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point of the discussion with certain ideas they have in mind. So that was a great attempt to sit down with them. Vice Chair Gaffney asked if there had been any progress on the notification of the public when the greenwaste is going to be shut down without any pre-planning? Apparently, it happened again on this last Sunday. He is just wondering if whoever runs the Civil Defense notification program could get that out to the people. Director Mansour said Civil Defense did not want to overwhelm that channel with DEM notifications. But we are continuing to work with Acting Chief Mike Kaha and our staff. I don't know if we eventually could have our own app, he said. But that's still in discussion and we'll see where we will take it. Over the weekend, last week, we had five people out sick. And that's what happened on the west side. We were short staffed. We only were three staff members for all the facilities on the west side. Ms. Berrig said when we have closures, because they're specific to different areas, not everyone wants to know information about everywhere. You want to know your notification for your transfer station. Unfortunately, if it falls outside of business hours or on weekends, then we can't go through the normal processes of a press release or notifying or getting the information out. But if you sign up here, this is a working system. Vice Chair Gaffney said that if the system does function, then there needs to be some outreach to the public to let them be aware as well. Some people may not want more apps, ever, but at least if they know that that's an option, we're serving them better by letting them know that that option exists. He said he has never received a notice saying that any of the transfer stations were shut down. b. Other (Commissioners may suggest items they would like placed on the next agenda.) Commissioner Olson asked whether there had been any discussion about the possibility of abrupt sea level rise and how that would impact the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant? The complex there was only about 10 feet above sea level. If you follow what's possibly going on in the Antarctic at the moment and other dire predictions about sea level rise, continuing to support that where it is might be questionable. That was one thing on his mind. The other comment was that the green waste trailers had compacting capability, and he does not think that's true anymore. We possibly are having to haul more than we otherwise would if that were still true about the trailers having the ability to compact the green waste to a higher level. Director Mansour, commenting on the sea level rise, said that is a wider, bigger task that the entire state is looking into. Honolulu’s Sand Island facility was designed to be about 16 feet above original ground level. But what they didn't understand is that every property surrounding that new design is going to be underwater anyway, and your infrastructure is going to be 13