After a short delay, the Honolulu City Council will hear Tom Berg‘s request to let voters repeal the semi-autonomous Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation at the ballot this fall.

The agenda for next week’s meeting in Kaneohe includes first reading of Resolution 12-59, which would initiate the charter amendment process. To get it on the ballot, Berg would need two-thirds support at each of three readings.

Berg introduced the amendment back in February, saying HART had become a “runaway train making decisions that are not accountable to taxpayers.” In March, he released a radio commercial encouraging residents to support his proposal and then complained when it was left off the agenda. He told me the deadline for ballot initiatives is May 24, though I’m not sure where that date came from.

Voters approved the creation of HART in the 2010 election, 63.6 percent to 29.1 percent, but public support for rail has dropped since then.

Berg has other big fish to fry at the ballot box this year. The four-year term originally won by Todd Apo is up, and the stiff competition fighting Berg for the seat includes Rep. Kym Pine and former Rep. Alex Santiago, both of whom support rail.