expend additional funds up to $26,500 for Special
Counsel's continued services provided in Kauai Police Commission, et al. vs.
Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., in his official capacity as the Mayor of the County of
Kauai, Civil No. 12-1-0229 (Fifth Circuit Court), and related matters. (Approved
as amended to authorize expending additional funds of up to $5,000.)
C 2015-291 Communication (11/05/2015) from the County Attorney,
requesting authorization to expend additional funds up to $40,000 for Special
Counsel's continued services provided in Diana Gausepohl-White vs. County of
Kauai, et al., Civil No. 13-1-0360 (Fifth Circuit Court), and related matters.
(Approved.)
C 2015-292 Communication (11/12/2015) from Councilmember Yukimura,
transmitting for Council consideration for inclusion in the 2016 County of Kauai
Legislative Package, A Bill for An Act authorizing the issuance of General
Obligation Bonds and making an appropriation in the amount of $5,000,000 for the
purchase of the Courtyards at Waipouli affordable housing project.
(Motion to approve failed.)
LEGAL DOCUMENTS:
C 2015-266 Communication (10/01/2015) from the Director of Parks &
Recreation, recommending Council approval of a License Agreement with Boys &
Girls Club of Hawaii, a non-profit Hawaii corporation, for three (3) portables and a
portion of the grounds immediately surrounding the portables located at the Kauai
War Memorial Convention Hall in Lihu`e, Kauai, Hawaii, being a portion of Royal
Patent 4480, Land Commission Award 7713, Apana, Part I to V. Kamamalu, to be
used for youth-related activities in the Lihu`e area.
• License Agreement
(Deferred to the December 16, 2015 Council Meeting.)
_ C 2015-293 Communication (10/23/2015) . from, the Housing Director, _ _
recommending Council approval of a Second Amendment of Ground Lease with Rice
Camp Partners, LP, and Ground Lease with Rice Hoala Partners, LP, for the
Development of Rice Camp Senior Housing Phase II, Tax Map Key
(TMK) No. (4) 3-6-009-001 and (4) 3-6-004-009, Lihu`e Kauai, Hawaii, to include
the following:
1. Execute a Second Agreement of Ground Lease with Rice
Camp Partners, LP, to acknowledge the assignment, amend
portions of Section 18 in the Ground Lease which will no
longer be applicable to Rice Camp Partners, LP, and replace
Exhibit "A" Property Description with a new Property
Description for the Phase I Parcel;
2. Execute a Ground Lease with Rice Hoala Partners, LP, as
Lessee for the Phase II Parcel, granting site control under
the same terms as the Ground Lease dated March 17, 2014,
for the portion of land described in Exhibit "A" Property
Description as the Phase II Parcel; and
3. Authorize the County Clerk to sign lease documents for
recordation with the Bureau of Conveyances. (Approved.)
• Council Meeting Follow-up Memo to the Mayor
November 19, 2015
Page 5
CLAIM:
C 2015-294 Communication (10/30/2015) from the County Clerk,
transmitting a claim filed against the County of Kaua`i by Haley Kuntz, for
damages to her vehicle and personal injuries, pursuant to Section 23.06, Charter of
the County of Kauai. (Referred to the County Attorney's Office for disposition
and/or report back to the Council.)
COMMITTEE REPORTS: APPROVED.
BILLS FOR FIRST READING:
Proposed Draft Bill (No. 2607) —A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. B-2015-797, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CAPITAL
BUDGET OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI, STATE OF HAWAII, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016, BY REVISING THE AMOUNTS
ESTIMATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT FUND (Koloa/Po`ipu Intersection
Improvements, Poipu Realty Partners, LLC — $41,000) (Approved on 1st reading,
Public Hearing scheduled for December 16, 2015, and referred to the Budget
& Finance Committee.)
Proposed Draft Bill (No. 2608) —A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. B-2015-797, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CAPITAL
BUDGET OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI, STATE OF HAWAII, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016, BY REVISING THE AMOUNTS
ESTIMATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT FUND (Koloa/Po`ipu Intersection
Improvements, Kiahuna Fairways, LLC — $47,750) (Approved on 1st reading,
Public Hearing scheduled for December 16, 2015, and referred to the Budget
& Finance Committee.)
BILLS FOR SECOND READING:
Bill No. 2599 — A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. B-2015-796, AS AMENDED, RELATING.TO THE OPERATING
BUDGET OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI, STATE OF HAWAII, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR JULY 1, 2015 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016, BY REVISING THE AMOUNTS
ESTIMATED IN THE GENERAL FUND (Kaua`i Fire Department, Aerial
Apparatus Vehicle 10% County Match— $71,909.00) (Approved.)
Bill No. 2600, Draft 1 — A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 5A, SECTION 5A-11A.1, KAUAI COUNTY CODE 1987, AS
AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BENEFICIAL TAX RATE FOR PROPERTY
USED FOR LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE RENTAL (Approved.)
Thank you for following up as appropriate, including confidential routing to
any appropriate parties, and please do not hesitate to contact me or Council
Services Staff if you need further information. Please note that this memo presents
a summary of the action taken, and reference should be made to the official minutes
for a complete record.
cc: KCT Department Heads (Via E-mail)
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