>> Okay. >> Yes. If I can I would concur with member Deniva on that. And we do have the >> So these would be draft minutes just so you would know and they don't get lost. I don't say they get lo they don't get lost, but your knowledge doesn't get lost of what happened on February 3rd. We're going to meet on March 3rd again, but then those minutes won't get approved until March 3rd and then won't hit you until March 11th. So, the reason that came about last year was so everybody would have an idea, right, of what was going on in the meetings and we have those posted online in draft form as well too. >> Great. Then never mind. >> Sorry. Thanks for that. >> Tried. >> I thought I was doing it. Um, okay. All right. Now, we are moved on to new business.
Mr. Eky, do you want to report on the policy committee meeting held on February 2nd? So, we've got uh a few things going on uh with policy. As um you guys may have read, we we've we've had some discussions uh regarding undocumented students. We went back and forth on whether we uh want to add this policy uh the pros and cons of of uh having that just just having the policy in general. Um so we wanted to bring it back to you guys to the board as a whole to take a look at. Uh so we did we did do a first reading of that. We've we've tweaked some language. This goes back to the fall we started looking at this. Correct, Dr. Solen. The uh document. >> Well, we looked at it. Yeah, we looked at it last year. Um and then tabled it in the spring.
So I just wanted to mention that but uh thank you very much Mike. Thank you chair. >> No thank you so much Sure. >> Other questions? Seeing none. All right. Did someone want to ask the director a question? Follow after. Okay. Um, yeah. Take a quick recess. Uh we are uh EDT and waterland is uh decision making on today's agenda. First up SB 2156 relating to land use. uh recommendation is to pass with an SD1 by incorporating the amendments recommended by DBED and the recommendations from OSPD making any necessary technical and non-substantive changes and defecting the effective date to July 1st, 2015.
Um, first on the table, I would like to bring a motion for this group to pursue mediation for the school committee in an effort to increase productive collaboration and con collegiality among members. The motion would authorize the district to enter into an agreement with a mediation service provider. Um I will share that this is a request that is both coming from me and uh other members of the of this committee. Um, I don't want to get too much into it because mediation is a confidential process and so I'm trying to strike the balance between adhering to the open meeting law which says that we do have to advertise that there might be if we do an executive session with medi with mediation as the reason we have to talk a little bit at least about the reason um and I don't want to violate the confidentiality of both mediation as a tool and executive session.
Um basically recognizing that the policy itself was reflective of the law. Um and at the time we decided to hold off and then we um there was interest in bringing it back more recently to review it again as an option. So for your viewing pleasure there are links on the uh the agenda uh online. Yes. Did you talk just some >> We didn't talk any details. Did you like talk some details? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um, so I mean for the past year, I mean this really came to a head with President Trump and for the past year I've tried to um, you know, talk about this uh, privately and publicly too uh, most recently and I'm not sure if you could speak to this uh, Jeff, but just if you've had a chance to um, communicate with your So specifically I'm thinking about Minnesota uh, Minneapolis apolis and jurisdiction.
Members, any questions? Uh I mean discussion sorry uh vice chair Kai for the vote. Chair goes I >> I vote yes. Senator, >> Senator Dimin, >> hi. >> Senator Favlla, >> hi. >> Chair, your recommendations adopted. >> Thank you. The committee on waterland. Same recommendation. >> Chair's recommendation of the committee on waterland culture and the arts on SB 2156 is to pass with amendments. Chair Lee. >> Hi. >> Vice chair goes I senator Chang. >> Hi. >> Senator Lamosa. >> Hi. >> And Sen Senator Dort. >> Hi. >> Measure is adopted. Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. Next up Senate Bill 3085 relating to Hawaii film studio. We are going to pass this with an SD1 by defecting the effective date to July 1st, 2050.
So, I don't want I'm not gonna I'm not going to air all of the dirty laundry right here right now. I'm just saying that right now. Don't ask. I won't tell you. Um, but this is something that has been brought up and I I would encourage strongly. I cannot compel any of you, but I would encourage you strongly um to participate in a process like this. But I am looking. Yes. So, I'm bringing this motion. >> I'll second. >> All right. So, we've got a motion from myself, a second from member child's.
