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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN RAWEEMC 2021/06/15 2020-2022Committee on Regenerative Agriculture, Water, Energy, And Environmental Management 7th Session West Hawaii Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai i June 15, 2021 CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Regenerative Agriculture, Water, ORDER: Energy and Environmental Management was called to order at 9:50 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Kailua-Kona, by Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Chair Mr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Vice Chair (came in later) Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Member Mr. Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Member Ms. Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Member Ms. Heather L. Kimball, Member Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member Ms. Rebecca Villegas, Member STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. The following individuals registered to comment on Comm.286, and came forward when called by the Chair: Corey Harden. Steven Araujo, representing D&D Rubbish Service. Ramona Araujo, representing D&D Rubbish Service. Dorian Gonzalez. Malcolm Kahili. CHR. RICHARDS: Okay, thank you very much. Clerk, let's go down and Communication 286, please. RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, CATIONS: Communications. Comm. 286: REQUESTS DISCUSSION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF UPCOMING CHANGES TO THE LANDFILL TIPPING FEE SCHEDULE From Council Member Matt Kaneali'i-Kleinfelder, dated June 2, 2021. Motion to Close File: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder moved to close file on Comm. 286. Seconded by Ms. David. CHR. RICHARDS: Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Chair. Before I get started, I believe the Director of Environmental Management is present. CHR. RICHARDS: He is. Ramzi, are you out there? There we are. (Note: At this time, Environmental Management Director Ramzi Mansour came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MR. MANSOUR: Yes, I am. CHR. RICHARDS: Okay. Go ahead, Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you for joining us today, Director. Nice shirt, like that is very bright. Just a quick summary. I was approached by some of the members of the community. A lot of our commercial haulers, are concerned, and rightly so, by what at first glance looks like increase in tipping fees. Actually going over the numbers, tipping fees themselves go up about $2.00 a year it's not a substantial increase. What is different about this year and why I brought this communication forward, is that in a bill that was brought before us a couple of years ago, there was a removal of the residential credit. And I just want to verify. Because we were handed a pinkie this morning, but I don't believe this is the final draft of the bill that we passed. Has ordinance 20-86, but is there a residential tax credit still in effect? MR. MANSOUR: Aloha Chair, and Committee Members. It's really not a tax credit. It used to be as part of the 2018. As we submitted before you, can I give you a chronological order of the event? And during the November 2020, that residential credit was taken out of the code and the Admin Rule. We are working with my Administration and staff, in trying to navigate it through how we're going to move forward with that, understanding that took place in the prior Administration. And talking to staff, that residential credit was taken out of the code. So yes, I had some concerns myself. And we're working and navigating it through the current ordinances, and trying to see what we could do to re-establish Page 2 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 that credit, but modify the tonnage. So there's some work that's going on as we speak. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you. So I think its July 1, 2021, this year the residential credit will expire, correct? MR. MANSOUR: That is correct, based on the letter that went out. Unfortunately also the code did not show an expiration date, or implementation dates and process. So we're going to navigate it through the legal aspect, of how we're going to go back and reset it back with modifying the tonnage. But like I said, we are working on navigating through the legal means of how to work on this issue. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: If you could please, what were the legal issues again, with the bill that was passed? MR. MANSOUR: Well we need to, if we're going to re-establish it, my understanding under the prior Administration, it was not included in the code. I still need to find out myself if it was intentionally removed, or was by mistake was taken out of the code. So we need to establish that. And then once we establish that we need to figure out the legal way to get it back, either under the code, do a code change, or do Admin Rule changes. And that's going to come before you to implement the new additions, or changes. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: So that's speaking directly to the residential credit then, was that it was removed somewhere in that bill, yes? MR. MANSOUR: That is correct. