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3:25 p.m. Corp Counsel on Bombardier Suit

The Department of Corporation Counsel has responded to Inside Honolulu‘s questions about what losing rail bidder Bombardier‘s new lawsuit means for the city. Our questions were posed over the phone Monday, and the city’s attorneys summarized them and sent the following email today:

Question: Does an appeal to Circuit Court preclude the City from executing the contract? Is the stay still in place?

Pursuant to the State Procurement Code, the stay ended when the DCCA Hearings Officer issued his decision. At this point, HART could proceed with the contracting process with Ansaldo.

Question: Will the appeal create a delay for the project?

No, the project would not be delayed because of the fact that appeals have been taken.

Question: What is the projected cost for the City for defending the new appeals to the FTA and Circuit Court?

That is difficult to estimate. However, the cost of an appeal will likely be less than the DCCA hearings because the appeal will be based on the record already developed and the evidence already submitted at the DCCA.

2:41 p.m. Bombardier’s Lawsuit

The lawsuit challenging the city’s award of the design-build-operate-maintain contract was officially filed in Circuit Court Monday. Bombardier provided Inside Honolulu a copy of its complaint.

Here it is, if you’d like to peruse:

2:22 p.m. Tam Sentencing Delayed Again

Disgraced former Honolulu City Council member Rod Tam will have to wait another few months before learning if he’s going to jail.

Tam’s sentencing on more than 30 misdemeanor convictions for things like filing false documents, theft and campaign finance violations was pushed back Tuesday to November, .

1:05 p.m. Feds To Pay For Kolekole Pass Repair

Sen. Daniel Inouye announced the state of Hawaii will receive $2.5 million in federal funds to repair a part of Kolekole Pass Road in Waianae.

Read about it at .

7:30 a.m. Ethics Panel Waits on Travel Gift Policy

The Honolulu Ethics Commission yesterday declined to issue a report and recommendation regarding acceptance of travel gifts by the Honolulu City Council. Instead, they sent Executive Director Chuck Totto back to iron out some of the details.

The Commission has a that prohibits city officers and employees from accepting gifts — including travel — if the gift is valued at more than $200 and the source of the gift has an interest the public official can affect.

It’s not clear what the new recommendation would cover. The matter was scheduled to be discussed in executive session.

Here’s . The Commission will meet again on Sept. 12.

7:13 a.m. Rod Tam Sentencing

Today’s the day for former Honolulu City Council member Rod Tam‘s sentencing for 34 misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor convictions, including theft and falsifying city documents.

He was going to be sentenced in June, but it was pushed back to today so the judge could take into account eight campaign finance violations.

Newsmaker Interview Today

At noon today, we’ll be hosting Honolulu Department of Transportation Services Director Wayne Yoshioka at our Kaimuki headquarters for a live interview as part of our Newsmaker series.

For more information and to tune in live, go here.

Where’s Carlisle?

At 7 p.m. tonight, Mayor Peter Carlisle will deliver the keynote address at the Honolulu Police Department‘s 168th Recruit Class Graduation ceremony at the Hawaii Okinawa Center, according to his public schedule.

Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu

August 15: Missouri Company Gets Sewer Contracts; Landfill Selection Meetings Postponed; Bombardier Appeals to FTA, Court; Busy Weekend for Rail; Questions for Yoshioka; Ethics Commission Today; Where’s Carlisle?

August 12: Feds’ Rail Lawsuit Response; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Council Agenda Published; Cabinet Gathers; Moku on HUD Meeting; Transportation Newsmaker; Where’s Carlisle?

August 11: Horner Lays It Down; Mayor’s Math Problem; Capitol Moat Sewage; Council Chair on Commissioner’s Ethics Violation; HART Finance Committee to Meet; Where’s Carlisle?

August 10: Vacation Rentals Argument Not Over Yet; Quintal Retires, Quietly; Packed Auditorium; Beat the School Jam; Vacation Rentals on Planning Commission Agenda; Morning Reading; Where’s Carlisle?

August 9: Ethics Agenda Out; EPA Fines Pest Control Co.; Regulating B&Bs Not So Easy; Where’s Carlisle?

August 8: Bombardier on Appeal; Carlisle In Da Hale; Where’s City Oversight?; Police Department Names Names; Carlisle on Japan, in Video; Where’s Carlisle?

August 5: 6:51 p.m. Carlisle in Japan, in Photos; Bombardier Officially Rejected; Ansaldo Enlisted to Fix San Fran’s Light Rail Cars; Traffic Ticket Quota; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Ansaldo Honolulu “Pleased” With Finmeccanica Restructuring; Waianae’s Clean Water Award; Chair Garcia’s Checklist; Where’s Carlisle?

August 4: Congestion Tolls in Honolulu … Someday; HART Here, HART There; Zoning Appeals Board Appointments Advance; Committee Moves Sign Bill Forward; Moratorium Lifted on New Sewer Connections in Waimanalo; Free Speech vs. Open Space; Today’s Committees; Where’s Carlisle?

August 3: Board Defends Rate Hike; Appointee Asked About Water Rates; Tow Trucking Debated; Seniors, Disabled Ask for Help; ORI Discussion Coming Soon; Today’s Committees; Fewer Golfers, More Money; Chang’s Public Service; Where’s Carlisle?

August 2: Case Closed, Not Decided; City Rests, Ansaldo Satisfied; City Witness Rebuts Sumitomo; Ireland, Silva Like Merger; Talking Merger; No Competition for Carlisle; Berg: GOP “Party of the Skin Heads”; Today’s Committees; Want Train? Get Brains; Where’s Carlisle?

August 1: Across the Street?; Waipahu Board Backs Hoopili; Executive Session?; Ansaldo Responds; Rail Appeal Continues, With Questions Churning About Ansaldo; Sewage Spill in Kailua; Where’s Carlisle?