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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 2013/04/16 2012-2014Zendo Kern Chair Dru Kanuha Vice Chair DATE: PLACE: Karen Eoff, Member Brenda Ford, Member Greggor Ragan, Member Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member Valerie T. Poindexter, Member Margaret Wille, Member J Yoshimoto, Member .a HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL J 5 4°7) COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 4ch Session - April 16, 2013 Council Chambers West Hawaii Civic Center 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A Kailua -Kona, Hawaii TIME: 2:00 p.m. (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 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Comm. 181: AMENDS CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 20 -47 OF THE HAWAI`1 (Bill 44) COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO COLLECTION OF FEES From Council Member Zendo Kern, dated March 5, 2013. The bill establishes new payment methods for commercial haulers, and reduces the grace period before which a finance charge is implemented from 60 days to thirty 30 days for all overdue collections of solid waste fees. Postponed: March 27, 2013 Postponed: April 8, 2013 (Note: There is a pending motion made by Mr. Onishi and seconded by Mr. Kanuha to refer Bill 44 [Comm. 1811 to the Director of the Department of Environmental Management and the Environmental Management Commission for review and comment pursuant to Hawaii County Code Section 2 -207; and a motion made by Ms. Ford and seconded by Mr. Yoshimoto to amend Bill 44 with the contents of Comm. 181.2.) Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC -4 Page 2 ADJOURNMENT April 16, 2013 The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by April 11, 2013. 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 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: / /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) 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.go_v 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). EMC-4 Page 3 April 16, 2013 Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Finance, Human Services and Social Services, Public Safety and Mass Transit, and Planning Committee meetings - Tuesdays, April 23 and 30, 2013 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Public Works and Parks and Recreation; Environmental Management; and Agriculture, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee meetings - Thursdays, April 25 and May 2, 2013 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, April 27, 2013 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 '0 Hawaii. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo '0 Hawaii website at http://www.naleo.tv/tv- schedules/channel-52/.