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Home My WebLink AboutAGE AWESC 2013/07/23 2012-2014 ACTIONSMargaret Wille Chair Valerie T. Poindexter Vice Chair DATE: July 23, 2013 HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, WATER & ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY 8th Session PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai`i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keoholcalole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i Karen Eoff, 'Wernher Brenda Ford }Wernher Grcggor Ilagan, Member Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Zendo Kern, Member Dennis -Fresh" Onishi, Member J Yoshimoto, Member TIME: 1:45 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 REFERRALS - 1:53 p.m. Comm. 277.6: Comm. 314: REQUEST FOR CORPORATION COUNSEL UPDATE ON THE MISSLER RULING, INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL REFRAIN FROM APPEALING SAID RULING AS ADVISED BY RESOLUTION NO. 114-13, ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON MAY 15, 2013 From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated July 3, 2013. Withdrawn by Introducer (Ms. Wille). PRESENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO CURRENT AND FUTURE ENERGY RELATED MATTERS IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII From Council Member Brenda Ford, dated June 12, 2013. Close File: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Onishi, Poindexter, Yoshimoto, and Chair Wille — 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Kern — 1. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai 7 County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer AWESC-8 Comm. 336: Page 3 July 23, 2013 PRESENTATION BY DOUGLAS TEEPLE, FOUNDER OF EVHAWAII.ORG, TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, INCLUDING THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE LEVEL-III INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated June 19, 2013. Close File: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ragan, Kanuha, Kern, Onishi, Poindexter, Yoshimoto, and Chair Wille — 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT — 5:29 p.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by July 18, 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 witness 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 witness 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, Hawai`i, 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. AWESC-8 Page 3 July 23, 2013 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: Public Works and Parks and Recreation, Finance, Governmental Relations and Economic Development, and Environmental Management Committee meetings - Tuesdays, July 30 and August 6 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Planning; and Agricultural, Water and Energy Sustainability Committee meetings - Thursdays, August 1 and 8 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Al! Committee meetings - Saturday, August 3 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 Hawai`i. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo '0 Hawai`i website at http://www.naleo.tv/tv-schedules/channe1-55/.