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Chair
Dru Kanuha
Vice Chair
DATE: April 30, 2013
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
5th Session
PLACE: Council Chambers
West Hawaii Civic Center
74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua -Kona, Hawaii
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
Karen Eoff, Member
Brenda Ford, Member
Greggor I1agan, Member
Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Member
Valerie T. Poindexter, Member
Margaret Wille, Member
J Yoshimoto, Member
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(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. 246: AMENDS CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 2, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE
(Bill 64) 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO CLEARING OCCUPIED
AND UNOCCUPIED LOTS
From Council Member Zendo Kern, dated April 12, 2013. Changes the title of
Article 2 to "Clearing Occupied and Unoccupied Lots" {adds "Occupied and" J;
adds definitions for "Refuse," "Undergrowth," and "Unsafe flora;" changes title
Section 20 -21 to "Removal of refuse, undergrowth, and unsafe flora required"
{adds "refuse" and ", and unsafe flora ") and amends that section; and changes
title of Section 20 -22 to "Complaint by adjacent or abutting owner(s), request to
clear" (adds "or abutting," deletes "owners," and adds " owner(s)) " and amends
that section.
ADJOURNMENT
Serving the Interests of the People of our Island
Hawai 7 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
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The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special
accommodations for this meeting should call 961 -8245 by April 25, 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�ic 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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