So, our first story is called Rainbow Crow. Have you ever seen a rainbow crow before? No, I haven't either. And by the end of this story, you will know why you've never seen a rainbow crow. And you've only seen a black crow. Are you ready to find out why? All right, here we go. So, it's called Rainbow Crow and it's written by Nancy Van Lawn. She wrote the words, the story, and then it's illustrated by Beatatric Fedel. She did the illustrations. Isn't that a beautiful crow? Rainbow Crow. Here we go. Hope you enjoy the beautiful illustrations here. Rainbow Crow. Long long ago, before the two-leggeds walked the earth, they mean before the humans were living on Earth, the weather was always warm and the animals were always happy. They look very happy in their environment, don't they? But one day, something happened to cause the earth to grow cold.
>> Sure. >> So board, uh this was early early Jan. We we did get a complaint from the from the occupant at 21 Main Street uh unit 2011 that they they had a non-working stove because of a fire. Uh so early Jan we was out at the at the unit verified uh with the fire department that the the there was a fire there. Uh fire chief was on site on the day of the fire and the the uh stove was tagged by the fire department. Uh based on that inspection there was like three four more violations. Uh on Jan 6 we issued the order to correct letter. Uh and it uh there were seven days that we have given them to to the to the YF management. Uh there is a toddler uh that lives on the property but till now we have not gone compliance with this you know this is almost uh month and a half over over that you know.
This is our 101 p.m. agenda and we have a one minute time limit for all testifiers. Um also want to recognize education chair uh Senator Kim. Uh this agenda has two bills. First bill up is Senate Bill 2816 relating to state enterprise zones. Um, first up on the test of fire list we have Dennis Link from the Department of Economic Development and Tourism. >> Hello chairs, vice chairs, committee members stand on it written testimony and support. >> Thank you. Next up testifying for HTDC Trung Lamb. Good afternoon chair committee from HCDC support. >> Thank you. Next up department of taxation. >> Good afternoon chair vice chairman Clinton Piper Department of Taxation. We'll stand on our written comments. >> Thank you. My next up Naoto Weno from University of Hawaii. >> Yes, dear chair, vice chair and members. My name is Na Toeno, director of University Hawaii Cancer Center.
So, um, but I just wanted to give a shout of thanks out, um, to our staff. I know this time of year, there's a lot going in in our schools. Things are very, very busy and and, um, and as I've been around the district, I just see people working hard and just wanted to, um, give a shout of appreciation to everybody who's out there, we're in those last five weeks leading up to standardized testing. And so, I know our teachers and staff are really working hard to get our kids ready for those tests. Um and with that I am going to shift gears um to introduce that we have students from the Kraton Academy who will be performing this evening. Um we um are very fortunate um as a district and the Kraton Academy in particular as a school to have received a Disney musicals in schools grant which has supported um the instruction and the preparation for performance for our students.
>> Thank you for inviting me this evening. My name is Madison Shink and I am a fourth grader at Grace McGuin Elementary School. I would like to share with you a project that is very close to my heart. I got this idea when I was at school for summer camp. I saw a bright blue bench with a carved sign on the back that said buddy bench. If you are not familiar with a buddy bench, a buddy bench is a special bench where someone can go to if they're feeling lonely or have no one to play with. Sometimes I have felt lonely or have no one to play with. And I know for a fact that other students at Grace McGuain Elementary School have felt the same way. Currently, if students are feeling this way, they have no nowhere to go. I thought that that if we get a buddy bench, they would have a special place to go.
It's protocol of this board to use the board to use this board meeting and public participation portions of our meeting to hear from the public. Comments are li limited to three minutes per speaker. We don't engage in discussion or respond to questions at this time. We focus on listening out of respect for our community. However, as appropriate and necessary, we will use the district's regular communication channels to share any information that may address questions or concerns from tonight. So, with that, I'd like to call our first person, Mara Roach, up, please. [snorts and clears throat] Hi, my name is Mara Roach and I spoke at a board meeting last July about starting tennis at Central. I presented a survey showing almost 200 taxpayers signatures supporting tennis and almost 40% of respondents thought that Central already offered tennis. Um, at the time D301 has faculty support and potential coaches.
Hearing none. >> The only one um if you guys read the FYI and the updates, it looked like our kids all the way around did did very well in athletics and arts and all that. >> I mean, there was a lot of good stuff this last weekend. And I still think, if I'm not mistaken, is the boys and girls basketball coming up? >> Yeah, we actually have >> we actually have the regional game tonight and then the following week is the boys regional at the high school >> and it's we're hosting it. >> Yes. >> Next next weekend. >> Yep. This week uh well this week and then next week I believe the regional championship of the Fridays of both week. >> So if anybody has any time in the public come and see some good games. So, we actually have a game going on tonight here.