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Yeah, I looked over the bill, and we were submitted a bill this morning via pinkie. As I looked through it, I realized that was Draft 2 of Bill Number 82, Ordinance 18-5. But the bill that I remembered being passed was Ordinance 20-86, which wouldn't be a bill, excuse me. But 20- 86 as I looked through it, and I walked through this with one of our testifiers, but as I looked through it, I realize that the process that bill followed I would have to agree did not seem to follow our normal operating procedures in how legislation is crafted, and passed. And that really did raise some questions with me, as far as how we were able to pass a bill—and I take full responsibility, because I saw it in every single meeting—but how we passed that bill was such, not immense changes, but glaring changes. And it caught my attention. So what are the ramifications of that if any? What can we offer the haulers here as, you know, a middle ground while we look at possibly loosing there business here. Page 3 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 MR. MANSOUR: Well there's two things. I think the Communication Number 286 before you today, it addresses the tipping fees. So that tipping fees, we are on the third year that tipping fees going on $2.00 annually. So that's going to continue until 2022, and thereafter it'll become CPI (Consumer Price Index) increases. That's pertaining to the tipping fee, and that we're not going to be able to do anything about it, it's just going to continue. The only one that we're going to entertain looking into is the residential credit. And it depends on, you know, going back and trying to put it back in the Admin Rule or the code itself. And that's going to be a process. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. And then as far as the bill itself, Ordinance 20-86 who is looking at Ordinance 20-86? Or has anybody been assigned to look that over. MR. MANSOUR: Staff we areI guess Greg Goodale, my Division Chief, I think he's logged into this meeting. He could chime in. This was passed, under the prior Administration. And then out of that ordinances it became an Admin Rule. So technically it's already there. The way to modify the changes, we have to go in and come before you, with the new changes and recommendations. So we had to reinstate back the residential credit, with some modification on the tonnage being utilized, because my understanding right now, it's one and half ton per year, per house. With the recyclables going on and people sorting out their plastic and greenwaste, we believe that one and half tons probably it's more coming up to about a ton of credit per year. So that needs to be revised to reflect that tonnage reduction. But the residential credit, I believe it should continue. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: As I look through the existing residential credit, it was based on one and a half tons per household per year. And I just wanted to check on that, it's a fairly old number. And the actual approximate amount of household trash is closer to four tons per year now. Just in a quick Google search, between two to four tons. So that number is actually increased, so the residential credit itself if to be maintained could use some updating as well. I have to say. MR. MANSOUR: Four tons per year, that's too high for a household. The average rule of thumb usually between about a ton to ton and half of waste generation per house. The goal is to reduce that. If we're going achieve zero waste literally everything is going to be recycled, diverted, and out of the landfill. So our goal is with the plastic, cardboard, and greenwaste that should reduce it not increase it. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Okay. Might be worth looking into. This is your area of expertise though, but just again, quick search average household trash per year. Actually it's a higher number now, given I think what we as humans do with most of the things that come into our homes. So I appreciate the latitude in discussing our tipping fees. The reason I'm bringing up 20-86 that Page 4 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 ordinance, is because somewhere in there this body, slightly different now then it was at that time, amended and removed the residential credit. But what's interesting about it, is the way that bill was brought before us crafted and then finalled. Because a lot changed in that bill. Very slight but a lot changed. And I don'tI have to go back and do some research. But I'm worried about the way that bill was passed. CHR. RICHARDS: Okay, let's stay focused. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Again, I'm tying the fee into this, and Chair if you will, because the fee this year although minimal, the people of the county will see a substantial increase in what they pay because the tipping fee this year will go up by $2.00, but the residential credit will expire. So that would drive a very high number for residential haulers. CHR. RICHARDS: And I think that is being understood, and I appreciate that. And I did allow some latitude on this for conversation, but as per the Director right now, this is something that they are reviewing at this point. And so Director, I'm expecting we'll have a communication back from you shortly. But Mr. Kaneali` i-Kleinfelder we do have other Council Members that want to weigh in. And I'm not going to press you for anything right now, Ramzi. But just wrap it up. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: Thank you, Chair. That really was the bulk of what had come about in our conversations. Again, people of Hawaii County given this residential credit expiration, and just being aware and bringing awareness to the fact that we may see some heavy increases in residential hauling rates, which can affect a lot of our communities. Mahalo for the latitude Chair. CHR. RICHARDS: You bet. MR. KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER: I yield. CHR. RICHARDS: Okay, thank you. Ms. Lee Loy. MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. You know, I was focused on the communication, and I know a lot of latitude was given. But I think I'd rather see this communication come back with a broader discussion, Chair. Because my concern now is, everybody understands tipping fees to be residential credits and that's not accurate. And maybe Mr. Goodale you can explain the difference between tipping fees, and residential credits. And I'm trying to keep it focused on the communication itself, because it's going back and forth. And I think we need to keep it in the lane, or re -write this communication to have a broader discussion around all of this as it relates to how we manage our solid waste. Mr. Goodale, if you could explain the vernacular difference between tipping fees and residential credit? Page 5 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 (Note: At this time Solid Waste Division Chief Greg Goodale came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MR. GOODALE: Yeah. Good morning Greg Goodale, Solid Waste Division Chief. Thank you for the opportunity. So the difference between the tipping fee and the residential credit is, the tipping fee is what every vehicle that comes through our scale houses pays when they weigh in on the scale. It's all based on a price per ton. So currently that price per ton is $112.00 a ton, and it will go up to $114.00 starting July 1st of this year. Now as it applies to the residential credit is based off of that rate, so those folks that choose to have refuse picked up from their residence, you know, the residential folks that choose to have the refuse picked up right at their household, they're given effectively what was brought up, one and half tons of credit. So what it really works out to is basically a $168.00 if you apply it to our tipping fee of credit that they're being given for the residential haulers, to then apply as it was set up under the old section of the code. So that's basically the difference. The tipping fee is what everybody pays as it comes across the scale, the residential credit is simply the credit that's given for those folks that choose to have residential pick up from their household. MS. LEE LOY: Thank you. And then this is only people coming across the scale, right? So if you go to throw your own trash, it's free. MR. GOODALE: That's correct. MS. LEE LOY: Okay. You know, I'm willing to entertain this big discussion, but I don't think the communication kind of brings it all in. You know, I think my only suggestion is, I think there needs to be more public awareness brought out when these things are adjusting. That would be my only suggestion. I too have gotten calls from rubbish haulers, and I really appreciate the department, Ramzi and Greg, you know, for standing up a community engagement piece that will be happening a little later for all of the rubbish haulers. But yeah, Chair, if we really want to dig into this, and how we all got here. I think the communication has to be expanded. And that way other testifiers who might have saw this as a commercial issue, rather than a whole solid waste issue and how this entire department is transforming, I would love to hear more feedback. Because this is about all the residents, right, solid waste is for all our residents. But this one was a little narrow. Thank you, Director and Greg, for being here today. That would be my suggestion, if we want to talk about this more is to expand it a little bit more. Chair, I yield. CHR. RICHARDS: Okay. Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy. Do I see any other? I see no other lights. I don't see Heather's light, so we're good. Just going to follow Page 6 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 up a little bit about this. And I think, I'm listening to the fellow Council Members talking story about this. Director, you and I have visited, as you Greg, concerning this. And it's the bigger picture. Ms. Lee Loy, I think is right. And Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder tapped on this, in discussing going forward. We've talked about the Environmental Management Department as a whole, and how we will go forward. Not with just solid waste, but wastewater as well. And the concern going forward, is how do we fund this coming forward? And this is the bigger picture, I think Ms. Lee Loy you're tapping on. To have this further discussion and better understanding. What we will do, Director, I'll get together with you and we'll set up a time. And then have you come back in before this committee, and explain more of a I think a visionary and conceptual process going forward as you're taking this department forward. And things are different now, then they were a decade ago, certainly two or three decades ago. So I think having the vision, and then having a venue to communicate that vison through first here. We can start that, and pose the questions that have been raised today. So hearing that again, Director, thank you guys for your time coming before. Mr. Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder thanks for tickling the issue so we can get this out, and have a better discussion. We have a motion on the floor to close file. All signify by saying "aye." Vote on Comm. 286: The motion to close file on Comm. 286 was carried by Filed the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Inaba Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas and Chair Richards — 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Kierkiewicz — 1. Excused: None. CHR. RICHARDS: So with that, thank you, Director. My office will be in touch with you. Clerk, moving on. ORDER OF The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, RESOLUTIONS: Order of Resolutions. Page 7 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 Res. 143-21: URGES THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT DESTINATIONS TO WHICH THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TRANSPORTS ITS RECYCLABLE WASTE FOR OUT-OF-STATE PROCESSING ABIDE BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS OUTLINED BY THE BASEL CONVENTION Recommends that the County export its recyclable waste to locations that utilize environmentally -friendly recycling processing programs that minimize adverse impacts to humans and the environment. Reference Comm. 282 Intr. by: Ms. Kimball Motion to Approve: Ms. Kimball moved to recommend adoption of Res. 143-21. Seconded by Mr. Inaba. CHR. RICHARDS: Ms. Kimball. MS. KIMBALL: Thank you, Chair. Thanks everyone, for the opportunity to talk a little bit about Basel Convention and about solid waste in general. If you recall from our presentation on the Solid Waste Management Plan, their key objective was all about education. And that's really the impetus behind this bill, is to spend some time putting a little focus on understanding that we as a collective county do need to understand the full lifecycle of our waste, and not just choose to take action in a particular way because it feels good or it sounds good. But we really need to understand, what are the other consequences? And with particular regard to recycling, which this bill addresses. We want to make sure that we are not out sourcing our pollution. Whether it be through sending our plastics to places where it's just going to end up out in the environment, in rivers and streams, or producing more carbon going into the atmosphere, to ship at various places then we're actually saving through the recycling process. This was inspired by two things. One at the State level there was a continuing resolution, in the House that was adopted which supported the Department of Health. And encouraged all the County Environmental Management Departments to get behind the Basel Convention. And then I was also inspired by the presentation we had, I don't know if you recall, during the budget hearings, from the Chair of the Environmental Management Commission who talked about their plans to do a lifestyle study. And she was talking particularly about carbon emissions. So that is the intention of putting forth this resolution today. It's really to begin discussion about making really good decisions, when it comes to Solid Waste Management. That take into full account environmental justice and economic justice as well. We don't want to be sending our waste to places that use child labor, and take advantage of individuals in other countries. Page 8 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 So look forward to any discussion on this, and appreciate my colleagues support. I don't know if EMD (Environmental Management Department) is still on. But you know, generally speaking this is a nonbinding resolution. We have no authority to regulate transboundary interactions. But it is I think good for us as a county, and as a Council to say, you know, we want be thoughtful about protecting our environment globally, and not out source our problems to third world countries. Thank you, Chair. I yield. CHR. RICHARDS: Okay. Thank you, Ms. Kimball. Do I see any lights on, anywhere? Ms. Lee Loy. MS. LEE LOY: Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Ms. Kimball for bringing this forward. You know, we're seeing that managing our waste, is really becoming, you know, at the forefront. I will be supporting this resolution. But I also want to commend you on, this seems to be your practice, is to attach an exhibit that really exemplifies the direction of where you're trying to take a resolution. And I know you said, you know, these are nonbinding. But I think for historical purposes, and how to utilize these so that we can champion more things. The way you structure your resolutions along with the background information, really well done. Thank you. Chair, I'll be supporting this. I yield. CHR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy. Any other comments? Ms. Kierkiewicz. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Thank you, Chair. Mahalo Ms. Kimball, for putting this forward, I really appreciate you tracking this issue on Statewide level. I was just curious, you do call out Department of Health, and the fact that this was something that was elevated by our State Legislature. I mean what kind of conversations are you aware of, in terms of what DOH (Department of Health) is developing in terms of like policies, or guidelines to ensure that vendors are abiding by the convention? MS. KIMBALL: Thank you, Council Member. There's a number of conversations happening around waste, and solid waste management in general. Most of it being directed by really national conversations about how we keep more of our waste locally. And deal with it in ways that don't outsource the problem, like I mentioned. So within our State, there have been conversations, in addition to adopting the Basel Convention, which is generally supported across all counties. Also enhanced producer responsibility, which was presented in one of the testifiers on the other subject matter today. But really looking at from a State level, putting some of the responsibility for the lifecycle based on those that produce it. And so what's being discussed right now, is in addition to the lifecycle study that we're doing a lifecycle study at the State level, with an eye towards whether or not some sort of enhance producer responsibility makes sense. Page 9 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 MS. KIERKIEWICZ: That's great to know. And I appreciate the county and the State kind of working together on this. So that we're not reinventing the wheel, in terms of gathering information. Just follow-up question, when do you anticipate the lifecycle assessment to be completed on the State side? I mean it's obviously a very urgent matter. MS. KIMBALL: So that would actually be something that hopefully gets funded, next session. So that was not funded out of this session. So we're looking probably at least, you know, two years away for something like that. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Yeah. And you know, I just wonder speaking out loud, if this is another opportunity for public-private partnership to lean into folks like Ulupono. To see if they might be willing to chip in a little bit, that way we can get started on these studies sooner rather than later. MS. KIMBALL: Yeah. I think that would be a fantastic idea. And we are always better when we work together. The lifecycle study that is happening in our county, is scheduled I believe to begin shortly. I don't know if we still have DEM on, but that is in the works. That one is already decided on, and funded. MS. KIERKIEWICZ: Great, thank you. Thank you, Chair, for the latitude appreciate it. I'll be supporting this, I yield. CHR. RICHARDS: Mr. Inaba. MR. INABA: Mahalo. I just wanted to say thank you, Heather. And echo Sue's comments when it comes to the structure, it's completely easy to understand what the goal was. Just two pages, I love it. So thank you. I'll be supporting. CHR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Mr. Inaba. Any other, Ms. Villegas. MS. VILLEGAS: Yes. Thank you, Chair. Yeah, I'll echo it again. Thank you, Ms. Kimball for articulating this so palatably, easy to understand. I just had lots of conversations right now, around enhance producer responsibility and how that ties in. Because something about, you know, this Basel Convention and the agreements made there, you know, it outlines the responsibility for us as a county and a State. But incorporating those that are actually creating the waste, when it comes to packaging. And as science continues to progress, and also kind of a returning many countries before the introduction of plastics package their materials. In fact I just saw an image the other day of an ice cream in a cup, made of banana leaves. And it was just such a poignant reminder of the simplicity of another form of packaging. I wanted to, just ask a quick question about the connectivity between the Basel Convention and the new plastics economy and the global commitment, and that activity. Is there a connection between the two of those? Page 10 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 MS. KIMBALL: Yeah, of course. You know, one of the ways to address the issues represented in the Basel Convention, is to deal with more of the waste locally and repurpose it for other uses. And I'd just like to share the reduce, reuse, recycle, because it's really in order on purpose. You know, our first thing is to reduce the overall on plastic, the overall on plastic waste. If we can't reduce what we use, then we got to reuse and repurpose it for something else. Recycling is the very last thing. And unfortunately we've all been fed this line that, if each and every one of us just recycles every water bottle we get, if we just make sure we sort our plastics that we're going to save the world. And truth be told very small percentage, less than 10 percent of a lot of recyclable materials actually end up