NOTICE OF MEETING

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the

OAHU METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION

POLICY COMMITTEE

will be held on
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 1:30 p.m.
in the City Council Committee Room
Room 205, Honolulu Hale
Honolulu , Hawaii

AGENDA

FOR ACTION:

Executive Session : The Policy Committee anticipates convening an executive session to act on the hiring of an OMPO planner and pay adjustments for OMPO excluded employees, pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(2). Please note that the public will be asked to vacate the conference room during the Executive Session. This portion of the meeting may take approximately twenty (20) minutes.

• Hiring of OMPO Planner
• Pay Adjustments for the OMPO Executive Director and Office Manager

Open Session

III. Minutes of the September 2, 2005 Meeting

IV. Citizen Advisory Committee Membership Request

V. 2030 Oahu Regional Transportation Plan

A. Identification of Task Force Members to Investigate the Island-Wide Community Meeting

FOR DISCUSSION:

B. Prioritized Project Listing Using the Congestion Management System

C. Home Telephone Survey #2

VI. Project Status Report: The Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project – Alternatives Considered at the Scoping Meetings

VII. Other Business (Announcements Only)

PUBLIC TESTIMONY will be accepted on any of the above-listed Policy Committee agenda items.  Testimony will be accepted as follows:

Oral Testimony

Oral testimony is limited to one minute per person.

• Written documentation of oral testimony is requested (submit 1 original to OMPO staff).
• Any person wishing to speak on an agenda item may register by:
• Calling 587-2015 at least two (2) hours prior to the start of the meeting (calls to testify at meetings starting before 10:00 a.m. must reach the OMPO office prior to the close of the preceding business day); or
• Signing up in person at the meeting prior to the start of the meeting.

Written Testimony

• 1 original and 15 copies of each written testimony is required.
• Written testimony must reach the OMPO office at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting (for Monday meetings, written testimony must reach the OMPO office by the prior Friday morning).
• Written testimony sent to OMPO via e-mail ( ompotestimony@hawaii.rr.com) and fax (587-2018) will be accepted under the following conditions:
• E-mailed and faxed testimony must reach the OMPO office at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting (for Monday meetings, e-mailed or faxed testimony must reach the OMPO office by the prior Friday morning). To confirm receipt of your testimony, you may call the OMPO office at 587-2015.
• E-mailed and faxed testimony should be limited to the equivalent of 4 single-sided 8‑1/2” x 11” pages , including attachments and other supplemental information.
• If testimony exceeds this requirement, OMPO will only copy and distribute the allowable number of pages.
• Any written testimony brought to the meeting by a testifier may be distributed to the Policy Committee members by said testifier. The original of the written testimony should be given to OMPO staff for OMPO’s records.
• Note : Any personal information (such as home addresses, home phone numbers, cell phone numbers) included on the written testimony will become public information.

Participants who need special accommodations to participate in this meeting should call the OMPO office at 587-2015 at least 72 hours before the meeting.

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