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Home My WebLink AboutAGE EMC 2013/08/20 2012-2014 ACTIONS Zendo Kern Karen Eoff, Member Chair Brenda Ford, Member Greggor Ilagan, Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, Member Dru Mamo Kanuha Valerie T. Poindexter, Member Vice Chair Margaret Wille, Member J Yoshimoto, Member HAWAI‘ICOUNTY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT th 8 Session DATE: August 20, 2013 PLACE: Council Chambers West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i TIME: 1:00 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER - 1:05 p.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Comm. 246: AMENDS CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 2, OF THE HAWAI‘I 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”}; adds definitions for “Refuse,” “Undergrowth,” and “Unsafe flora;” changes title Section 20-21 to “Removal of refuse, undergrowth, and unsafe flora required” {adds “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; amends Section 20-23 by adding “occupied lots.” Referred to the Environmental Management Director and Environmental Management Commission: April 30, 2013 Postponed: July 9, 2013 (Note: There is a pending motion to recommend passage of Bill 64 on first reading made by Mr. Kern and seconded by Ms. Wille.) Recommends passage of Bill 64 on first reading: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kern, Onishi, Wille, Yoshimoto, and Vice Chair Kanuha - 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Poindexter - 1. ; and Serving the Interests of the People of our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer EMC-8 Page 2 August 20, 2013 Comm. 246.1: From Council Member Zendo Kern, dated June 3, 2013, submitting the Acting Environmental Management Director’s comments; Comm. 246.2: From Council Member Zendo Kern, dated June 13, 2013, submitting the Environmental Management Commission’s negative recommendation; and Comm. 246.7: From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated June 19, 2013, submitting proposed amendments to Bill No. 64. Withdrawn by author (Council Member Margaret Wille). Comm. 246.8: From Council Member Zendo Kern, dated August 14, 2013, submitting proposed amendments to Bill 64. Withdrawn by author (Council Member Zendo Kern). ADJOURNMENT - 2:10 p.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations for this meeting should call 961-8245 by August 15, 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, 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. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following location until , 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 these agendas and items listed on the agendas 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)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. EMC-8 Page 3 August 20, 2013 Submitting Video Testimony: Those submitting video testimony may email a complete web address (url) to before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting 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). Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Finance, Human Services and Social Services, Public Safety and Mass Transit, and Public Works and Parks and Recreation Committee meetings - Tuesdays, August 27 and September 3 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Environmental Management and Planning Committee meetings - Thursdays, August 29 and September 5 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, August 31 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 Hawai‘i. Please check the current legislative broadcast schedule on the Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i website at http://www.naleo.tv/tv-schedules/channel-55/.