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Home My WebLink AboutAGE FESC 06/17/2008 2006-2008J Yosh-moto Chan Donald Ikeda ~rce Charr D A"TE: Brenda Focd, Member Stacy K Higa, Member Pete Hoffinann, Member [3ob Jacobson, Member Emily 1. Naeole, Member K. Angel Pilago, Member Dom-n-c Yagong, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL r.,,, COMMITTEE ON FOOll & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY 7"' Session `~; ~ ~y ~ ~ ~;: Tune 17, 2008 (Tuesday) _ -~, ' ~~ PLACE: Councilroom ~., _ Ben Franklin Building ~ ,' '~ -~ 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2"`~ Floor Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 11:15 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER STATEMENTS FROM 'I'IIE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRAL Comm. 1277: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, OF "THE I-IAWAI`I COUNTY CODE (Bill 314) 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 2 AND ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO CREATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY (establishes the framework for a new Energy Sustainability Department which was recommended by the Department of Research and Development in Hawaii County's Sustainability Energy Plan) From Council Chair Pete Hoffmann, dated June 3, 2008, transmitt-ng the above bill. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by June 12, 2008. T"fY users may use Relay Service 711-961-8245 to contact our office. Serving the hateresls a/the People of Our Island Hatvai `i Comity is an Fqual Opportunity Provrder and F,mplo~~er FESC-7 Page 2 June 17, 2008 Copies of this agenda and items listed on the agenda are available on the County Council-Clerk web page at http://co.hawaii.hi.us/council/a~endas_and_actions.htm, the County Clerk's Office, 333 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo; the Office of the Mayor, 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103, Kailua-Kona; the Kona Council Office, Kailua Trade Center, 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua-Kona; and the Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center, 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5, Waimea. For further information, please call 961-8245. Videoconferencin~ is available at the following locations unti14:30 p.m., or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed: • Kona Council Office at the Kailua Trade Center; and • Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center. Videoconferencing from the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility will not be available. If for technical or other unanticipated circumstances the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. In the event of an unanticipated emergency situation, including but not limited to: severe adverse weather conditions, road closures, or natural disasters, the Hawaii County Council and its Committees may conduct its meetings via videoconference pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §92-3.5. If that occurs, individual Councilmembers may be at either the meeting site or one of the videoconference sites. If the audio stream is lost for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. Submitting Testimony: Those wishing to testify in person must register with the County Clerk's staff. Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fifteen (15) copies for distribution. Testimony may also be submitted (1) by mail to the County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo, Hawaii, 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimon ~ a,co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. For testimony received via e-mail or fax, copies will be distributed at the meeting when transmitted in a timely manner. All oral and written testimony will be made a part of the public record. Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television -Channel 52: All Committee meetings - Tuesdays, June 24 and July 1, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.