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CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICES

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing to be held by the Customer Services Department of the City and County of Honolulu.  The purpose of this public hearing is to set forth policies relating to the City’s sponsorship or co-sponsorship of parades and events.

In particular, the rules are intended to be consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses. A violation may be present if a reasonable observer would believe that a governmental action conveys a message that religion or a particular religious belief is favored or preferred.

The rules also establish an executive policy that, when the City sponsors or co-sponsors parades or activities, participation in the parades or events shall be non-discriminatory.

DATE: June 18, 2008

TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

PLACE: Mission Memorial Auditorium
550 South King Street

Anyone may request a copy of the proposed rules at no cost.  To receive a copy, call the
Information Branch at 768-3496 or pick one up Monday through Friday at: Honolulu Hale,
530 South King St, Room 302C, Honolulu, HI 96813, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Any disabled persons requiring special assistance should contact the Information Branch at
768-3496 at least two days before the public hearing date.


LOUISA TE’I
Information Officer
Information Branch
Customer Services Department
City and County of Honolulu

JEFF COELHO
Director
Customer Services Department
City and County of Honolulu
(SB32730 5/14/08)~


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY, CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, will hold a PUBLIC HEARING in the Board Room, Public Service Building, 630 South Beretania Street, on TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, where all interested persons shall be afforded the opportunity of being heard on the adoption of the Proposed FY 2008 - 2009 Operating and Capital Program Budget of the Board of Water Supply for the fiscal year July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.

Information to be discussed at this public hearing is available at Room 201 of the Public Service Building, Board of Water Supply, 630 South Beretania Street.  All comments on or suggested changes to the proposed FY 2008 - 2009 Operating and Capital Program Budget of the Board of Water Supply should be filed in writing before the date of the public hearing or presented in person at the time of the hearing.  Persons wishing to speak are requested to register by 1:00 p.m. with Alison Kawata, 748-5100, by providing your name, phone number, and subject matter of testimony.  Testimony is limited to three minutes and shall be presented by the registered speaker only.  Any questions, please call 748-5100.
Any disabled person requiring special assistance who plans to attend the public hearing, may contact Ms. Alison Kawata at 748-5100, no later than May 19, 2008, so that appropriate accommodations can be provided.
BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
(SB32979 5/14/08)~


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing at the Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 600, Honolulu, Hawaii, on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 4 p.m., for the purpose of considering the application for the transfer of a liquor license set forth hereunder and to hear any protests and objections to this transfer and to determine whether the applicant(s) is a FIT AND PROPER PERSON TO HOLD THE SUBJECT LICENSE, in the granting thereof.  Protests and objections may be made by any registered voter or the owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment for the area within 500 feet of the nearest point within which the licensed premises involved in the transfer application is located.

Persons who wish to testify for or against the granting of a license may either testify in person at the Liquor Commission meeting or submit a written protest to the Administrator of the Commission three (3) working days prior to the date and time of the hearing.

You are further notified that Section 281-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: "Upon the hearing, the Commission shall consider the application and any objections to the granting thereof, and hear the parties in interest.  It shall inquire into the propriety of each transfer and determine whether the proposed transferee is a fit person to hold the license.  It may approve a transfer or refuse to approve a transfer, and the refusal by the Commission to approve a transfer shall be final and conclusive unless an appeal is taken as provided in Chapter 91."

Transfer Application No.: 117
Applicant: S.H. Lee, Inc.
Transfer of license from: H. S. Brickhouse, Inc.
Trade name: Club Golden Gate
Place of business: 98-199 Kamehameha Highway, G-2, Aiea, Hawaii
Class and kind of license: Dispenser General (Categories No. 3 and 4)

Category No. 3 - A premises in which live entertainment or recorded music is provided.
Facilities for dancing by the patrons may be permitted as provided by commission rules.

Category No. 4 - A premises in which employees or entertainers are compensated to sit with patrons whether or not the employees or entertainers are consuming nonalcoholic
beverages while in the company of such patrons pursuant to commission rules.

Dated: May 2, 2008

LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
DENNIS ENOMOTO, Chairman
By ANNA C.  HIRAI

for DEWEY H.  KIM, JR.
Administrator
(SB31197 5/8, 5/15/08)~


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing at the office of the Commission on the sixth floor of the Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering the application for liquor license set forth below and any protests to the granting of said application.

Persons who wish to testify for or against the granting of a license may either testify in person at the Liquor Commission meeting or submit a written protest to the Administrator of the Commission three (3) working days prior to the date and time of the hearing.

You are further notified that Section 281-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: "Upon the day of hearing, or any adjournment thereof, the liquor commission shall consider the application and any protests and objections to the granting thereof, and hear the parties in interest, and shall within fifteen days thereafter give its decision granting or refusing the application; provided that if a majority of the registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked or a majority of the owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against the granting of the license upon the original application, or if there appears any other disqualification under this chapter, the application shall be refused.  Otherwise the commission may in its discretion grant or refuse the same."

You are further notified that Section 281-39.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, reads in pertinent part: "The Liquor Commission or agency of each county may deny or restrict the issuance of a liquor license for on-site sale and consumption by the drink to any applicant whose establishment is or would be located within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary, intermediate, or high school, or public playground utilized extensively by minors, as determined by the Liquor Commission of each county; provided that the Liquor Commission or agency of each county shall deny the issuance of a liquor license if forty per cent of the registered voters for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; or owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked; have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against granting the license."

Application No.: 1583
Applicant: Royal Hawaiian Showroom, LLC
Trade name: Waikiki Nei
Place of business: 2201 Kalakaua Avenue, Suite B401, Honolulu, Hawaii
(Fourth level of Building B in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center)
License applied for: Cabaret General - (Consumption on premises)

A Cabaret license shall authorize the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises.
This license shall be issued only for premises where food is served, facilities for dancing by
the patrons are provided, including a dance floor and live or amplified recorded music or
professional entertainment, except professional entertainment by a person who performs or
entertains unclothed.  The cabaret may be opened for transaction of business from 10 a.m.
to 4 a.m. throughout the entire week.

Dated: May 2, 2008

LIQUOR COMMISSION OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

DENNIS ENOMOTO, Chairman
By ANNA C. HIRAI
for DEWEY H. KIM, JR.
Administrator
(SB31204 5/8, 5/15/08)~


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE NON-POTABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SERVICE IN THE WAIHEE, WAIEHU, PUUOHALA, WAILUKU, AND WAIKAPU AREAS AND FOR APPROVAL OF RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 269-7.5, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES; APPROVAL OF RATES AND CONTRACTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 269-16, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES; APPROVAL OF WAIVERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-61-92, HAWAII ADMINISTRATIVE RULES; AND APPROVAL OF AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 269-19 AND 269-19.5,
HAWAII REVISED STATUTES

DOCKET NO. 2008-0025

The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION of the STATE OF HAWAII ("Commission"), pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes ("HRS") §§ 269-16 and 269-12, HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that it will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. at Maui Waena Intermediate School Cafeteria, 795 Onehee Avenue, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, regarding the application, filed on February 8, 2008, by WAILUKU WATER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, LLC ("WWDC") and WAILUKU WATER COMPANY, LLC ("WWC") (jointly, "Applicants"), requesting, among other things, approval of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") to provide non-potable water distribution service in certain areas of Waihee, Waiehu, Puuohala, Wailuku, and Waikapu on the island of Maui, Hawaii; and approval of rates and certain contracts pursuant to HRS § 269-16 ("Application"). 
The Application states that WWC and its predecessors-in-interest have operated an extensive surface water diversion system, which was originally used to irrigate sugar cane plantations on Maui.  Applicants state that WWC is in the process of transforming the historical plantation ditch system into a public utility pursuant to HRS Chapter 269.  WWDC, whose only member is WWC, was formed in 2007 for the sole purpose of owning and operating the public utility facilities that would provide the proposed non potable water distribution service.
In the Application, Applicants request, among other things, that the Commission: (1) approve a CPCN for WWDC, authorizing it to provide the proposed service; (2) permit WWDC to honor certain existing contracts (including a contract with the County of Maui) by approving the inclusion of such agreements in WWDC’s tariff; (3) approve initial rates for all other customers; and (4) approve the disposition of plant and equipment from WWC to WWDC for utility service and to a third party. 
For customers with certain long term water delivery agreements, Applicants request that the Commission permit WWDC to honor the rates and terms set forth in such agreements by approving the inclusion of such agreements in WWDC’s tariff.  For all other customers, Applicants propose a flat rate of $0.90 per 1,000 gallons.  Applicants’ proposed rates would allow WWDC to earn an additional $170,242, producing final total annual sales revenue of $1,239,857.  Applicants also seek to establish a rate base and fix a rate of return for WWDC in this proceeding. However, Applicants state that the proposed rates will not fully compensate the utility for its projected operating expenses.
The Commission will investigate and determine whether the proposals in the Application, including the proposed revenue increases and revisions to rate schedules, are just and reasonable.  The total revenue requirement for the test year will not exceed $1,239,857.  However, the increases in water rates and charges to be finally approved by the Commission, if any, may be higher or lower than Applicants’ proposed rates and charges noted above.
All interested persons are urged to attend the public hearing to state their views, orally, in writing, or both.  Written statements may be submitted prior to or at the public hearing.  Statements may be mailed to the Public Utilities Commission, 465 South King Street, Room 103, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813.  Statements may also be sent by electronic mail to the Commission’s e mail address at .  All written statements should reference Docket No. 2008-0025 and must include the following information: (1) name of the person submitting the written statement; (2) organization the person submitting the written statement represents (if any); and (3) address of the person submitting the written statement.
Motions to Intervene or Participate in this proceeding shall comply with Subchapter 4, Rules of Practice and Procedure Before the Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 6, Chapter 61.  A motion to intervene or participate in this proceeding shall be filed with the Commission by May 27, 2008.
Copies of the application and supporting documents are available for public inspection during regular business hours at the following locations:

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
465 South King Street, Room 103 MAUI DISTRICT OFFICE
State Office Building #1 State Office Building #1
54 S. High Street, Room 218 54 S. High Street, Room 218
Wailuku, HI 96793 Wailuku, HI 96793
Phone: (808) 984-8182 Phone: (808) 984-8182
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-2020 or
Toll free: 984-2400

WAILUKU WATER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, LLC DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
255 East Waiko Road AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Wailuku, HI 96893 DIVISION OF CONSUMER ADVOCACY
Phone: (808) 244-9570 335 Merchant Street, #326
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 586-2800

Special accommodations for persons with disabilities can be made if requested reasonably in advance by contacting the Commission’s Honolulu office.


_________________________
Carlito P. Caliboso
Chairman
(SB23666 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12/08)~