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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 12/16/2008 2008-2010 ACTIONS Kelly Greenwell Guy Enriques, Member Chair o~+<:`~ "+y Brenda Ford, Member Pete Hoffmann, Member +c c. Donald Ikeda, Member Dominic Yagong _ Emily L Naeole, Member Vice Chair Dennis "Fresh" Onishi Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I" Session DATE: December 16, 2008 (Tuesday) PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa 78-128 Ehukai Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 11:00 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 REFERRALS Comm. 17: DISCUSSION AND CREATION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE RELATING TO Close file PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION From Councilmember Pete Hoffmann, dated December 2, 2008, requesting time at the Environmental Management Committee meeting for the above topic. Ad hoc Committee formed to be chaired by Mr. Hoffmann, with Ms. Naeole, Mr. Onishi and Mr. Yoshimoto as members, to report back to the Environmental Management Committee at a date to be determined by the Chair of the ad hoc committee. Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Onishi, Yoshimoto and Chair Greenwell. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Yagong. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC-1 Page 2 December 16, 2008 Comm. 23: MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT ON THE UPDATE OF THE INTEGRATED Close file SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN From Solid Waste Division Chief Mike Dworsky, dated December 1, 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 Enriques, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Naeole, Onishi, Yoshimoto and Chair Greenwell. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Yagong. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by December 11, 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. Videoconferencing is available at the following locations until 4:30 p.m., or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed: • Hilo Councilroom at the Ben Franklin Building, Second Floor; 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. EMC-1 Page 3 December 16, 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 counciltestimonykco.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Copies will be distributed at the meeting only if they are received before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting. All oral and written testimony will be made a part of the public record. Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 52 - Finance and Environmental Management Committee meetings - Tuesdays, December 23 and 30, 2008 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations and Planning Committee meetings - Thursdays, December 25, 2008 and January 1, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. and all four Committee meetings - Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature.