HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE EMC 09/20/2011 2010-2012 Brittany Smart Fred Blas, Member
Chair +1v °' Brenda Ford, Member
, Pete Hoffmann, Member
.• .{ '. /' * Donald Ikeda, Member •
• K. Angel Pilago ' Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member
Vice Chair ; •••; ;;; ;; Dominic Yagong, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
7 Session 1
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DATE: September 20, 2011 (Tuesday)
PLACE: Council Chambers
West Hawaii Civic Center Xq
74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kona, Hawai`i
TIME: 8:30 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. 341: PRESENTATION BY JAN SCHIPPER AND MEMBERS OF THE BIG ISLAND
INVASIVE SPECIES COMMITTEE (BIISC) ON CRITICAL INVASIVE SPECIES
ISSUES
From Council Member Donald Ikeda, dated September 6, 2011, requesting time for
the above presentation.
Comm. 342: PRESENTATION ON ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WASTE BY
DR. RICK HARDING, SCOTT THORNTON, ROBERT SHEEHAN, ESQ., AND
RICHARD NELSON OF WASTE REFINEMENT, LLC; AND UNIVERSITY OF
HAWAII DEAN OF AGRICULTURE, DR. WILLIAM STEINER
From Council Member Brenda Ford, dated September 7, 2011, requesting time for
the above presentation.
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 September 15, 2011. 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 Hawai`i Revised Statutes (hereinafter "HRS ") §92 -3.5, the Hawai`i
County Council will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Council Members will be
present at the following locations:
• Kona Council Chambers, West Hawaii Civic Center, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A;
• Hilo Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401.
Public Attendance Via Videoconferencing is available at the locations 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,
Hawai`i, 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.
Viewin• of Meetin• s on Government Access Television - Channel 52:
Planning; Environmental Management; and Finance Committee meetings - Tuesdays, September 27 and
October 4, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Public Works and Parks and Recreation; and Governmental
Relations Committee meetings - Thursdays, September 29 and October 6, 2011 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30
p.m. All five Committee meetings - Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. These
airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature, or to change by Na Leo `O
Hawaii. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo `O Hawai`i website at
http: / /www.naleo.ty /schedule.