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Chair Pequeño and Commissioners Fulton, Adams, and Gaffney said they wanted to go on record as showing support for the plan. Motion and second: Commissioner Adams moved that the EMC send a letter in support of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan 2019 to the County Council, and Commissioner Gaffney seconded the motion. Commissioner McIntosh said he wanted more time to review the plan’s recommendations before providing his support, as there may be some items he did not agree with. Chair Pequeño said he loaded the plan on the website’s chat section so Commissioner McIntosh could see it. As the County Council is to review the plan in August, the commission needs to act quickly. At Commissioner McIntosh’s request, Chair Pequeño read off the six prioritized recommendations in the plan. Ms. Mellon-Lacey said they should do a roll call vote, as it seemed Vice Chair Olson may have gotten disconnected from the meeting. Vote: Chair Pequeño did a roll call vote. Voting aye were Commissioner Adams, Commissioner Fulton, Commissioner McIntosh, Commissioner Gaffney, and Chair Pequeño. There was no answer from Vice Chair Olson. The motion passed. Chair Pequeño said he would draft a letter and wanted another commissioner to help. Ms. Mellon-Lacey said it would not be a conflict of interest for Commissioner Adams to help, and Commissioner Adams volunteered to do so. Commissioner Fulton asked what the status was of the letter the commission had voted to send to County Council urging that a dialog begin for public-private partnerships for water reuse at Kealakehe. Chair Pequeño said he had the letter and would be working with the secretary to have it sent out. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion on public-private partnerships, such as energy savings performance contracts (“ESPC”) and “Statement of Objectives” Requests for Proposals. Chair Pequeño said he had their secretary provide several items for review: the ESPC guidelines for water resource recovery facilities, the state’s ESPC vendor list, and the RFP on electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. These documents are great examples of how the two mechanisms have been used to facilitate a public-private partnership. Although there may be hoops to jump through, such as due to the Konno decision, this is an opportunity for the county to work with a private entity to complete or do the build-out of certain facilities or infrastructure. 6