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Margaret Wille
Chair
Valerie Poindexter
Vice Chair
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
Karen Eoff, Member
Brenda Ford Member
Greggor Ilagan, Member
Dru Kanuha, Member
Zendo Kern, Member
Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
WATER & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY `D
1st Session °
DATE: December 18, 2012
PLACE: Council Chambers �""
West Hawaii Civic Center °
74- 5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua -Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 11:00 a.m.
(Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.)
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
Comm. 25: A RESOLUTION TO ENSURE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PRINCIPLES OF
(Res. 19 -13) SUSTAINABILITY IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT DECISIONS AFFECTING
NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated December 4, 2012, transmitting the
above resolution, which resolves that all County -level government decisions be
consistent with specific sustainability principles and policies, as listed.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations
for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by December 13, 2012. 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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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:
• Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401;
• Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Community Center, 92 -8924 Leilani Circle;
• Pahoa Council Office, Pahoa Marketplace, 15 -2660 Pahoa Village Road, Room 304; and
• Waimea Council Office, 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.
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.
Submitting Written 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.
Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address (url)
to videotestimony@hawaiicounty.gov before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting. The
email shall indicate the appropriate Committee or Council meeting, the meeting date, agenda item
(communication, bill, resolution, or report number), and number of testifiers on the video submittal. Each
video submittal shall be limited to a single agenda item. Video submittals may contain up to three
individual testifiers and shall each be up to three minutes in length. Video testimony will not be played
during the meeting; however, it will be distributed to Council Members prior to the meeting. The Office of
the County Clerk reserves the right to refuse testimony containing inappropriate content or that is not in
compliance with Council Rule 13 (Public Statements and Testimony).
Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55:
Governmental Relations and Economic Development; Public Safety and Mass Transit; and Agriculture,
Water and Energy Sustainability Committee meetings - Thursdays, December 27 and January 3, at
7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, December 29, at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Planning and Finance Committee meetings - Tuesdays, January 1 and 8, at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. These
airtimes are subject to preemption by broadcasts from the State Legislature, and are subject to change by
Na Leo `O Hawaii. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo `O Hawaii
website at http: / /www.naleo.ty /tv- schedules /channel -52/.