2017-05-24 Environmental Management Commission Minutes

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1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS: The meeting was called to order at 10:10 a.m. by Chair Fritz. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 26, 2017 MEETING: Dr. Bennett stated he found 13 items that concerned him but is willing and think it's in the best interest of the Commission to let this go and not review all 13 items as it will take at least half an hour. He made some inquiries and realized that at the last meeting there were some substitutions with the person taking minutes and was told there were difficulties with the recording device. Dr. Bennett would like to provide his annotated copy of his minutes to the Chair for the records and attach as an addendum to the minutes. Mr. Vidgen moved to accept this addendum to the minutes as edited and corrected by Dr. Bennett. Mr. Fear seconded, and it carried unanimously. Dr. Bennett stated he has had members of the public call him and say the minutes are very unclear of what happened. Believes the minutes of the meeting should be able to stand alone and any member of the public should be able to know and understand what happened at the meeting without having to be there. Chair Fritz moved to accept the minutes as written. Mr. Vidgen seconded. Mr. Olson abstained because he was not present at the April meeting. Ms. Schoen stated if Mr. Olson is abstaining, the Commission does not have a sufficient number to take action so it will have to be agendize for the next meeting. Also, if at any time the Commissioners do not feel the minutes are accurate, they may come to the meeting with any changes. All minutes are considered a draft until they are adopted at the next meeting. 3. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA: None 4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS LISTED ON AGENDA: • Jerome Warren stated he did more research on gang cesspools. There is a resale rate per 1,000 gallons of R1 water. This Commission is more concerned with Rl water than gang cesspools. Mr. Warren received information regarding NWalehu's gang cesspool closure from the EPA District Office in San Francisco. There is a federal indictment (per Mr. Warren, he may not be using the correct legal term) against Hawai`i County and named Mayor Kim as the defendant. The County's reply is vague and hard to understand. Today's Director's Report is also flawed as it confuses Na`alehu with Pahala which are two separate towns with sites miles apart. We're still in a fog and doesn't see any clarity coming from this Commission. 5. OLD BUSINESS: a. Litter control options for homeowners (attached to original minutes) o Dr. Bennett worked with Mr. Fear to draft a Resolution about litter issues in Hawai`i County. It's a draft Resolution of the Environmental Management Commission (EMC) of the County of Hawai`i supporting an anti -litter ethic for Hawai`i Island dated today, May 24, 2017. o Mr. Fear stated the penalties for littering need to be higher. o Mr. Vidgen stated the penalties need to be enforced first. o Dr. Bennett would like the Resolution to be communicated to the Mayor, County Council and if the Mayor chooses, passed on to the Departments. 2