ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hōʻike a e ʻōlelo e komo ana i ka hoʻomalu aupuni. ʻO ka hele aku i kahi hālāwai lehulehu — ʻo ka nānā wale a me ka hoʻolohe wale — he hana kīvika ia. Ke wehewehe nei kēia alakaʻi i nā mea e kālele ai i kou hālāwai aupuni mua loa ma Hawaii.

Makemake wale ʻoe e nānā? Maʻalahi ia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kēlā me kēia hālāwai lehulehu ma ke ʻano he mea nānā. ʻAʻohe kīʻaha e pono ai, ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo e kālele ʻia ai. E noho iho, e hoʻolohe, a e haʻalele i kou makemake.

He aha nā hālāwai hiki iā ʻoe ke hele?

Ke ʻōlelo nei ke kānāwai o Hawaii e wehe ʻia ana nā hālāwai nei iā ʻoe. Ke koi nei ka Kānāwai Lā (HRS Chapter 92) e wehe ʻia ana nā hālāwai āpau o nā papa, nā komisina, a me nā ʻaha aupuni moku a me ka mokuʻāina i ka lehulehu. Eia nā laʻana:

  • Nā hālāwai kōmike o ka ʻAha Kānāwai Mokuʻāina
  • Nā hālāwai ʻaha kaunti a me nā hālāwai kōmike
  • Nā papa a me nā komisina mokuʻāina (Land Use Commission, Board of Education, Board of Water Supply, a pēlā aku)
  • Nā papa kaiāulu (Oahu)
  • Nā komisina hoʻolālā, nā papa pūnaehana ʻāina, a me nā kōmike kōkua

Ke hoʻomalu ʻia nei ka Kānāwai Lā e ka Office of Information Practices (OIP). Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua pani ʻia kahi hālāwai ma ke ʻano kūpono ʻole, a i ʻole ua kūkākūkā ʻia kahi kumuhana o ka papa hana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolaha kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike i ka OIP ma ka helu (808) 586-1400 a i ʻole e kipa i oip.hawaii.gov. E aʻo hou aku i kāu mau kuleana pānaʻi.

Ke hahai nei ka Civi.Me i nā ʻaha he 400 ma luna paha. E nānā i ka papa hālāwai e loaʻa ai kekahi e pili ana i nā kumuhana āu e mālama ai.

Ma mua o ka hālāwai

E ʻimi i ka hālāwai

Pono e hoʻolaha ʻia nā ʻōlelo hālāwai i ʻeono lā kalana ma mua o ka hālāwai. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo ka lā, ka manawa, ka wahi (a i ʻole ka loulou pūnaewele), a me ka papa hana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻōlelo hālāwai ma:

E nānā i ka papa hana

Ke hōʻike nei ka papa hana i nā mea e kūkākūkā ʻia ana. Pono e hoʻolaha ʻia me ka ʻōlelo hālāwai. E heluhelu wikiwiki ma mua o kou hele ʻana e ʻike ai i nā mea e kālele ʻia ana. Inā e pili ana kekahi kumuhana o ka papa hana i kahi nūmela bila, hoʻoholo, a i ʻole hōʻike, e loaʻa paha ia palapala ma ia pūnaewele nō.

E nānā i nā koho pūnaewele

Ke hāʻawi nei kekahi mau hālāwai i ka hiki ke komo mai o waho ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a i ʻole ka kelepona. E hōʻike ana ka ʻōlelo hālāwai inā loaʻa ka komo o waho a e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻikepili hoʻopili. He mea waiwai kēia no ka poʻe o nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe e komo ana i nā hālāwai ma Honolulu.

Nā mea e kālele ai i kou hōʻea ʻana

Ka hoʻonohonoho

E mālama mau ʻia ana nā hālāwai aupuni ma kahi lumi hālāwai, lumi ʻaha, a i ʻole lumi lohe. E noho ana nā lālā o ka papa a kōmike ma ke alo. Loaʻa kahi noho no ka lehulehu. E hōʻea ma nā minuke ʻelua a ʻekolu ma mua — piha mai kekahi mau lumi no nā kumuhana kaulana.

Ka kākau inoa

Loaʻa ma nā hālāwai he papa kākau inoa ma kahi o ka puka. ʻO ka kākau inoa, he mea koho wale nō ia no ka poʻe nānā. Inā makemake ʻoe e hōʻike (e ʻōlelo), loaʻa mau kahi papa kākau inoa ʻokoʻa — akā inā nānā wale ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae.

Ka hele ana o ka hālāwai

E hahai ana ka hapa nui o nā hālāwai aupuni i kēia ʻano hoʻonohonoho māmā:

  1. Ke kāhea ʻana i ka hālāwai — E wehe ana ke poʻo i ka hālāwai a e hōʻoia ana he lawa ka nui o nā lālā e hana ai
  2. Ka ʻae ʻana i nā moʻolelo — E ʻae ana nā lālā i ka moʻolelo o ka hālāwai i hala
  3. Ka hōʻike lehulehu — No nā kumuhana o ka papa hana e wehe ʻia ana i ka ʻōlelo lehulehu, hiki i nā lālā kaiāulu ke ʻōlelo (ma kahi o 2-3 minuke ia mea)
  4. Nā hana kahiko — Nā mea i hoʻomau ʻia mai nā hālāwai i hala
  5. Nā hana hou — Nā mea hou no ke kūkākūkā a me ka koho
  6. Nā hōʻike — Nā hou mai ka poʻe hana, nā kōmike liʻi, a i ʻole nā hui
  7. Nā hoʻolaha — Nā hālāwai e hiki mai ana, nā hanana, a i ʻole nā lā hope
  8. Ka pani ʻana — E pani ana ke poʻo i ka hālāwai

ʻOkoʻa ka ʻano i kēlā me kēia kino. He ʻano koʻikoʻi nui ko nā hālāwai ʻaha kaunti. He ʻano ʻoluʻolu a kūkākūkā ko nā hālāwai papa kaiāulu. Ke kālele nui ana nā hālāwai kōmike o ka ʻAha Kānāwai i nā bila koho ʻia.

Ka ʻōlelo

E hoʻohana ana nā hālāwai aupuni i ka ʻōlelo paʻa e ʻike ʻole ʻia ana paha. Eia kekahi mau huaʻōlelo e lohe ai ʻoe:

  • “Motion” — He manaʻo kūpono na kahi lālā. ʻO ka ʻōlelo “I move to approve item 5” ke manaʻo nei e hana ana ka papa i ia kumuhana.
  • “Second” — E ʻae ana kekahi lālā e nānā i ka manaʻo. Me ka ʻole o ka “second,” ʻaʻole e holo ana ka manaʻo.
  • “Quorum” — Ka nui liʻiliʻi o nā lālā e pono ai no ka hana kūpono o ka kino.
  • “Tabled” — Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi kumuhana no ka kūkākūkā ʻana ma hope aku.
  • “Executive session” — He māhele pani puka o ka hālāwai. ʻO kēia wale nō i ʻae ʻia no nā kumu kānāwai koʻikoʻi — e like me nā pilikia limahana a i ʻole nā hoʻopiʻi e kū ana. E noi ʻia ana ka lehulehu e haʻalele i waho i kekahi manawa.
  • “Public comment” a i ʻole “public testimony” — Ka māhele o ka hālāwai kahi e hiki ai i nā lālā kaiāulu ke ʻōlelo.

Nā ʻōlelo akamai no ka hele ʻana

  • Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻalele i kēlā manawa. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e noho i ka hālāwai āpau. Inā ua kūkākūkā ʻia kāu kumuhana e pili ai, maʻalahi ke haʻalele.
  • E kākau moʻolelo. E kākau i nā mea e hoihoi ai, e hoʻomalimali ai, a i ʻole e haʻahaʻa ai iā ʻoe. Kōkua kēia i kou hahai ʻana ma hope.
  • Mai kaumaha ʻoe e ʻōlelo. He waiwai ko ka nānā ʻana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i nā hālāwai he nui ma mua o kou hōʻike ʻana. Nui ka poʻe kaiāulu maʻa mau i hoʻomaka ma ka nānā wale.
  • Hiki ke lōʻihi nā hālāwai. E holo paha nā hālāwai ʻaha kaunti i nā hola he nui. E lawe i ka wai. He pōkole aku nā hālāwai kōmike.
  • E mālama i ka hauʻoli. E hoʻomaʻema kāu kelepona. Mai hoʻopīhoihoi i ka hana. ʻO ka pālakio a ka ʻuē ʻana i ka wā o ka hōʻike, he mea paʻakikī ia e ʻae ʻia ai.
  • E nīnau ma hope. Inā ua hoʻomalimali ʻia ʻoe e kekahi mea, e ʻōlelo aku i kahi lālā hana a i ʻole lālā papa ma hope o ka hālāwai. Makemake ka hapa nui e wehewehe.

Ma hope o ka hālāwai

E hoʻopuka ʻia ana nā moʻolelo hālāwai ma hope o kēlā me kēia hālāwai — ma kahi o nā pule ʻelua a ʻekolu. ʻO nā moʻolelo ka moʻolelo kūpono o nā mea i kūkākūkā ʻia, o nā manaʻo i hana ʻia, a me ka ʻano i koho ai nā lālā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā moʻolelo ma ka pūnaewele aupuni kūpono.

Inā hoʻopilikia ʻoe kekahi mea i kūkākūkā ʻia ma ka hālāwai, loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia mau koho:

  • E waiho i ka hōʻike palapala ma mua o ka hālāwai aʻe
  • E kākau i kou luna wae e pili ana i ia pilikia
  • E hele i ka hālāwai aʻe e hahai ai i ka holo ʻana o ia kumuhana
  • E haʻi aku i kāu mau hoalauna i nā mea āu i lohe ai — ʻoi aku inā e pili ana ia i ko ʻoukou kaiāulu
  • Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua hōʻino ka hālāwai i ka Kānāwai Lā — no ka laʻana, ua kūkākūkā ʻia kahi kumuhana i ʻole i ka papa hana, a i ʻole ua kipaku ʻia ka lehulehu me ka kumu kānāwai ʻole — hiki iā ʻoe ke waiho i ka pilikia i ka Office of Information Practices

Nā hālāwai papa kaiāulu — Ka wahi maʻalahi loa e hoʻomaka ai

Inā noho ʻoe ma Oahu a ʻike ʻole ʻoe i ka wahi e hoʻomaka ai, e hele i kou hālāwai papa kaiāulu. He 33 mau papa e uhi ana i nā ʻāpana āpau o ka mokupuni. He ʻoluʻolu kēia mau hālāwai, e mālama ʻia ana ka hapa nui i kēlā me kēia mahina i ka ahiahi ma ka hale ʻaina kula a i ʻole ke kikowaena kaiāulu, a e kūkākūkā ana i nā pilikia kūloko e pili pono ana i kou kaiāulu.

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