HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/21/2021 Special Council minutes (ES-1040) SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 21, 2021
The Special Council Meeting of the Council of the County of Kaua`i was called
to order by Council Chair Arryl Kaneshiro at the Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street,
Suite 201, Lihu`e, Kaua`i, on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 8:41 a.m., after which
the following Members answered the call of the roll:
Honorable Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr.
Honorable Felicia Cowden
Honorable Bill DeCosta
Honorable KipuKai Kuali`i
Honorable Arryl Kaneshiro
Recused: Honorable Mason K. Chock
Honorable Luke A. Evslin
Council Chair Kaneshiro: Please note that we will run today's meeting
pursuant to Governor Ige's Supplementary Emergency Proclamations with the most
• recent relating to the Sunshine Law being his Seventeenth Supplementary
Emergency Proclamation dated December 16, 2020. Please note Councilmember
Chock and Councilmember Evslin have submitted recusal memoranda for today's
Special Council Meeting.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
Councilmember Kuali`i moved for approval of the agenda, as circulated,
seconded by Councilmember Cowden
(No written testimony was received and no registered speakers requested to
testify regarding this agenda item.)
The motion for approval of the agenda, as circulated, was then put, and carried
by a vote of 4:0:0:2 (Councilmember Chock and Councilmember Evslin were
recused).
Council Chair Kaneshiro: The motion is carried. Next item.
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 2 JANUARY 21, 2021
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
ES-1040 Pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Sections 92-4 and
92-5(a)(3), and Kaua`i County Charter Section 3.07(E), the Office of the County
Attorney requests an Executive Session with the Council to discuss the utilization of
the Public Access, Open Space, Natural Resources Preservation Fund for the
acquisition of real property for land conservation purposes. This 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 Carvalho moved to convene in Executive Session for ES-1040,
seconded by Councilmember Cowden.
Council Chair Kaneshiro: Are there any questions or is there any
discussion from the Members?
(No written testimony was received and no registered speakers requested to
testify regarding this agenda item.)
The motion to convene in Executive Session for ES-1040 was then put, and
carried by a vote of 4:0:0:2 (Councilmember Chock and Councilmember Evslin
were recused).
Council Chair Kaneshiro: Motion carried. We will now go into Executive
Session.
ADJOURNMENT.
There being no further business, the Special Council Meeting adjourned at
8:42 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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JADE K. FOUNTAIN-TANIGAWA
County Clerk
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