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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE AWESC 2012/12/18 2012-2014 ACTIONS Margaret Wille Karen Eoff, Member C Brenda Ford hairMember Greggor Ilagan, Member Dru Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member Valerie Poindexter Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, Member J Yoshimoto, Vice Chair Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, WATER & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY st 1 Session DATE: December 18, 2012 PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i TIME: 11:00 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER – 11:01 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS 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. POSTPONED TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Poindexter, Yoshimoto, and Chair Wille – 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. ADJOURNMENT - 11:46 a.m. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer AWESC-1 Page 3 December 18, 2012 The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations December 13, 2012 for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. 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, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401;  Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Community Center, 92-8924 Leilani Circle;  Pāhoa Council Office, Pāhoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pāhoa Village Road, Room 304; and  Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa 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. fourteen Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring (14)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, Please 96720; (2) by facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) by e-mail to counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. submit separate testimony for each item. Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address (url) before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting to videotestimony@hawaiicounty.gov . The email shall indicate the appropriate Committee or Council meeting, the meeting date, agenda item Each (communication, bill, resolution, or report number), and number of testifiers on the video submittal. 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 Hawai‘i. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i website at http://www.naleo.tv/tv-schedules/channel-52/. AWESC-1 Page 3 December 18, 2012