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-iE-~oaT or T--E <br />COMMITTEE ON h~NV[RONMENTAL MANAGEMENT <br />DA~I~I~~: November 20.2008 Re: Comm. 1532/IZes. 826-08 <br />PLACE: Councilroom <br />Ben Franklin Building, 2°~ Floor <br />333 Kilauea Ave. <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br />TIME: 10:30 a.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />I-Iilo. Ilawai`i 96720 <br />Your Committee on Environmental Management, to which was referred Resolution 826-03, <br />reports as follows: <br />Resolution 826-08 was transmitted from Council Member Bob Jacobson, via Communication <br />1582, dated November 10, 2008, seeks to ban food, paper and compostable organics from the <br />landllls by 2012. <br />"1'he purpose of this resolution is to urge the Director of the Department of Environmental <br />Management to develop an ordinance and implement a Pfau to prohibit food, paper and <br />compostable organics from 1-lawai'i County landfills by 2012, reducing the amount ofmaterials <br />going into them. <br />t1t the November 21, 2008 Environmental Management Meeting, Council Member Ikeda <br />expressed his support of the concept and intent of the resolution. <br />Mr. Yagong stated he supported the concept but was concerned as to whether the timing was <br />right to put this measure forward in light of Environmental Management Director Bobby Jean <br />Leithcad= I~odd's statements regarding the feasibility of prioritizing what the resolution calls for <br />~id~en at this time there are pressing needs and priorities for setting up transfer stations at <br />different pre-designated areas of the island. Mr. Yagong stated further that he feels more priority <br />should be placed on the island's solid waste issues. <br />Mrs. Ford stated she supports the resolution and that six months was a reasonable time period for <br />the department to come up with a plan. <br />II~IC Report No. 21 <br />