You might even know know about this, Mark, jurisdictional issues. And you end up with a sudden moment in time and who has jurisdiction >> over a dead person. And here's my point. It's not to get a real answer, but that was a rhetorical question. Um, simply to I asked the superintendent just to make sure like our SRO uh has a clear understanding as best he or she can about jurisdiction because I my understanding is there could be like snap decisions made right there in the moment if something drastic you know terrible does happen. So I I definitely feel that the board being on top of this is really important. Um, at the same time, uh, you know, he President Trump ran on a campaign of retribution. That was his, that was where he kicked off his campaign. I believe those were basically like his first words a few years ago.
Any discussion members? Seeing none, vice chair kai for the vote. Chair goes I >> noting the presence of all members. Any opposition or reservation to the chair's recommendation? Seeing heard none chair recommendations adopt. >> Thank you. Committee on water land. Same recommendation. >> Okay. Chair's recommendation on SB3085 to pass with amendments with five members present. Any voting with reservations? Any no votes? Measure is adopted. Mr. Chair, >> Thank you. Next up, Senate Bill 3169. Um I have been uh in conversation with uh Chair Lee in regards to coastal coastal resilience um for not just Mukuji which I have been a huge support of the Montuji Bay and preservation of that area due to uh land degradation um and erosion. Um we are going to look at incorporating this along with Senate Bill 2401 that will help u move this project along faster. um that uh my esteemed chair has been working on full faith in him to help us move this forward.
Any discussion on this? >> All right. I've got member Goodwin. >> Is there a cost? >> Yes. >> Do we know what that is? >> We know that the it would be for the provider that we've briefly started talking to, but have not signed anything with, of course. um they would offer us 150 an hour for actual like in session mediation and then any work that they do outside of that is 100 an hour and you know we are sort of free to set a cap on the cost like we can only do so many hours kind of a thing. Um but yes mediation is not free. >> Just checking. >> Yeah, I appreciate that. That's a it's an important question. Yes, Mayor Dorger. Um, what were you thinking on the like timing of this? I don't mean when it would start. I mean when during the day would you be thinking this is going to happen when we have a meeting at night or on a different night that we would be asked to come?
Uh, he's made it clear that from my perspective, that he looks at sanctuary states and sanctuary cities and we come up with a policy named undocumented students. And I feel like it's us putting a target on our back. Um, so with that said, uh, are we required, I don't know if you mentioned this, I may have missed it. Are we required to do a policy? >> No. >> This is a recommendation from CABE basically. So my general feeling is that uh, we get all of our ducks in a row and we don't actually create a policy like or adopt a policy like this. Um, it occurs to me that perhaps any viewing audience that we may have um does not know that we are talking about fasttracking a policy on student wellness. Um, Dr. Solen, can you just very briefly? >> We actually were starting to talk I think think about the uh the policy on how we navigate uh immigrations and customs enforcement officers.
So in this case, I will be deferring Senate Bill 3169. >> Thank you. And I'll just add um thanks to the chair. Um as we know, we've had several shoreline erosion bills over the last week or so. Um all doing different things. So, we're trying to consolidate and and create a a pathway that uh won't let this project or um uh other things fall off. Uh so, one I'll just say um I've never been there, but it is clearly one of the most dire situations I think um throughout the state. So, I want to make sure that we can do it right and um that uh conversation will continue. >> So, with that, uh Senate Bill 3169 is deferred. So we move on to SB 20001 relating to Bion Drive Community Development District. Um like to um uh similarly uh recommend I'll just note we have three um bills all relating to HCD on this uh agenda um as well as some others we've considered.
That's I just wanted to bring that up maybe from a from my own personal perspective because to try to find a night a different night at this point is like an act of congress but I always like to be at things if they're happening. >> Yeah, I appreciate that. I mean I think that that's something that we can come to sort of an agreement on as a group about how we feel. I do think that like the path of least resistance is adding on an executive session to whatever meeting we might have. That being said, we're going to be tired. It's going to be hanging over our heads during our whole public meeting. Um it doesn't necessarily create the best container for that kind of conversation. Um and still if that is what gets most people to participate, that would be great for me. And also I'm just going to throw this out there.