Either we can't get a hold of the person. Sometimes maybe how we had to write the check out, their business is no longer in business and we can't send it to somebody else. Things like that. So we do have three checks that are listed in your board packet that we will need approval from the board for Cameron to cancel those checks. I'm assuming those probably are not large amounts probably or somebody will be coming back to sending you the checks, right? >> No, they are not.
Any questions or comments or update? >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed the same. Motion carries 70. Thank you, >> Mr. Bainy. Did not have any registered speakers. So, on to superintendent reports. Um, they're not going to be nearly as exciting this month as they were last month. Um, however, next month they should be very good. So, we have some things in the works for for the next board meeting. Um, what I want to provide you with is a report on the construction project. As you can see, we are officially in motion. Uh, inside the buildings, rooms that are being impacted by the first phase um have been are being packed and emptied and prepped. Um dirt work is is underway. The staging area. Um trailers I think should be here tomorrow. Um construction trailers. Um top soil for for the elementary edition uh has been moved and compacted.
So it's really all student driven which is really cool. Um we just put our mission up there as you can see too. But just be leaders within our school and our community and you'll see that as they share some things tonight. So they're going to show you how they're leaders um within Country Meadow. But then also the things they do at Country Meadow that also really helps our community um in Ashley Corona. You know, some of those little surrounding cities that our kids come from, too. I'm Heather Ford. I have done this with Mrs. Pikton for eight years now. Um, I teach kindergarten at Country Meadow. Today, I'm going to introduce to [clears throat] you our three representatives and they were all very gracious about doing this. We did not have to pull any teeth. We all do it. So, I have Maisie Fels. She's up first.
Tiny crystals glittering like diamonds drifted down from the sky, covering the earth with a sparkling softness. The animals, seeing snow for the first time, were not afraid. We're kind of curious like when we have our first snow, how excited we all get. But soon the snow deepened and the mouse disappeared. The tip of his tail was all the animals could see and they began to worry. Can you see the mouse's tail right here? Just his tail is showing. Then the rabbit disappeared. The tips of his ears were all the animals could see. And they worried more. See the little rabbit's ears? It just keeps on snowing and it's too deep for these little animals. At last, the animals gathered together in a clearing deep inside the forest to talk about the weather. What was needed, they decided, was a messenger to travel at once to the great sky spirit and ask him to stop the snow.
So I have three citations uh for value of 100, 200 and 300 issued. The first violation was issued on Jan 6. Uh the second was uh February 2nd and the February 4th, you know. So there are three violations uh that are issued. I'm sorry the the first one is not gen 6. The gen 6 was the order to crack letter. So uh Mr. KJ, can you please tell me like why we have not gone compliance with this so far? You know, >> I would be more than happy to. I'd like to first start out by saying that um while we understand that we must comply with this and we as the owner of the company, I take this quite seriously, but in terms of the events that transpired, I think it's imperative that um uh I articulate that the fire that transpired in the unit was a result of negligence by the tenant.
On behalf of uh Cancer Center Jabson, uh we stand on our comments. >> Thank you. Next up, Department of Business Economic Development. Oh, hi Dave. >> Good afternoon, chair, members of Der, Deputy Director. >> Thank you. Uh next up, HCDA in support. Uh Tom Yamamaica testifying for Tax Foundation of Hawaii on Zoom. >> Uh good afternoon chairs, vice chairs, members of the committees. Tom Yamama Chica from Tax Foundation. Uh we will stand on written comments and be available for questions. >> Thank you. Next up, Patrick Sullivan on behalf of Oceanit in support. Um Ryan Churchill, Pacific Rim with comments. Elizabeth Ignosio, Hawaii Medical Association in support. JC Miku Mikulanic testifying for the Queen's Health System in support. Anybody else wishing to testify on this measure, please? >> Good afternoon, senators. Uh for the record, my name is Russ with APEC uh executive director in Hawaii and I'm here to testify on behalf of of uh the enterprise zone which is very important to our situation right now.
And tonight, everyone who is present will um get to enjoy the performance of our students from the Kraton Academy. Apparently, that's all the time I was given. So, I will >> That's amazing. And just so we know, right after the performance, we're going to go into a 15- 20 minute recess. We have drinks. We can take pictures. There's a stand and repeat over there. So, just so you guys know, right after the performance, you guys can take your pictures, enjoy some treats, and then we'll convene the rest of the board meeting. >> Yeah. And thank you to all the students and families who came out tonight. >> I'm so excited. >> So with that, I'm sure someone out there is in charge of this because if I was in charge of it, no one would be singing. >> Somebody want to take ownership. Are we missing somebody?
