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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 09/23/2008 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 25th Session DATE: September 23, 2008 (Tuesday) PLACE: Councilroom Ben Franklin Building, 2nd Floor 333 Kilauea Ave. Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 1:00 P.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. 1271.5: MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT ON THE UPDATE OF THE INTEGRATED Close file SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN From Solid Waste Division Chief Mike Dworsky, dated September 9, 2008, providing a proposed schedule and requesting time at the Environmental Management Committee meeting for the Solid Waste Division and consultant CH2M Hill to present a monthly update. Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Pilago, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Jacobson. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Higa. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC-25 Page 2 September 23, 2008 Comm. 1438: PRESENTATION BY KEIKO BONK RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN Close file MONK SEAL From Councilmember Bob Jacobson, dated August 28, 2008, requesting time for the above presentation; and Included in vote on Res. 743-08 below. Comm. 1438.1: A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY OF THE (Res. 743-08) OFFICIAL HAWAII STATE MAMMAL; THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ENDEMIC HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL (by urging the Federal Administration and Congress to adequately fund the Main Hawaiian Island Monk Seal Response and the Incidental Aquatics Division with a $1 million annual budget; and by partnering the four counties of Hawaii with the appropriate Federal and State agencies to develop public awareness of the Hawaiian Monk Seal and develop a program for regulating human-seal interactions at State/County beaches and parks frequented by the Hawaiian Monk Seal) From Councilmember Bob Jacobson, dated August 28, 2008, transmitting the above resolution. Recommends adoption of Res. 743-08. Ayes: Committee Members Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Pilago, Yoshimoto and Chair Jacobson. Noes: Committee Member Yagong. Absent: Committee Member Higa. (Note: Committee Member Yagong voted "kanalua" then "no.") ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by September 18, 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-25 Page 3 September 23, 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, September 30 and October 7, 2008, at 6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, October 4, 2008, at 10:30 a.m.