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EMC -17 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Comm. 663: (Bill 193) ADJOURNMENT Page 2 February 2, 2010 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION (requires the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to administer a program to reduce plastic bags to be in effect on January 1, 2011. Also requires 1) DEM to adopt administrative rules pursuant to HRS Chapter 91 within 180 days of the effective date of the ordinance; 2) that businesses shall not provide plastic bags to their customers; 3) Police Officers may issue citations; and 4) provides for fines of $100 to $500} From Council Member Pete Hoffman, dated December 18, 2009, transmitting the above bill and its enclosures. Postponed: January 5, 2010 (Note: There is a pending motion made by Mr. Hoffmann and duly seconded by Ms. Ford to close file on Comm. 663 and recommend passage of Bill 193 on first reading.) The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by January 28, 2010. Relay users please call 711 - 961 -8245 to contact our office. Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available on the County Council -Clerk web page at http: / /co.hawaii.hi.us/ council /agendas_ and actions.htm. For further information, please call 961 -8245. Public Attendance Via Videoconference is available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed: • Kona Council Office, Kailua Trade Center, 75 -5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua -Kona; and • Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5. If for technical or other unanticipated circumstances the video connection cannot be made and /or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Submitting Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawai`i, 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961 -8912; or (3) by e -mail to counciltestimony @co .hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item.