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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE FESC 09/15/2009 2008-2010 ACTION Dennis "Fresh" Onishi Guy Enriques, Member Chair Brenda Ford, Member Kelly Greenwell, Member Donald Ikeda, Member Pete Hoffmann o----- Emily L Naeole Member Vice Chair 4-OF 'MDominic Yagong, Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON FOOD & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY 7'h Session DATE: September 15, 2009 (Tuesday) PLACE: Councilroom Ben Franklin Bldg., 2nd Floor 333 Kilauea Ave. Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 10:45 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. 503: PRESENTATION BY DR. HOON PARK ON NATURAL FARMING (biologically based farming practices incorporating cultivation of indigenous microorganisms to improve soil and production) From Councilmember Dennis Onishi, dated September 2, 2009, requesting 40 minutes for the above presentation. Close file: Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Greenwell, Ikeda, and Vice Chair Hoffmann. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Members Naeole, Yagong, Yoshimoto, and Chair Onishi. ADJOURNMENT The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by Septemberl0, 2009. Relay users please call 711-961-8245 to contact our office. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer FESC-7 Page 2 September 15, 2009 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. For further information, please call 961-8245. Public Attendance Via Videoconference 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, Kailua Trade Center, 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua-Kona; and • Waimea Council Office at the Holomua Center, 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5. If for technical or other unanticipated circumstances the video connection cannot be made and/or is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Submitting Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14) copies for distribution. Testimony may also be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting (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 counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 52: Environmental Management and Food & Energy Sustainability Committee meetings - Tuesdays, September 22 and 29, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations, Planning, and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, September 24 and October 1, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.; and all five Committee meetings - Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature.