2019-06-26 EMC Meeting Agenda and Director's Informational Report

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10. Corporation Counsel will provide training for the EMC on the Sunshine Law and how to handle appeals at the EMC’s 07/24/19 meeting in Hilo. SOLID WASTE DIVISION PROJECTS AND UPDATES 1. OPERATIONS A. WEST HAWAI‘I SANITARY LANDFILL • The contractor is continuing the work for the scale replacement project at the WHSL. Placement of the new scales is expected to take place in early July. • SWD expects to begin using Cell 12 during the latter part of June. Blasting began for the construction of Cell 13 in early June. B. EQUIPMENT SWD is continuing with repair work for equipment at the SHSL and WHSL. The SHSL landfill compactor is expected to be repaired in the new budget year. 2. ADMINISTRATION • SWD will be holding an informational meeting for residential users of the East Hawaiʻi Transfer Sta?ons. This mee?ng will take place on 06/26/19 at 5:00 p.m. at the Aupuni Center Conference room. The meeting is being held to answer questions residential users might have regarding how the closure of the SHSL will affect their ability to dispose of refuse and take care of their recycling. • SWD held interviews for the East Hawaiʻi Superintendent posi?on and expects to ﬁll this position during the month of June. 3. SOLID WASTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS • Site work continues for the new Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Transfer Station. This project is expected to be completed by the end of June 2019. • SWD met with its consultant to discuss Phase II construction of the Ocean View Transfer Station and will work toward developing a set of plans and specifications that can be put out for construction during winter 2019-2020. • A preconstruction meeting was held on the project to conduct the closure of the SHSL. 4. RECYCLING SECTION A. INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE: • The 2019 update of the County of Hawaiʻi Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) will be prepared in compliance with Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 342G, which requires counties in the state to update and revise their solid waste management plans every 10 years. The last update to the County of Hawai‘i’s ISWMP was completed in 2009. • The update to the ISWMP will include an evaluation of local needs and conditions to determine the most effective combined strategy for managing 2