2013-08-28 Minutes Environmental Management Commission

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ConstructionA request for design/build is going out with Volcano being first and Glenwood second. • to start this winter. Commission Member District Reports - includes information obtained from meetings with council members and district residents since the last commission meeting. District 2 - Commissioner Randle met with Council Chair Yoshimoto who requested he be kept up- to-date on the solid waste issues. District • — Commissioner Lee asked about the timeline forPdhala Wastewater Treatment Plant and was informed that the plant constructionwould be out • bid in the future. District 3 - Commissioner N -Mijo met with Councilmember Onishi who also requested updates on solidwasteissues. He requested that the commission consider recommending exemption from the restriction of hauling trash to the two county landfills to the Council. SWI3 Chief Goodale spoke of the possible need to bring West Hawai' i trash to the South Hilo 'Sanitary Landfill as work begins on a new cell. The faster the county can put down the "select waste" layer on the new cell, the less time will be spent working in two cells simultaneously and operating costs will be reduced. Additional cost is incurred, both in equipment and labor, when working in two cells at the same time. Currently the Hawaii County Code identifies which transfer station solid waste can be taken to which landfill. It was noted it would be preferable for Councilmember Cnishi to initiate Cade amendment bill and submit it to the commission for review/comment. Goodale said that he had been asked by Councilman. 4nishi to provide what the costs were to the county for working two areas at the same time. As soon as the, conimission receives the bill amendment, it will be agendized. he So 1 `I was requestedto provide THE commissionito-Cite1 work in the two cells at the same time. r 1 BUSINESS Update on efforts to procure a Waste To Energy (WTE) facility - The department will continue doing research which will include the review Maui County's recent Waste to Energy (WTE) RFP as Director Ginoza furnished the department with all documents used for their RFI and r - If enough pertinent information can be obtained from the Maui County RFI, vendor responses, and other sources, the Director is not inclined to do an RFI but is not ruling it out. - Kauai is also considering R !their efforts,available, beincludedin theDirector's disincentive for vendors will be that Hawai'i County has another landfillcounty's solid waste when the SHSL closes so we are not in a critical situation whichallows financially responsible !. at the bids. Updateon Department of Environmentalr ° •`1 1; of Water Supply1'} billing efforts We have DWSi agreement and are looking at implementation next year after software integration has been completed.