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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 09/09/2008 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 24th Session DATE: September 9, 2008 (Tuesday) PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa 78-128 Ehukai Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 10:30 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. 1407: PRESENTATION BY CITIZENS AGAINST OVERFLIGHTS ASSOCIATION Close file From Councilmember Emily Naeole, dated August 25, 2008, requesting time for the above presentation. Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong and Chair Jacobson. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Higa, Ikeda and Yoshimoto. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC-24 Page 2 September 9, 2008 Comm. 1424: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, GENERAL WELFARE, HAWAII (Bill 361) COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE RESTRICTION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TARO (KALO) AND COFFEE From Councilmember K. Angel Pilago, dated August 28, 2008, transmitting the above bill. Recommends passage of Bill 361 on first reading. Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Jacobson. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Higa. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by September 4, 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. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (hereinafter "HRS") § 92-3.5, the Hawaii County Council will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Councilmembers will be present at the following locations: County Councilroom - Ben Franklin Tower, 2"d Floor, 333 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720 Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa, 78-128 Ehukai Street, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 Videoconferencing is available at the following locations: • Hilo Councilroom at the Ben Franklin Building, Second Floor; and • Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed. Videoconferencing from the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility will not be available. If audio stream between Kona and Hilo is lost for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. EMC-24 Page 3 September 9, 2008 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, September 16 and 23, 2008, at 6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, September 20, 2008, at 10:30 a.m.