I think that's where Mr. Ekki started. But yes, indeed, we are going to have to talk about fasttracking the wellness policy. >> Okay. So, I'm the one that's confused. >> Yeah, these guys are so So, we are Yeah. So >> it's kind of hidden above the >> the uh so going to yeah the undocumented students you know we've we've discussed this and and the uh the administration in in each of the schools is aware of of what they're supposed to do should anybody show up and it's >> you know we're pretty comfortable and uh everybody has been trained in in how to respond to everything. So I think we're good. Um, you know, we've talked about that policy. Um, >> and it's there. It's there for you to take a look at. >> So, this is just the first reading. >> That's just the first reading.
Uh we'd like to move these on, but I'll just note um we are now just a few hours away from the deadline to file bills. And so, um, I know on this measure in particular, there were some comments from the community about changes and some of the others, um, that we're not going to have time to incorporate right now in this particular moment, but we'll note those for the next committee. And rest assured, we'll work with the stakeholders um, and community and others to make sure that um, this is done right. Um, so what we're going to do is uh, actually combine these measures together um, into the next bill. Uh so for the moment we'll be deferring SB20001. Uh so we'll go to SB 2599 relating to development. This is the first uh stadium HCDA uh bill. Um so this measure we'd like to move forward and use as the vehicle for the other measures um here.
This is not a oneshot. So the way I understand it, the the service would talk to each person who wanted to participate individually and then we would have group sessions. Um that's my understanding right now of how this process would go. And so this is the kind of thing that is not a we're not just doing this in March. Um this is going to be a a month's sort of long endeavor, something that we actually do. Um I do think that it would be helpful. Um I have participated in other mediation processes, not with this group. Um, but I have found them to be really productive for helping folks be able to realign, um, do a little bit of reset and move forward in a in a in a productive and collegial fashion. Um, it helps people feel heard. It does. Any other discussion questions?
So, you guys can go look at it. So, yeah, it looks like I did skip over the possible the fast tracking. >> So, I'll go back to that one. So, we have a uh I am going to bring a proposal to uh fasttrack a policy because it's law and we don't it's in effect already. So, rather than go through the all of the readings, I'm going to make a motion that the chess board of education wave the second and third readings for policy number 6142.101 and direct superintendent to put that policy into immediate effect. If Mr. So if you or Dr. Sen would you like to explain? >> Oh I'm sorry. >> Second >> Mr. Mr. White seconds. >> Sure. Thanks guys. Um basically the state notified us weeks before our policy meeting that we needed to have an updated wellness policy for March 1st of this year.
So, we'll incorporate well recommendations to to uh move this forward with amendments incorporating the contents of SB20001, which is the banyan drive measure we just spoke about. Um, as well as the contents of SB2604, which is the next measure on the agenda. Um, and the contents of SB 3327, which this committee previously heard and passed out um, uh, few days ago. Um, and then just add in tech amendments and a defective date. And I'll note um you know there are amendments and tweaks I think that some of the testifiers have rightly uh raised on some of these measures. Um so as we move forward uh between now and the next committee hearing we're going to work with the stakeholders to iron those out since we don't have time to actually dive into the substance and draft those amendments um by the deadline when we have to file in just a few hours.
Oh yeah, sorry. member Denife. >> I think that participating in this would be a great step of maturity considering that we have a new superintendent ready to come on board and I think that we should all have our very best foot forward if we want to have somebody here permanently if that is our desire then aligning our behaviors is the right step forward and so I support mediation. >> Thank you. Any other discussion or questions? All right, I think we're ready for a vote. Um, member web, will you call the role, please? >> Sure. Member Dyman, >> yes. >> Member Goodwin, yes. >> Chair Ston, >> yes. >> Member Webb, I'm abstaining. Vice Chair Childs, >> yes. >> Uh, member Deneive, >> yes. >> Mayor Disorger, >> I believe that the motion passes with two abstensions. Thank you all. I really appreciate you entertaining this motion.
Um not really uh adhering to our standard timelines. The good news is that the wellness policy that is before you tonight is in essence a long drawn out. Our original policy was three pages. This pa this one is 15 pages long. All it does is uh reiterate sometimes in several cases um what our current practice is is really redundant uh in a lot of places is what I meant to say. But the um policy itself, there's nothing in the policy that is stuff that we just that we don't always that we don't already do. But for example, we don't indicate that there will be free portable water in cafeterias, which is a USDA requirement in our existing policy. we just we have we have uh water fountains, you know, but you know, we don't say that in our policy, but apparently that's required as part of the federal and state regulation.