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Mayor giving us the approval to reach out to legislators on this particular item, for the <br />presentation. <br /> <br />Deputy Counsel Mellon-Lacey said maybe the next step would be a resolution, if that is the <br />direction they want to go. <br />Chair Adams suggested commissioners could come up with a proposal for a letter that they <br />could send, to clarify the specific request. <br /> <br />Commissioner Olson recommended writing a letter to the Mayor’s office, to say in effect “we <br />would like to move forward on this and we would like to have the Council’s concurrence on it.” <br /> <br />Commissioner McIntosh said it sounds like staff are working on the issue. Maybe they should <br />identify what they want to do next, and what they would like the Commission to help them do <br />next, and then come back to the next meeting. <br /> <br />Commissioner Fulton said we can independently speak to our council members, and support <br />the PaintCare program, and maybe look further into what we do as a body. She does support <br />the idea of a letter, but she also recognizes the need to do some preliminary research to <br />identify obstacles, and do some of the work for the County before we pass it off. <br /> <br />Mr. Hayducsko, in response to a question from Commissioner Olson about the volume of paint <br />that would be handled, said we have not received any data from the manufacturers. We can <br />generate numbers from household hazardous waste collections, but that would be a small <br />fraction of what is out there. Currently we do not have that number. That is something <br />PaintCare would be looking into when we develop the fee structure. And they get that data <br />directly from the manufacturer, so they will know how much is being sold. He is hoping the data <br />would be broken out for each County. <br /> <br />Commissioner Olson said he would be surprised if the volume was all that high. Building <br />contractors tend to share resources, so they would be checking with each other before sending <br />anything back. <br /> <br />Chair Adams asked commissioner to study on their own what would be the best approach we <br />should take. She volunteered herself to talk with Mr. Hayducsko, Ms. Berrig, and Deputy <br />Corporation Counsel Mellon-Lacey on what kind of approach we should take next. <br /> <br />ii. <br />Mr. Hayducsko said he was asked to give an overview of the Extended Producer Responsibility <br />programs that we have. They include HI-5, the beverage advance disposal fee, and electronic <br />waste. Manufacturers are doing a great job in the City and County of Honolulu, but they are <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />