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January 12, 2009 Page 3 of 4 6. Amend the 7`h WHEREAS clause by indenting it to be consistent with the other clauses of the resolution and to read: "WHEREAS, the quickest and cheapest way to immediately reduce our community's greenhouse gas emissions and improve the health of soils on the island is to [get] divert compostable organics [e~tt-e€J from our landfills; and" NOTE: This proposed amendment assumes the intent of the resolution is to ban certain materials from County landfills by 2012, not to remove materials that currently exist in the landfill. The original wording. implies that compostable organics currently in the landfill should be removed from the landfill. 7. Amend the 8ei WHEREAS clause to read: "WHEREAS, this resolution is in keeping with Resolution 356-07, Draft 2; "EMBRACING AND ADOPTING THE PRINCIPLES OF ZERO WASTE AS A LONG TERM GOAL FOR HAWAII COUNTY", adopted [bP~] on December 19, 2007; and" NOTE: Recommend removal of "by this council", as the council that first heazd the resolution at committee level is not the same council that could potentially adopt the resolution. 8. Amend the 9`h WHEREAS clause to read: "[T-HEIiEF9I?E] WHEREAS, we agree to phase these materials out of our landfills by 2012, and ask that Department of Environmental Management staff come back with a plan on how to best accomplish this and how to work with local agencies to encourage the use of compostable organics to sustain the health of our soils[: ]; now, therefore; ' 9: Amend the BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII clause to read: "BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII [te ban] that food, paper, and compostable organics shall be banned from [I-Iawa~i] Hawaii County landfills by 2012 and that the Department of Environmental Management is urged to develop a plan to accomplish this policy and to present it to the [I=Iaivai-i] Hawaii County Council within [six] 6 months of passage of this resolution: '