I believe that this would be a great way to let other students know that some someone is lonely or feeling in need of a friend. I talked to my mom about this idea. We brainstorm possible problems so we could come up with possible solutions. I did not want kids to be embarrassed or afraid to go to the buddy bench. Everyone needs a buddy sometimes, and the buddy bench is meant to help people and let them know they are never alone. It's not embarrassing to need a friend. I talked to my teacher, Mrs. Riggs, and our school social worker, Mrs. Aosta, about my idea. They loved it. Mrs. Acasta suggested I email my idea to Miss Mr. Modaf. I emailed him my proposal. He said he liked my idea. Next, we needed to think of ways to raise money to buy it. I did some more brainstorming with my mom and we came up with an idea where parents agreed to donate items that I thought were popular.
And most importantly, I discussed the support from the United States Tennis Association, which I'll refer to as the USA. The [clears throat] USDA has a grant of up to $200,000 towards construction, and this is from their website of how they can help with the process, connections to contractors and vendors, um providing 2D and 3D architectural renderings, reviewing construction docs and bids, analyzing profitability and cost recovery, helping make proposals to get funding, considering ways to include pickle ball, and providing a website online booking tools and court security guidance. Um, Mike Sitter responded and I really appreciated the time that Mike took to talk about the growing athletics at Central. Um, and the biggest takeaways from that that I got is that Central's in a conference where all the other schools offer tennis. So the match scheduling is built in and that the hierarchy to move forward with tennis comes from Mike the ad then the school principal a superintendent a formal budget request and finally the board of education approval.
>> Yes, sir. >> What time? >> Uh, I believe 6:00 and 7:30. Um, I believe we play Southland Prep tonight. >> Okay. All right. Let's move this. >> It It's good. I mean, I think we had a couple wrestlers really, really well. Um, did very well. >> Yeah, we actually had two go to state. One was uh two of them qualify for state and one of them won sectional. >> Yeah. Well, he was sectional champ. The other one was third, I think. >> Yep. Y very good. >> Yeah. And I think um if I read right, I know uh Showquire had a competition. They did very well. >> Yeah. I actually started working on the FYI today and I put that in there for this week. So >> yeah. So between sports and and uh like basketball is doing well. So all the way around, I think our students and our coaches are doing great.
>> Any questions regarding the outstanding checks? >> No questions. I entertain a motion to accept the check cancellations. So, I'll second. All >> in favor say I. I. I. Next on the agenda is teacher appreciation grant supplemental pay resolution. >> So this year as we know the teacher appreciation grant did change. In the past we always had a board policy that outlined how we would do our teacher appreciation grant and when we would receive our funds we would meet with the teachers union and we would go over and we would be able to distribute that. This year the state changed all of that and so we no longer have the policy in place and it is now handled by the school corporation and so again we can award up to 20% of our teaching staff a tag grant based on the criteria that the state has given us.
Um knock on wood, we have no no major concerns. I've been very appreciative that they have um really hit the ground running and and uh I I think last week they worked seven days in the week. So uh very for next on the agenda is the consent agenda. Uh approval of bill financial report $80,000 transfer. Correct. and u a donation. >> Correct. >> $750. >> Yes. $750 donation um from Wilkinson Church of Christ to KHS. >> Okay. Give us the bad news, Mrs. Madison. >> Okay. Um tonight for claim approval is um date range 12126 through 21726 number 436129 through 436307 and your total is 1,180,326.93. In your financial report packet you have bank balances. you will see that there is a new account for the 2026 um I'm sorry the 2025 geo bond for the project and so that can earn interest separately and then you have your fund reports cash flows for education operations um just a reminder it's very early in the year for me to try to predict the year end cash balance so um you have transfer resolution of 80,000 from education to ops you'll also see a bank transfer And this is where I transferred the principle of the bond from our regular account to the new account.
She is in fourth grade and this is her second year with us. So, Callen Welman is in third grade. This is his first year. And then we have Emmy Bigalow. And this is her first year at Country Meadow and on our team. So, it was a really cool thing she offered to do, too. So, I'll let you take it away, Lisy. Our jobs at CME are all of them are completed at Friday, and our jobs change every nine weeks. We have paper recycling and plastic recycling. We also have student mentors, which is where a couple people go to kindergarten classrooms for a couple minutes and they mentor help out wherever they can and we have boomerang backpacks where the kids parents can fill out form for them to have extra food for the weekends and they are delivered at Thursday afternoon. So we help um our community by doing plastic recycling.