2021-12-29 EMC special meeting draft minutes

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me to, I can read off that address, but we willbe posting the locations and the ID numbers and meeting numbers on the County site for both DEMand the Environmental Management Commission, and hopefully we'll get the newspapers to put the right time in. Second, it has come to my attention that the Commissioner Olson, we finally got on the line so that’s good,would like to recuse himself from participating in the contested case hearing proceedings due to a conflict of interest. Mr. Olson, would you like to give a brief statement about your recusal. OLSON: Sure. Well, going back to the early days of the Environmental Management Commission, I do not recall whether I was actually on the Commission at the time or whether I was simply tagging along, but I did view the property that you are discussing and the infrastructure that we're talking about. And that was quite some time ago, and I remember having a discussion with the people involved at the time, probably from my perspective, my memory of that is to say the least,clouded. Shortly after that meeting, I ended up in the hospital for a very extended stay. Basically, I died. So my memory is not clear on a lot of things that happened leading up to that event, and I just think it's in the best interest of everyone that Istay out of this. Thank you. ADAMS: We thank you very much, John, for your raising the issue of possible conflict of interest and appreciate the contributions you make to this committee. We do treat Jonas our historian on all things EMC and continue to appreciate his participation, but he is recused from participating in the contested case hearing proceedings. Third item is that EMC Rule 7-9(d) requires the Appellant to give notice of the contested case hearing to surrounding property owners within 300 feet of the affected property. Appellant has satisfied the requirement for today's hearing. Since we are continuing the hearing, Appellant would need to provide notice again, however, due to the short turnaround time that we're dealing with, thank you COVID for messing things up once again, and recognizing the costs associated with the Appellant having to reissue notice, I think it's a good cause for the Commission to waive the EMC Rule 7-9(d). The waiver of this rule can be done by EMC under Rule 2-1, Waiver or Suspension of Rules, which reads that for good cause shown, the Commission may by majority vote, waive or suspend any rule or rules of practice and procedure, provided that rules relating to jurisdictional matters shall not be waived or suspended by the Commission. Having said that, can I have a motion to waive Rule 7-9(d) so that Kai Ala Partners do not have to re-notice their neighbors? through February 28, 2022. No in-person meeting location will be provided during this time period, unless the suspension is earlier terminated or superseded by a separate proclamation. 3