Okay.

It looks like we're about ready, and we're gonna call a kaku.

Members, here's the countdown for Akaku.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Go.

Good afternoon.

Will the agriculture diversification environment and public transportation committee meeting of January thirtieth, twenty twenty six?

Please come to border.

The time is now one thirty three p.m.

three p.m.

members in accordance with Sunshine Law.

If you're not in the Council Chamber County, please identify it.

Miners do not need to be identified.

Also, please see the last page on the agenda for information on meeting connectivity.

Remind remind yourselves to all silence your cell phones.

I am Gabe Johnson, your committee chair.

Also joining us today is Vice Chair Sinense, Aloha Council member.

I see you there.

Yes, it is.

Welcome aboard.

Thank you, Chair.

Next, we have committee member Tom Cook.

Aloha.

Hello, uh, Chair.

Good afternoon.

Uh, there's no currently no testifiers in the key office.

Great, thank you for that.

Moving on to Council Chair Alice Lee, Aloha Council member.

Hi, Chair.

Aloha, everyone.

I'm here alone in my workspace.

Okay, great.

Of course, uh, committee member Tamara Poulton is a member, but she's excused today.

Following up, we have committee member Noelani U Hodgins, Aloha Council member.

Aloha, Chair.

I'm alone in my personal vehicle for the next twenty-six-ish minutes, and then I will be on the road, and I will be listening and following along.

Okay, next we are our non-voting committee members.

Of course, they're always welcome.

Today joining us is Councilmember Keanu Rollins Fernand.

Fernandez Aloha Council member.

Aloha Chair.

Um joining from my private residence on Molokai.

Uh there are two minor children here.

Um, and there will be an adult joining me, my husband Makena Fernandez, uh, shortly.

Uh, and we currently have no testifiers at the Molokai District Office.

Mahalo for having me.

Of course.

Uh, and of course, Councilmember Yukile Sugimer is always welcome.

Uh from our administration, we have corporation counsel, Adrian Rice Snyder, Deputy Corporation Counsel.

Uh okay, and then we have uh resource personnel.

We have Mike Naho O PE, executive director of Caholave Island Reserve Commission on our committee staff.

We have Ellen McKinley, legislative analyst, Casey Apo Takayama, senior legislative analyst, Megan Moniz, legislative attorney, Chrisella Paranata, committee secretary, and Jean Poquipala, our assistant clerk.

Today on our agenda members, we have two items, and I would like to take them up at the same time as they are intertwined, which is a depth one parentheses 11, reviving the Naulu Cloud Bridge.

And in depth 11 parentheses A, scheduling a limited meeting on Caholave on reviving the Naulu Cloud Bridge.

Thank you, members, for being here today.

The purpose of this meeting is to comply with Sunshine Law Procedures to hold a limited meeting on Caholave to see firsthand the efforts to revive the Naulu Cloud Bridge.

A limited meeting is a special meeting where access to the public is restricted or closed.

In order to conduct a limited meeting under Section 92-3.1, parentheses A, Hawaii revised statutes, the committee is required to hold a regular meeting, as we are doing today, to vote on whether a the limited meeting is necessary and the location is dangerous to the health and safety of the attending public for specific reasons.

Or B, this on-site inspection is necessary and public attendance is impractical for specific reasons.

The committee must find by a two-thirds vote that this limited meeting criteria, that these limited meeting criteria are satisfied.