2019-06-26 Meeting Minutes (EMC)

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• Coral Reef Alliance is putting together a citizen monitoring program for our county waters. He is not a big fan of non-professionals doing sampling, but he is more than willing to support getting additional sampling across the board. If he drafts a support letter, he will bring it back to the EMC for review. Chair Bennett said the task force has members who have done extensive monitoring and are professionals. The intent is to develop the protocol for quality assured samples. Further discussion was held on various studies being done, developing sampling protocols, and a computer center on water quality with data publicly available. Director Kucharski continued with his report: • Corporation Counsel will be training the commissioners at the next meeting on the Sunshine Law and handling appeals. Director Kucharski provided some printouts to the commissioners from the Cesspool Conversion Working Group’s website and explained the different committees within the group and what they have been doing. RFPs have gone out for technology research and finance research. House Bill 551 extended the deadlines for the group so that funds can be used through 2021, and they have new deadlines for the interim and final reports. 7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Chair Bennett reminded commissioners to let him know if they want something placed on the agenda. 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair Bennett announced the next meeting: July 24, 2019, in Hilo, at the Aging and Disability Resource Center. 9. ADJOURNMENT Motion, second, and vote: Vice Chair Olson moved to adjourn, Commissioner Gaffney seconded the motion, and all commissioners voted aye. The meeting adjourned at 11:05 a.m. Respectfully submitted: Mary E. Fujio, Secretary (with her signature)