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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 01/19/2006 2004-2006 Gary Safarik James Y. Arakaki, Member Chair Mtr_w "+~y~ Stacy Hlga, Member • ~ Pete Hoffmann, Member Fred C. Holschuh, M.D., Member K. Angel Pilago r Donald Ikeda, Member Vice Chair 4r;•;,•;;,~• Virginia Isbell, Member Bob Jacobson, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 13~" Session DATE: January 19, 2006 (Thursday) PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 10:00 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 582: SOLID WASTE REDUCTION PROJECT/RFP MONTHLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 16, 2005 From Finance Director William Takaba, dated November 25, 2005, transmitting the above report. Comm. 582.1: SOLID WASTE REDUCTION PROJECT/RFP MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 15, 2005 From Finance Director William Takaba, dated December ]9, 2005, transmitting the above report. Comm. 610: PRESENTATION BY JIM HODGE, CEO OF HAWAIIAN WASTE SYSTEMS, LLC ON WASTE PROCESSING AND EXPORT TO THE ROOSEVELT REGIONAL LANDFILL IN EASTERN WASHINGTON S'CATE From Environmental Management Committee (EMC) Chair Gary Safarik, dated December 21, 2005, informing Councilmembers that he will be holding the above presentation at the January 19, 2006 EMC meeting. Mr. Hodge will address Hawaii County's solid waste disposal situation by proposing to process, bale and wrap East Hawai`i's solid waste at their privately-financed facility and transport the waste bales under a 5-year contract for a minimum of 50,000 tons per year. States the process is an innovative, environmentally secure and economically competitive system. /lawai'f County fx nn Ltqua! Opportunity Provider and Emplgver EMC-13 Page 2 January 19, 2006 Comm. 614: PRESENTATION BY GUY KANIHO, GENERAL MANAGER OF PACIFIC WASTE, INC. ON AN INTERIM PLAN TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE EXISTING HILO LANDFILL From Environmental Management Committee (EMC) Chair, Gary Safarik, dated December 21, 2005, informing Councilmembers that he will be holding the above presentation at the January 19, 2006 EMC meeting. Pacific Waste, Inc. is forming a joint venture with FERCO Enterprises, Inc. and Allied Energy Services, LLC for the purpose of creating a municipal solid waste reduction and conversion to energy facility in Hilo. Mr. Kaniho will propose a short term plan to extend the life of the existing Hilo Landfill pending the immediate construction of a modern municipal waste to electrical energy facility. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations to attend this meeting should call 961-8245 by January 17, 2006. Persons using TDDs may call 961-8521. Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are posted and filed at the County Clerk's Office, 25 Aupuni St., Hilo; the Office of the Mayor, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103, Kailua-Kona; the Kona Councilmembers' Oftce, Kailua Trade Center, 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua-Kona; and at the Waimea Council Members' Office at the Holomua Center, 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5, Waimea, Hawaii. For further information, please call 961-8245. Videoconferencine is available at the following locations: • Kona Council Office at the Kailua Trade Center; and • Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center. if for technical reasons the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Submitting Testimony: Those persons wishing to testify in person or by videoconference must register with the County Clerk's staff. Those testifying in person and submitting written testimony at the meeting in Hilo should bring sixteen (16) copies of the testimony for distribution at the meeting. Those testifying by videoconference from the Kona or Waimea Council Offices, should bring one copy of the testimony. Those persons unable to testify in person or by videoconference may submit testimony (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at the above address, (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912, or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony~a co.hawaii.hi.us. Copies will be made and distributed at the meeting when transmitted in a timely manner. In any case, both oral and written testimony will be made a part of the public record. F,MC-13 Page 3 January 19, 2006 Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article I5, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaii County Code}. A lobbyist means "any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public offtcials", subject to specific conditions and exceptions. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawaii County Code}. Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. VIEWING OF MEETINGS ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION -Channel 52 (Hilo/Kona) - Pinance, Environmental Management and Human Services & Economic Development Committee meetings -Wednesdays, January 25 and February 1, 2006, at 8:30 p.m.; Planning and Public Safety & Parks and Recreation Committee meetings -Fridays, January 27 and February 3, 2006, at 8:30 p.m.; and all five Committee meetings -Sunday, February 4, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. Published: Hawaii Tribune Herald and West Hawaii Today -January 15, 2006.