HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE AWESC 2013/04/16 2012-2014 ACTIONS
Margaret Wille Karen Eoff,
Member
C Brenda Ford
hairMember
Greggor Ilagan,
Member
Dru Kanuha,
Member
Zendo Kern,
Member
Valerie T. Poindexter Dennis “Fresh” Onishi,
Member
J Yoshimoto,
Vice Chair Member
HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
WATER & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
th
5 Session
DATE:
April 16, 2013
P LACE:
Council Chambers
West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
TIME:
2:45 p.m.
(Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.)
CALL TO ORDER – 2:53 p.m.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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.
Postponed: March 27, 2013
Postponed: April 8, 2013
(Note: There is a pending motion made by Ms. Ford and seconded by Mr. Ilagan
to close file on Comm. 202.)
Postponed to the Call of the Chair:
Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern,
Onishi, Poindexter, Yoshimoto, and Chair Wille – 8.
Noes: Committee Member Ford – 1.
Absent: None.
ADJOURNMENT – 3:20 p.m.
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April 11, 2013
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4:30 p.m.
Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following locations until , or later in
the event public testimony has not been completed:
Council Chambers, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401;
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.
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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.
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page at http://co.hawaii.hi.us/council/agendas_and_actions.htm. For further information, please call
961-8245.
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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).
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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
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