yeah, depending on which material you're talking about. Plastics is about five percent, water bottles that is. You know, a very small percentage actually gets recycled and put back. So we can't really fool ourselves anymore, and that's part of the purpose of, again, for introducing this resolution is to say, you know, we need to understand the full complexity of the lifecycle, what we're really doing, when we throw our recycling into that blue or green bin. If it's really helping the planet, or if there are better choices, more complete choices, more thoughtful choices that we could make. And part of that is yeah, exactly what you're saying keeping the material locally, and repurposing. And of course ultimately the key part, is reducing overall the introductions of plastics into our ecosystem. Thank you. MS. VILLEGAS: Thank you for that answer, and for pointing out that alignment. In a circular economy, you know, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has done incredible research, and crated great graphs to help us understand the paradigm. One of them is called the butterfly diagram, and how recycling is an option, but actually refurbishing and remanufacturing, and reusing and redistributing, and maintaining and prolonging lifecycles is actually a broader goal and also the manufacture's responsibility. Which then brings me to, and I just kudos to Oahu and Maui for the passage. And all of the people that work so hard to get Bill 40 passed, because that's in direct alignment with us as users eliminating it, even as an option for single use plastics. And I think that's all part of the solution here, to utilize what we have here, but to not use it as a reason for continuing to consume more. Because boy is there a spin on that. And actually the whole concept of recycling, was marketed by petroleum companies. As one of their means to support continued consumption, without any thought for the long term effects on ecosystem and society and our future as a whole. Lord knows we have enough plastic on the south shore of this island, to probably make anything we would ever need again out of plastic. So there's many angles for this to come at. But I thank you for bringing awareness to Basel Convention, it's something I hadn't known about. But it's another avenue, another asset, and another resource for us as a county, and ideally for us as a State to lean on as the Page 11 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 standards, and protocols for consumption. Continue to be realigned to a more regenerative model for us as a society and community. So thank you for that. I'll be supporting this. I yield. CHR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Ms. Villegas. Anyone else? Okay, seeing no other lights come on, I'll weigh in on this. Ms. Kimball, thank you. The Basel initiative, and I also like the fact that you included it in the resolution. So it's front and center, and easy for us to read up on and follow through. Great statement of philosophy going forward, and initiating a direction. It does follow suit with what this Environmental Management team is trying to put forth. And you and I have had discussions on lifecycle of products, whatever the case maybe. This is the problem. And we have products that end of life, you know, stated in some of our testifiers "then what?" Some of the Council Members had said, same thing, "then what?" We run into paradox that if we have an end of life plan for this product, whatever it happens to be. There is a cost to it, and we pay it upfront or we pay it at the end. And this is a conversation going forward. But this puts it on the table to have the conversation, and that's probably the most important thing. Paradoxically if we look at some of our renewable energy things, take photovoltaic for instance, the end of life of those panels also pose a big problem. So on one hand we're improving, on the other hand we got to come up with an answer. So again, we're putting this on the table for the conversation. Of course we're going to support this, because this is a direction this county needs to go and wants to go. So with that, we have a resolution on the floor. Signify by saying aye. (Vote on Res. 143-21: The motion to recommend adoption of Res. 143-21 was (Approved) carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Inaba Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas, and Chair Richards — 9 Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. BILLS FOR the Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, ORDINANCES: Bills for Ordinances. (There were none.) CHR. RICHARDS: With that Clerk, are we at the end of our docket? MR. HENRICKS: Yes, sir. Page 12 RAWEEMC-7 June 15, 2021 ADJOURN- There being no further business, at 10:45 a.m., Mr. Inaba moved to MENT: adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Ms. Lee Loy and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Inaba Kdneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas, and Chair Richards — 9 Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. RICHARDS: We stand adjourned at 10:45 a.m. Approved: Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Chair Regenerative Agriculture, Water, Energy and Environmental Management Committee HR/rk (Date) Page 13