THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2009

SENATE AD-HOC COMMITTEE

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Chair

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

DATE:	Wednesday, August 19, 2009
TIME:	2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
PLACE:	Hawai‘i State Capitol Conference Room 225 415 S. Beretania Street Honolulu, HI. 96813

A G E N D A

Part I

The purpose of this informational briefing is to obtain information regarding potential impacts on the community resulting from anticipated operational changes at the Kulani Correctional Facility, a 160-bed minimum-security prison that incorporates vocational training and specialized programming for male inmates nearing the end of their sentences.  These changes would come as the result of Governor Linda Lingle’s announced intention to reduce staffing and possibly close the facility.

List of Testifiers:

Hawai‘i County Mayor Billy Kenoi

Hawai‘i State Department of Public Safety

Kat Brady, Coordinator, Community Alliance on Prisons

Part II

The purpose of this informational briefing is to gather information relating to the potential impacts on the community and agricultural industry on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, arising from the anticipated reduction and possible elimination of the plant quarantine branch on the Big Island. The reduction of station staffing and the consequent potential elimination of the branch would come as the result of Governor Linda Lingle’s announced intention to lay off branch staff.

List of Testifiers:

Hawai‘i County Mayor Billy Kenoi

Sandra Kunimoto, Chairperson, Department of Agriculture

Andy Hashimoto, Dean, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources

 Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation

No public testimony will be accepted

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the informational briefing  (i.e., sign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 808-586-6760 to make a request for arrangements at least 24 hours prior to the briefing.  Prompt requests help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at  808-586-6760.

________________________________________ Senator Russell S. Kokubun Co-Chair

________________________________________ Senator Colleen Hanabusa Senate President