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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 06/17/2008 2006-2008 ACTIONS Bob Jacobson Stacy Higa, Member Chair o~+<:`~ "+y Pete Hoffmann, Member Donald Ikeda, Member : • Emily Naeole Member Brenda Ford - Angel Pilago, Member Vice Chair Dominic Yagong, Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 20th Session DATE: June 17, 2008 (Tuesday) PLACE: Councilroom Ben Franklin Building, 2nd Floor 333 Kilauea Ave. Hilo, Hawaii 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 REFERRAL Comm. 1271: MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE UPDATE OF THE INTEGRATED Close file SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN From Environmental Management Director Bobby Jean Leithead Todd, dated May 30, 2008, providing a proposed schedule and requesting time at the Environmental Management Committee meeting to present monthly updates beginning June 17, 2008. Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Pilago, Yoshimoto and Chair Jacobson. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Higa and Yagong. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC-20 Page 2 June 17, 2008 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Comm. 1212: APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING TEN INDIVIDUALS TO THE NEWLY Close file FORMED SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: BARBARA BELL, PAUL BUKLAREWICZ, CHRISTINE DOCHIN, MIKE GLEASON, ALEX LEONARD, STEVE OKOJI, SHON PAHIO, RUSSELL RUDDERMAN, NIMR TAMIMI, AND THEODORE VORFELD (prior to preparing the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, which is presently being updated, the County is required by HRS§342G-22, to form a Solid Waste Advisory Committee appointed by the Mayor) From Mayor Harry Kim, dated April 23, 2008, requesting confirmation of the above appointment Postponed: May 19, 2008 Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Pilago, Yoshimoto and Chair Jacobson. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Higa and Yagong. Comm. 1212.1: APPOINTMENT OF JES FOSTER AND MIKE KAHA TO THE NEWLY Close file FORMED SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (in addition to the ten names that were submitted on April 23, 2008) From Mayor Harry Kim, dated May 29, 2008, informing the Council of these two further appointments. (Note: These appointments do not require Council approval.) Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Pilago, Yoshimoto and Chair Jacobson. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Higa and Yagong. 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. TTY users may use Relay Service 711-961-8245 to contact our office. 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/agendas_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. EMC-20 Page 3 June 17, 2008 Videoconferencing is available at the following locations until 4:30 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 Va,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.