HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE AWESC 2013/04/30 2012-2014Margaret Wille
Chair
Valerie T. Poindexter
Vice Chair
Karen Eoff, Member
Brenda Ford Member .
Greggor Ilagan, Member
Dru Kanuha, Member
Zendo Kern, Member
Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
HAWAPI COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
WATER & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY a
6th Session
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DATE: April 30, 2013
P LACE: Council Chambers
West Hawaii Civic Center
74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua -Kona, Hawai `i
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
(Note: (lease 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. 236: URGES THE ADMINISTRATION TO INSTALL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
(Res. 99 -13) ON AS MANY COUNTY FACILITIES AS POSSIBLE USING THIRD -PARTY
FINANCING SUCH AS SOLAR POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated April 9, 2013, urging the
Administration to put out request for proposals for photovoltaic systems as a
means to provide relief to the County's operating budget.
ADJOURNMENT
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for these meetings should call 961 -8245 by April 25, 2013. Relay users please call 711(961 -8245) to
contact our office.
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
AWESC -6 Page 2 April 30, 2013
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).
Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55:
Human Services and Social Services; Public Works and Parks and Recreation; and Agriculture, Water and
Energy Sustainability Committee meetings - Tuesdays, May 7 and 14 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Environmental Management and Finance Committee meetings - Thursdays, May 9 and 16 at 7:00 a.m. and
8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, May 11 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
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