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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE EMC 09/20/2011 2010-2012 ACTIONS Brittany SmartFred Blas, Member Brenda Ford, Chair Member Pete Hoffmann, Member Donald Ikeda, r Membe K. Angel Pilago Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member Dominic Yagong, Vice ChairMember J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT th 7 Session DATE: September 20, 2011 (Tuesday) PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole 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 - 8:33 a.m. 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. CLOSE FILE: Ayes: Committee Members Blas, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Smart. Noes: None. Absent: None. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC-7 Page 2 September 7, 2011 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 HAWAI‘I DEAN OF AGRICULTURE, DR. WILLIAM STEINER From Council Member Brenda Ford, dated September 7, 2011, requesting time for the above presentation. CLOSE FILE: Ayes: Committee Members Blas, Ford, Hoffmann, Ikeda, Onishi, Pilago, Yagong, Yoshimoto and Chair Smart. Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT - 11:00 a.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special September 15, 2011 accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . 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 Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A;  Hilo Council Chambers, Hawai‘i 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 Māmalahoa 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. fourteen (14) Submitting Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring before 12:00 noon on the business copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted 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 Please submit separate testimony for each item. counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. EMC-7 Page 3 September 7, 2011 Viewing of Meetings 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 Hawai‘i. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i website at http://www.naleo.tv/schedule.