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Home My WebLink AboutAGE AWESC 2013/09/17 2012-2014 ACTIONS Margaret Wille Karen Eoff, Member C Brenda Ford hairMember Greggor Ilagan, Member Dru Mamo 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 9 Session DATE: September 17, 2013 P LACE: Council Chambers Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i TIME: 1:30 p.m. (Note: Please turn cell phones, pagers and other mobile communication devices on silent mode.) CALL TO ORDER – 2:10 p.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REFERRALS Comm. 420: DISCUSSION ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND PRODUCE AND PRODUCTS From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated August 28, 2013. Requests 30 minutes to discuss whether the Island of Hawai‘i should create a brand designation with certification for Hawai‘i island’s produce and products. Postponed to the Call of the Chair: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Kanuha, Kern, Poindexter, and Chair Wille – 6. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Ilagan, Onishi, and Yoshimoto – 3. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer AWESC-9 Page 3 September 17, 2013 Comm. 421: AMENDS CHAPTER 14 OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 (Bill 129) EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING POLICY From Council Member Brenda Ford, dated August 28, 2013, transmitting the above bill prohibiting hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) or the practice by any other name for any purpose and banning any exemption to this policy. Recommends passage of Bill 129, as amended to Draft 2, on first reading: Ayes: Committee Members Eoff, Ford, Ilagan, Kanuha, Kern, Poindexter, and Chair Wille – 7. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Onishi and Yoshimoto – 2. ADJOURNMENT – 5:00 p.m. The meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations September 13, 2013 for this meeting should call 961-8245 by . Relay users please call 711(961-8245) to contact our office. 4:30 p.m. Public Attendance via Videoconference is available at the following locations until , or later in the event public witness testimony has not been completed:  Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A;  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 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 and/or audio 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. fourteen 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. AWESC-9 Page 3 September 17, 2013 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). Viewing of Meetings on Government Access Television - Channel 55: Governmental Relations and Economic Development, Public Works and Parks and Recreation, Human Services and Social Services, and Planning Committee meetings - Tuesdays, September 24 and October 1 at 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and Finance and Agricultural, Water, and Energy Sustainability Committee meetings Thursdays, September 26 and October 3 at 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. All Committee meetings - Saturday, September 28 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/.