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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 2013/03/12 2012-2014 ACTIONS Zendo KernKaren Eoff, Member Brenda Ford, Chair Member Greggor Ilagan, Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, r Membe Dru Kanuha Valerie Poindexter, Member Margaret Wille, Vice ChairMember J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT st 1 Session DATE: March 12, 2013 (Tuesday) PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i TIME: 9:45 a.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 9:48 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 169: DISCUSSION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT RELATING TO ITS SOLID WASTE PROGRAM From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated January 26, 2013. The discussion will include a look at each component of the solid waste disposal program, how they interrelate, an overview of existing contracts, and any restrictions and limitations in those contracts. Postponed Comm. 169 to April 8, 2013. Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Kanuha, Onishi, Poindexter, Wille, and Yoshimoto – 7. Noes: Committee Member Ilagan and Chair Kern - 2. Absent: None. Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC-1 Page 2 March 12, 2013 ADJOURNMENT - 10:55 a.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special March 7, 2013 accommodations 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:  Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building. A;  Pāhoa Council Office, Pāhoa Marketplace, 15-2660 Pāhoa Village Road, Room 304; and  Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5. 3:00 p.m. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following location until , or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed:  Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Community Center, 92-8924 Leilani Circle. 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://www.hawaiicounty.gov/lb-council-committee/. For further information, please call 961-8245. Submitting Written Testimony: Those submitting written testimony at the meeting should bring fourteen (14)before 12:00 noon on copies for distribution. Public testimony may also be submitted 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 Please submit separate testimony for each item. counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us. Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the (url) to videotestimony@hawaiicounty.gov 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 Each video submittal shall be limited to a single agenda item submittal. . 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). EMC-1 Page 3 March 12, 2013 Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Governmental Relations and Economic Development; Public Safety and Mass Transit; and Environment Management Committee meetings - Tuesdays, March 19and 26 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Planning and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, March 21 and 28 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, March 23 at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 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/.