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Home My WebLink About08/26/2020 Notice and Agenda, Special Council Meeting COUNTY COUNCIL " + - -• OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK Arryl Kaneshiro,Chair °``' ` �'I of �Gr Ross Kagawa,Vice Chair � �\ Jade K Fountain-Tanigawa,County Clerk Arthur Brun v �� .j Scott K Sato,Deputy County Clerk 41 Mason K.Chock 20 NIB 20 A9 ` Felicia Cowden Luke A Evshn '9 -�, s%4, Telephone (808)2414188 KipuKai Kuali`i . OFFacsimile (808)241-6349 E-mail cokcouncil@kauai gov KirilY :a uncil Services Drv�s�on " • 6 Rice Street, Suite 209 Lihu`e,Kaua`i,Hawaii 96766 On March 16, 2020, Governor David Y Ige issued a Supplementary Emergency Proclamation related to COVID-19 which suspended Chapter 92 of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS), relating to Public Agency Meetings and Records(also known as the Sunshine Law). Governor Ige continued the suspension of Chapter 92 with his Sixth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation dated April 25, 2020 On May 5, 2020, Governor Ige issued his Seventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation amending his earlier suspension of Chapter 92 The suspension of Chapter 92 was subsequently continued in his Eighth (May 18, 2020), Ninth(June 10, 2020), and Tenth(July 17, 2020) Supplementary Emergency Proclamations Chapter 92 of the HRS was suspended to the extent necessary in order to enable boards to conduct business in-person or through remote technology without any board members or members of the public physically present in the same location Boards shall consider reasonable measures to allow public participation consistent with social distancing practices, such as providing notice of meetings, allowing the submission of written testimony on items which have been posted on an agenda, providing board packets available electronically, live streaming of meetings, and posting minutes of meetings online Furthermore, if a board has the staffing, technological, and other resources to hold a secure video teleconference (video and audio), it must in good faith, attempt to provide the public with the opportunity to observe the meeting as it happens, and provide an opportunity to deliver oral testimony No board deliberation or action shall be invalid, if such good faith efforts to implement remote technology for public observations and comments do not work The meetings of the Kaua`i County Council will be conducted as follows until further notice. • Meetings will be noticed pursuant to HRS Chapter 92 • The meeting will be closed to the public to be consistent with social distancing practices • Councilmembers and/or resource individuals may appear via remote technology • The meeting will be live streamed and also available as an archived meeting after completion, at www kauai gov/webcastmeetings. Captions will be provided Please note video production services or enhancements will not be available. • Written testimony may be submitted on any agenda item and is appreciated at least one (1) hour prior to the meeting Written testimony may be submitted to counciltestimony@kauai gov, sent via facsimile to 241-6349, or mailed to the Office of the County Clerk, Council Services Division at 4396 Rice Street, Suite 209, Lihu`e, Hawai`i 96766 Any testimony received after this time will be incorporated into the record as appropriate • Oral testimony will be taken at the beginning of the meeting on any agenda item via the Zoom remote technology platform and it shall be the responsibility of the testifier to ensure that the Zoom software is downloaded prior to the meeting Anyone interested in providing oral testimony shall provide a request to the Office of the County Clerk, Council Services Division at least one (1) hour prior to the meeting to cokcouncil@kauai.gov or by calling (808) 241-4188 This request shall include your name, telephone number, E-mail address, and the specific agenda item(s) that you will be testifying on. After oral testimony has been taken, members of the public should continue watching the meeting via the live stream link found at www kauai gov/webcastmeetings. • Minutes of meetings will be completed pursuant to HRS Chapter 92 and posted to the Council's website upon completion and approval AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 RECEIVED 8:30 A.M. OR SOON THEREAFTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS HISTORIC COUNTY BUILDING 20 AUG 20 A8 .48 4396 RICE STREET, SUITE 201 LIHU`E, KAUAI, HAWAII 96766 f A MEETING CALLED TO ORDER. B. ROLL CALL. C APPROVAL OF AGENDA D. COMMUNICATION- 1. C 2020-209 Communication (08/17/2020) from Councilmember Cowden, requesting the presence of Dr Janet M. Berreman, MD, MPH, FAAP, Kaua`i District Health Officer, State of Hawaii, Department of Health, to provide a briefing on Kaua`i's COVID-19 contact tracing program. E. 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 at the Office of the County Attorney and/or the Office of the County Clerk Discussions held in Executive Session are closed to the public.) F ADJOURNMENT G. NOTE: IF YOU NEED AN AUXILIARY AID/SERVICE, OTHER ACCOMMODATION DUE TO A DISABILITY, OR AN INTERPRETER FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, COUNCIL SERVICES DIVISION AT (808) 241-4188 OR COKCOUNCIL@KAUAI.GOV AS SOON AS POSSIBLE REQUESTS MADE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WILL ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME TO FULFILL YOUR REQUEST. UPON REQUEST, THIS NOTICE IS AVAILABLE IN ALTERNATE FORMATS SUCH AS LARGE PRINT, BRAILLE, OR ELECTRONIC COPY. *TO VIEW MEETINGS OR MEETING ARCHIVES, PLEASE VISIT- WWW.KAUAI.GOV/WEBCASTMEETINGS (� ) <C ,< C f1.� � i 1 � `fit I +� GOVERNMENT+ RESIDENTS+ BUSINESS+ VISITORS+ Q J • COUNCIL CALENDAR(NOT PUBLIC) * Government/County Council/Council Calendar(Not Public) Event Detail «All Events When&Where Kauai County Council,Council/Committee Meeting Date/Time Wednesday,August 26,2020 Wednesday August 26 2020 Hawaiian Standard Time Meetings of the Kauai County Council are typically held each Wednesday(unless otherwise Venue noted)beginning at 8.30 a m (unless otherwise noted) To sign-up to receive agendas via E-mail Historic County Building and for any other information related to the Kaua'i County Council,please visit 4396 Rice St,Lihue HI 96766,USA www kauai.gov/council Please call the Office of the County Clerk,Council Services Division at (808)241-4188 for the current schedule and for any additional information Follow And Share . { _Export to my calendar +r Pi id, 'Ilk rti • I - 21 0 111:- a t err. 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