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GREAT-10(3) Reso 25-215 RESOLUTION 25-215, PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE NOTICE AND CONDUCT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS (GREAT-10(3))

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    ### Resolution 25-215 — Sunshine Law Notice Modernization
    **Position: SUPPORT**

    Aloha Chair Batangan and Members of the Committee,

    I testify in support of Resolution 25-215. Replacing the outdated newspaper-publication requirement with notice standards that actually align with how the public receives information today is overdue. People do not learn about County meetings from print classifieds anymore — they learn from mauicounty.us, social media, and community media outlets like ʻŌlelo and Akakū. Updating "public hearing" to "public meeting" simply brings the Charter's language into alignment with the Hawaiʻi Sunshine Law, HRS Chapter 92, which already governs how these meetings must be noticed and conducted. I ask the Committee to advance this resolution.

    Mahalo,
    Shelby "Pikachu" Billionaire