HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE FESC 05/18/2010 2008-2010 ACTIONSBrenda Ford
Chair
Pete Hoffmann
Vice Chair
Guy Enriques, Member
Kelly Greenwell, Member
Donald Ikeda, Member
Emily L Naeole- Beason, Member
Dennis 'Fresh" Onishi, Member
Dominic Yagong, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON FOOD & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
15 Session
DATE: May 18, 2010 (Tuesday)
PLACE: Councilroom
25 Aupuni St.
Hilo, Hawai i
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
REFERRAL
Comm. 781: PRESENTATION BY MR. LESTER UEDA, FROM THE USDA FARM
SERVICE AGENCY ON THE HAWAII CONSERVATION RESERVE
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (a program to help control erosion and invasive
plants; and restore native trees and shrubs, wildlife habitat and ground water
From Councilmember Brenda Ford, dated April 6, 2010, requesting 45 minutes for
the above presentation.
Close File:
Ayes: Committee Members Enriques, Ford, Greenwell,
Hoffmann, Naeole- Beason, and Vice Chair Hoffmann.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Ikeda, Onishi, and Yagong.
ADJOURNMENT
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
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The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations
for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by May 13, 2010. Relay users please call 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. 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 location(s):
• County Councilroom, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo; and
• Kona Council Office, Kailua Trade Center, 75 -5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109, Kailua -Kona.
Public Attendance Via Videoconference is available at the locations(s) above and at the Waimea Council
Office at the Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5, until 4:30 p.m., or later in the
event public witness testimony has not been completed. If audio stream between Kona and Hilo is lost
for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated.
Submitting Testimony Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14)
copies for distribution. Public 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:
Planning Committee meeting - Tuesdays, May 25 and June 1, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; and
Food & Energy Sustainability and Public Safety & Parks & Recreation Committee meetings - Thursdays,
May 27 and June 3, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.; and all three Committee meetings - Saturday,
May 29, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from
the State Legislature.