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BILL NO. >_6s
ORDINANCE NO. 0~ ~fi1 (niz~r 2)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 8 OF THE HAWA[`I COUNTY
CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BY DELETING ARTICLE 8 AND ADDING A NEW
ARTICLE TO ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABILITY ACTION COMMITTEE TO ADVISE THE
DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Purpose. The Council finds that locally, nationally and internationally, there is mounting
scientific evidence and growing public awareness of the earth's limited resources and the
limitation of the earth to absorb the impacts from mankind's activities. Representative of the
earth's fragile condition, Hawaii Island is currently experiencing degradation of water and soil
quality, loss of biodiversity, mounting urban and rural blight and infrastructure shortfalls, and
increasing dispazity of economic and social classes. The Council also recognizes that Hawaii
Island is highly vulnerable to the disruption of supplies and goods, due to the near 95% reliance
on outside food, fuel and fiber necessazy to sustain our communities.
There is great public concern and interest in policies and actions that will positively
impact the ability of our island communities to support and sustain themselves and an expanding
expectation that government will act quickly to establish goals, objectives and policies that result
in practices that enhance and sustain our economy, society and the environment.
Therefore, the Council finds that there is a need to establish a Sustainability Action
Committee to advise the department of reseazch and development in these interests and concerns
for sustainability.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 8 of the Hawaii County Code is amended by repealing
Article 8 in its entirety.
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SECTION 2. A new Article 8 is adopted to read as follows:
Section 2 36 Purpose It is the purpose of this article to provide the necessary
leadership to anchor the department of research and development's plannin¢ policies goals and
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actions in sustainable economic societal and environmental practices. The adoption and
employment of sustainable practices as a framework for business as usual through systematic
change~rocesses which shall result in concrete outcomes chances in multiple functions or
portions of the system and institutionalization of these changes on an on-coins basis to address
sustainable acriculture• alternative enercy fuel and waste management; ecolocical education,
business development Green housing and buildincs~ and protection of biodiversity.
Section 2-37. Sustainability Action Committee.
(a) There shall be desicnated within the department of research and
development a Sustainabilitv Action Committee, which shall sit in an
advisory capacity to the director of the department on matters that support
a sustainable economy society and environment and are within the
department's purview to include energy business development,
avriculture tourism film community development, and other related
subjects The department shall provide support service to the committee
(b) Membership and Term. The committee shall be composed of five
members who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the
council Any member of the committee may be removed upon
recommendation of the mayor and the approval of the council. Members
shall serve a term of five Years. However, for the initial appointment of
members one member shall be appointed for a term of one year one for a
term of two years one for a term of three Years, one for a term of four
years and one for a term of five Years In addition to the five members, the
director or the director's designee will serve as an ex-officio member of
the committee.
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(c) The members shall be broadly representative of the county and
shall be selected on the basis of their knowledge, expertise, proven
innovative and technical skills and ability to network and source cutting
edge technologies with interests in one or more of the following areas:
agriculture business energy tourism community, economics, planning,
architectural design community facilitation and Hawaiian culture.
id) No member shall be eligible for a second appointment to the
committee prior to the expiration of two years provided that members
appointed for a term of one year or two years shall be eligible to succeed
themselves for an additional term.
(e) No member whose term has expired shall continue to serve on the
commission except that if no successor has been appointed and
confirmed the member shall continue to serve for ninety days or until a
successor is appointed and confirmed whichever comes first.
~f) Any vacancy occurring in the committee shall be filled for the
unexpired term.
(g 1 Not more than a bare mai ority of the members shall belong to the
same political party.
(h) Members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed
for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Necessary expenses maybe paid in advance as per diem allowance
pursuant to Chapter 2 Article 16 of the Hawaii County Code.
(i) A chairoerson shall be elected from its membership annually.
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(i) The affirmative vote of a majority of those members present shall
be necessary to make any action valid.
(k 1 The committee shall have the power to establish its rules of
procedure necessary for the conduct of its business, which rules shall
contain the time and place of all reQUlar meetings, and which shall specify
that a quorum shall be a majority of the members to which the committee
is entitled.
(1) No person shall by reason of occupation alone, be barred from
servin¢ as a member of this committee.
(m) The council shall act to confirm or reject any appointment made to
the committee by the mayor within forty-five days after receiving notice
of the appointment from the mayor If the council does not confirm or
erect any such appointment within forty-five day, the appointee shall be
deemed to have been confirmed.
Section 2- .Duties of the committee.
(a) The Sustainability Action Committee shall make recommendations
and support the department's inteeration of planning and implementation
of sustainable principles in its work with communities, businesses and
other agencies.
~b l The Sustainability Action Committee shall support and make
recommendations to:
(1) Raise awareness of what the term sustainability represents
and the guiding principles of sustainability;
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(2) Conduct environmental scans to assess current conditions
as they relate to the guiding principles of sustainability;
(31 Identify a vision for sustainability and recommend
solutions; and
(4) Support the development of sustainability actions plans.
(c.) The sustainability Action Committee shall support, monitor and
comment on the department's efforts to effectuate sustainable
planning policies, programs, projects and operations.
Section 2- .Guidelines for committee recommendations.
