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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
March 15, 2017
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 Arryl Kaneshiro, Presiding Officer, at the
Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Wednesday,
March 15, 2017, at 9:12 a.m., after which the following Members answered the call of
the roll:
Honorable Arthur Brun
Honorable Mason K. Chock
Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro
Honorable Derek S.K. Kawakami
Honorable JoAnn A. Yukimura
Excused: Honorable Ross Kagawa
Honorable Mel Rapozo
Minutes of the February 15, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting.
Upon motion duly made by Councilmember Kawakami, seconded by
Councilmember Yukimura, and carried by a vote of 5:0:2
(Councilmember Kagawa and Council Chair Rapozo were excused), the
Minutes of the February 15, 2017 Committee of the Whole Meeting was
approved.
ES-896 Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Sections 92-4,
92-5(a)(4), and Kaua`i County Charter Section 3.07(E), the Office of the County
Attorney, on behalf of the Kaua`i County Council, requests an Executive Session to
brief the Committee of the Whole on matters regarding the Grant of Pedestrian
Access and Parking Easements from CIRI Land Development Company, and related
matters. The briefing and consultation involves consideration of the powers, duties,
privileges, immunities, and/or liabilities of the Council and the County as they relate
to this agenda item.
Councilmember Chock moved to convene in Executive Session for
ES-896, seconded by Councilmember Yukimura.
Councilmember Kaneshiro: We will take public testimony on this
Executive Session. The Executive Session is on the CIRI easement. Is there anyone
in the audience wishing to testify on the Executive Session item?
There being no objections, the rules were suspended to take public testimony.
COW COMMITTEE MEETING 2 MARCH 15, 2017
There being no one present to provide public testimony, the meeting was called
back to order, and proceeded as follows:
Councilmember Kaneshiro: We are going to go into Executive Session. I
think it is going to take about thirty (30) minutes, and then we will be back out. Roll
call vote, please.
The motion to convene in Executive Session for ES-896 was then put, and
carried by the following vote:
FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION: Brun, Chock, Kaneshiro,
Kawakami, Yukimura TOTAL— 5,
AGAINST EXECUTIVE SESSION: None TOTAL— 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: Kagawa, Rapozo TOTAL— 2,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL— 0.
ALLISON S. ARAKAKI, Council Services Assistant I: Five (5) ayes.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:14 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Allison S. Arakaki
Council Services Assistant I
APPROVED at the Committee Meeting held on April 5, 2017:
M L RAPOZO
Chair, COW Committee