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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 02/28/2006 2004-2006 Gary Safarik James Y. Arakaki, Member Chair Stacy Higa, Member ~i Pete Hoffmann, Member Fred C. Holschuh, M.D., Member K. Angel Pilago Donald Ikeda, Member Vice Charr •''~•dG•d~"~ Virginia Isbell, Member Bob Jacobson, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 15th Session DATE: February 28, 2006 (Tuesday) PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 11:00 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. 582.7: UPDATE BY CONSULTANTS R.W. BECK, INC. AND HAWKINS DELAFIELD & WOOD LLP, ON THE STATUS OF STAGE 1 AND STAGF. 2 OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR A WASTE REDUCTION FACILITY FOR EAST HAWAII From Environmental Management (EMC) Chair Gary Safarik, dated February 6, 2006, informing Councilmembers of the above; update. Requests Councilmembers to review Comm. 582.2, which explains the procurement process and attaches the Waste Reduction Facility RFP, Comm. 582.5, the January monthly RFP update from the Department of Environmental Management and the February monthly RFP update expected in two weeks. Further requests members to prepare questions for the consultants to be discussed at the February 28, 2006 EMC meeting. Hawaii Coun(y is an Egua(Opporlunity Provider and Employer EMC-15 Page 2 February 28., 2006 Comm. 582.8: SOLD WASTE REDUCTION FACILITY RFP -ADDENDUM NUMBER 1 From Finance Director William Takaba, dated February 8, 2006, submitting the major changes to RFP No 2210 which include the extension of the deadline to submit proposals to March 20, 2006, the extension of the deadline to submit written questions to February 20, 2006, the removal of the prohibition of participating proposers from contacting elected officials, and the revision and clarification of the section relating to contact with regulators. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations to attend this meeting should call 961-8245 by February 24, 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' Office, Kailua Trade Center, 75-:1706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua-Kona; and at the Waimea Council Members' Office at the Holornua Center, 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5, Waimea, Hawaii. For further information, please call 961-8245. Videoconferencing 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. Submittin¢ 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 counci]testimonvna 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. Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, 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 oftcials", 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 46720. EMC-15 Page 3 February 28, 2006 VIEWING OF MEETINGS ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION -Channel 52 (Hilo/Kona) - Public Safety and Parks & Recreation, Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations and Environmental Management Committee meetings -Tuesdays, March 7 and March 14, 2006, at 8:30 p.m.; Finance and Planning Committee meetings- Thursdays, March 9 and March 16, 2006, at 8:30 p.m.; and all five Committee meetings -Sunday, March 19, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. Published: Hawaii Tribune Herald and West Hawaii Today -February 23, 2006.