(a.) The Sustainability Action Committee shall apply guiding
principles of sustainability as a framework for identification of issues,
research and innovative actions. These principles shall include:
(1) Reduced dependence upon fossil fuels, extracted
underground metals and minerals;
(2) Reduced dependence on chemicals and other manufactured
substances that can accumulate in nature;
(3) Reduced dependence on activities that harm life-sustaining
ecosystems; and
(4) Meeting the hierarchy of human needs fairly and
efficiently.
fb.) The sustainability Action Committee shall employ a "systems
approach" to identify upstream root causes and outcomes and shall
recommend appropriate research, planning and implementation initiatives;
outcome measures and indicators; engap_ements and partnerships as may
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be necessary to guide the department to innovative and successful
sustainable models that effectuate the purpose of this article.
(c.l The Sustainability Action Committee shall consider the
recommendations provided in the General Plan, Community Development
Plan ordinances community visioning processes and other aeencies'
planning documents Additionally the committee shall seek innovative
solutions programs and initiatives based upon sustainable precepts of
native Hawaiian culture and other local, national and international
resources to advance the pumose of this article and seek the necessary
technical and other support required for implementation by the
department other agencies and the community The committee shall
encourage and participate in the internal and external network
opportunities at the local state national and international levels.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this Ordinance, the brackets, the bracketed material and stricken
material, and the underscoring need not be included.
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SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL ME~IH' R, CO T H WAI`I
Kona, Hawaii -
llateofIntroduction: October 3 007
Date of 1st Reading: October 2007
Date of 2nd Reading: October 17, 2007
Effective Date: November 2, 2007
RffcR~hCE: Comm. 641.2
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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawaii
Kona, Hawaii
(Draft 2)
Introduced By: Pete Hoffmann RQI,~, CALL.VQT ~ ,
Datelntroduced: October 3, 2007 "ACES' NOES ABS EX
First Reading: October 3, 2007 Ford X
Published: N/A Higa X
Hoffmann X
REMARKS. Ikeda X
Jacobson X
Naeole X
Pilago X
Yagong X
Yoshimoto X
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Second Reading: October 17, 2007 (Draft 2)
To Mayor: October 25, 2007 ROLL CALL VOTE
Retnmed: November 2. 2007 AYES NOES ABS EX
Effective: November 2, 2007 Ford X
Published: November 13, 2007 X
Higa
Hoffmann X
REMARKS: Ikeda X
Jacobson X
Naeole X
Pilago X
Yagong X
Yoshimoto X
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I DO HEREBYCERTIFYthat the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as
indicated above.
APPROVED AS TO ,
FORM AND~EG l
COUNCIL HA RMAN
DEPUTY CORPO COUNSEL
COUNTY OF I'I
COUNT E/d'K
Date~O' 3fl"
168 (Draft 2)
Bill No.:
C-641 . 2/HSEDC-6
Approved/ supproved[his dcry Reference:
Ord No.: lE1'
YOR, C NT OF HAWAI `I
Ordinances Numbered 07-161, 07-162, 07-163, 07-164, 07-165, & 07-166
[ hereby certify that the following Ordinances passed second and final reading at the meeting of
the County Council on October 17, 2007, by vote, as listed below:
Ordinance 07-161 (Bill 168, Draft 2): An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article 8, of the
Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), as Amended, Relating to the Department of Research
and Development by Deleting Article 8 and Adding a New Article to Establish a Sustainability
Action Committee to Advise the Department of Research and Development. AYES: Council
Members Ford, Higa, Ikeda, Jacobson, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Hoffmann
- 9; NOES: None; ABSENT: None; EXCUSED: None.
Ordinance 07-162 (Bill 170, Draft 2): An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance No. 07-82, as
Amended, the Operating Budget for the County of Hawaii for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30,
2008. AYES: Council Members Ford, Higa, Ikeda, Jacobson, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong,
Yoshimoto, and Chair Hoffmann - 9; NOES: None; ABSENT: None; EXCUSED: None.
Ordinance 07-163 (Bill 172): An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19, Article 7, Section 19-53(a)
of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as Amended), Real Property Taxes, Relating to
Valuations. AYES: Council Members Ford, Higa, Ikeda, Jacobson, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong,
Yoshimoto, and Chair Hoffmann - 9; NOES: None; ABSENT: None; EXCUSED: None.
Ordinance 07-164 (Bill 173): An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 of the Hawaii County Code
1983 (2005 Edition, as Amended), Relating to Indigenous Architecture. AYES: Council
Members Ford, Higa, Ikeda, Jacobson, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Hoffmann
- 9; NOES: None; ABSENT: None; EXCUSED: None.
Ordinance 07-165 (Bill 174): An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance No. 07-82, as Amended, the
Operating Budget for the County of Hawaii for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008. AYES:
Council Members Ford, Higa, Ikeda, Jacobson, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair
Hoffmann - 9; NOES: None; ABSENT: None; EXCUSED: None.
Ordinance 07-166 (Bill 179): An Ordinance Amending Section 25-8-33 (City of Hilo Zone
Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), by
Changing the District Classification from Agricultural - 1 Acre (A-la) to Multiple Family
Residential - 5,500 Square Feet (RM-5.5) at Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, Covered by Tax Map
Key 2-3-37:15. AYES: Council Members Higa, Ikeda, Jacobson, Naeole, Pilago, Yoshimoto,
and Chair Hoffmann - 7; NOES: Council Member Ford - 1; ABSENT: Council Member Yagong
- 1; EXCUSED: None.
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Casey J
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County Clerk
(Hawai`i Tribune-Herald -November 13, 2007)
(West Hawaii Today -November 13, 2007)
Note: The original Digest/Affidavit is attached to Ordinance No. 07-161.
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