HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE EMC 02/01/2011 2010-2012 Brittany Smart Fred Blas, Member
Chair ,. +` °'•'! ��. Brenda Ford, Member
• Ve Pete Hoffmann, Member
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S,±1 ±1 • 4, Donald Ikeda, Member
K. Angel Pilago ' _ r Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member
Vice Chair �•+ Dominic Yagong, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
1 Session .`
DATE: February 1, 2011 (Tuesday)
PLACE: Councilroom
Hawai`i County Building
25 Aupuni St.
Hilo, Hawai`i
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. 64: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983
(Bill 17) (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING
TO PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION (prohibits businesses from providing plastic
checkout bags to their customers with a penalty of $100 for the first violation and up
to $500 for a third violation within a year; exempts 501(c) organizations and takes
effect one year after approval)
From Councilmember Pete Hoffmann, dated January 14, 2011, transmitting . the
above bill.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special
accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by January 27, 2011. 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
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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. 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:
Governmental Relations; Human Services, Social Services and Public Safety; Public Works and Parks
and Recreation; and Environmental Management Committee meetings - Tuesdays, February 8
and 15, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Finance and Planning Committee meetings - Thursdays,
February 10 and 17, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All six Committee meetings - Saturday,
February 12, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts
from the State Legislature.