One of three men charged with stealing 19 goats from a North Shore farm was ordered to pay $10,750 in restitution, Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro announced Thursday.

Circuit Judge Colette Garibaldi ordered George Makaniole to pay the owners of North Shore Livestock the fair market value of the goats stolen Sept. 20, 2013.

North Shore Livestock is owned by Raia Olsen, Dan Olsen and Keal Pontin.

Makaniole pleaded no contest Aug. 11 to theft of livestock and was granted a deferral. He disputed paying restitution for the goats, which police appraised at $1,300. A pre-sentence report placed a value of $8,350 on the animals.

Raia Olsen and an independent goat farmer, Dan O’Brien, testified March 30 at a contested-restitution hearing that the fair market value — considering purchase price, breed, size, age and cost of maintenance — for the 19 goats was $10,750.

The cases against the two other men were dismissed last year because of delays caused by late investigative reports and court congestion, the prosecutor’s office said in a news release.

County attempts to promote walking, biking

LIHUE >> Kauai County officials are focusing their efforts on a transportation plan aimed at decreasing the island’s traffic congestion and lowering its carbon footprint.

The Kauai Multimodal Land Transportation Plan, adopted by the Kauai Council in 2013, is meant to lower the number of vehicles on the road and promote other modes oftransportation, such as walking and biking, the Garden Island newspaper reported Monday.

“We shouldn’t just be putting all of our efforts into serving automobiles,” said Tommy Noyes, board member for Kauai Path, an organization promoting awareness of walking and biking.“It’s not efficient and not helping in the long run.”

In 2010 Kauai reported that 54 percent of transportation on the island took place in single-occupant vehicles. Officials are looking to reduce that figure to 39 percent by 2035.

The county’s efforts toward that goal have included expanding walking and biking paths s well as improving bus service.

Another option being considered is limiting the number of rental cars to force visitors and residents to seek other modes of transportation.

“So it’s an integrated system, and we’re looking at paths as one component in that,” Noyes said. “Further along in the development, we’ll be taking a significant percentage of travelersout of single-occupant vehicles and either into the bus system, longer distances with bicycling or short trips on foot.”