2002-03-27 Enviromental Management Commission Minutes

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Minutes for Wednesday, March 27, 2002Page 4 of 5 $400,000 grant that will be given to the Hawaii Island Economic Development Board. David Frankel opposed the motion. Motion is carried. State Bottle Bill – Letter of Endorsement to Mayor Kim  David Frankel motioned that the co-chairs send a letter to the Mayor Harry Kim and the State Legislature supporting the passage of House Bill 1256 and Senate Bill 2266. Peter Martin seconded. Hugh Ono and Carolyn Witcher opposed the motion. Motion carried. Galen Kuba to draft a letter for signature by Barbara and Riley. Solid Waste / Recycling Property Tax Fees – Letter of Recommendation to DEM / Mayor  Kim David Frankel motioned that the commission shall authorize the co-chairs to send a letter to Mayor Harry Kim and the Hawai‘i County Council recommending to support the concept of the creation of a solid waste fee, that shall be paid as a line item on the County real property tax statements, that would, together with an increase of a tipping fee, as a minimum, eliminate the need for general fund transfers to subsidize our solid waste operations. Peter Martin seconded. Motion was unanimously carried. David Frankel and Peter Martin to collaborate on a draft letter for the commissioners to review before the next meeting. Larry to report back to commission on how many people applied for that credit for the commercial haulers. Larry Capellas explained that a single-family residence is an unattached dwelling on a single-family lot and/or agricultural lot. Multi-family structure, commercial and/or industrial structure will not apply. Status of Recycling Coordinator Position  David Frankel moved that a letter be sent to the Mayor and to the Department of Civil Service that we want to make sure this position is created and filled. Mack Asato seconded. Motion was unanimously carried. David Frankel to prepare a letter for co-chairs to review and execute. Discussion on Future EMC Meeting Locations  The location for the next July meeting will be in Waimea. Meeting location for Hilo will be for the months of February, May, August and November. Volcano Transfer Station – Container Donation  Deferred. The Volcano Community Association proposed donating a large recycling container to the County. Increasing the recycling opportunities in Volcano will reduce the amount of garbage headed to the Hilo dump. David wants this listed on the next agenda so that the commission can recommend that the County accept the proposed gift. Larry said that the County’s position is to provide subsidies for recycling. Recycling is left up to private industry. The Solid Waste Division does not have the manpower to manage the container. Commercial haulers will not pick up recycling container owned by other people because of liability. Business Services Hawai‘i is currently picking up the container. Diversion Grant Credits  Deferred. David Frankel proposes that the Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division should offer waste diversion grants of up to $38.00 per ton to remove four tons per day from the waste stream from the Puuanahulu Landfill. Also, that the Hawaii County Council should appropriate funds to increase diversion of waste from the Hilo Landfill and that a recommendation be forwarded to the Mayor and the Hawaii County Council. The County pays Waste Management $43 per ton for garbage taken to Puuanahulu Landfill. We would have to pay $60 per ton if we receive less than 250 tons. If we can reduce the margin up to about 255 tons, we save money. If we go under 250 tons, we would pay more. file://C:\Test1\minutes032702.htm6/22/2011