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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING <br />AGENDA <br />DATE: October 25, 2017 <br />TIME: 9:00 a.m. <br />PLACE: Hawaii County Building, Puna Conference Room <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1501, Hilo, HI 96720 <br />1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS <br />2. APPROVAL OF REGULAR SESSION MINUTES — September 27, 2017 <br />3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br />4. OLD BUSINESS <br />a. Review letter to Director Kucharski recommending the County of Hawai`i fund and commission a <br />feasibility study on the issue of providing sanitary human waste management in the near coastal zone <br />to include thorough examination of traditional and alternative technologies <br />5. NEW BUSINESS <br />a. Update by Planning Department on General Plan <br />b. Update on Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan <br />c. Site visit for November. As public attendance of the visit to Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant <br />next month would be dangerous to health and safety to the public and public attendance is <br />impracticable, it is recommended that the Commission approve a limited meeting for the site visit <br />portion of next month's meeting pursuant to Hawai` i Revised Statutes § 92-3.1(a)(1) <br />d. Review, discuss and act on a letter requested by County Councilwoman Eoff for policy <br />recommendations on water reuse and conservation <br />e. Brief presentation on disinfection technology and terminology consistency recommendation <br />6. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE <br />a. Director's Report <br />b. Commission Member District Update Reports <br />7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS <br />a. Discuss options on how to receive additional funding for department <br />b. Review letter to the Environmental Management Committee requesting County Council increase the <br />sewer fees <br />8. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS <br />November 22 Kona <br />9. ADJOURNMENT <br />WHCC Comm. Hale <br />The meeting place is accessible to persons with disabilities. To request an Auxiliary Aid or language translation, <br />please call 961-8083 five days prior to the meeting date. Comments may be sent to Department of Environmental <br />Management, 345 Keithan-do'a Street, Suite 41, Hilo, HI 96720 or emailed to cohdem@hawaiicounty.gov. <br />Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai`i County Clerk within five days of becoming a <br />lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai`i County Code} A lobbyist means "any individual engaged for pay or other <br />consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting <br />to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials." <br />{Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai`i County Code} Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available <br />at the Office of the County Clerk -Council, 333 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. <br />County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />