HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE AWESC 2013/03/27 2012-2014Margaret Wille
Chair
Valerie T. Poindexter
Vice Chair
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
WATER & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
3rd Session
DATE: March 27, 2013 (Wednesday)
PLACE: Council Chambers
West Hawaii Civic Center
74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua -Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
Karen Eoff, Member
Brenda Ford Member
Greggor Ilagan, Member
Dru Kanuha, Member
Zendo Kern, Member
Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
(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
REFERRALS
Comm. 180: DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION BY MEMBERS OF THE GAME
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated March 8, 2013, requesting a
discussion on the Commission's priorities.
Comm. 202: PRESENTATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT ON MULCHING AND COMPOSTING
From Council Member Brenda Ford, dated February 4, 2013, requesting the
Department of Environmental Management to explain the process and the
difference between mulching and composting.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations
for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by March 21, 2013. Relay users please call 711(961 -8245) to
contact our office.
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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 testimony has not been completed:
• Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401;
• Pahoa Council Office, Pahoa Marketplace, 15 -2660 Pahoa Village Road, Room 304; and
• Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64 -1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 5.
Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following location until 3:00 p.m., or later in the
event public 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: / /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).
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Committee meetings - Tuesdays, April 2 and 9 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Public Safety and Mass Transit,
Environmental Management, and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, April 4 and 11 at 7:00 a.m.
and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, April 6 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
Hawaii. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo `O Hawaii website at
http: / /www.naleo.ty /tv- schedules /channel -52.