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Home My WebLink AboutRES 565 Draft 01 2014-2016 vel \II e COUNTY OF HAWAII -•� �"�' '%�• STATE OF HAWAII 4Tt Gf•NO`.._' RESOLUTION NO. 565 16 A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A HAWAII ISLAND PACKAGING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE (HIPSI) STAKEHOLDERS TASK FORCE. WHEREAS, Bill 140, Draft 3, an ordinance amending Chapter 20 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), by adding a new article relating to reduction of polystyrene foam "Styrofoam" food containers and food service ware, failed during the June 3rd 2016, Council Meeting by a vote of 4 ayes, 4 noes, 1 absent; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Hawaii County Council Rule No. 15-6 that any bill or resolution that has failed cannot be reintroduced in substantially the same form during a Council term; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 356-07, Draft 2, a resolution to embrace and adopt the principles of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawai`i County, adopted by the County Council, December 19, 2007, and in accordance with the Hawai`i Zero Waste Implementation Plan, it would be beneficial to continue work in the form of a task force; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Zero Waste Implementation Plan presented by Recycle Hawai`i and Richard Anthony Associates on March 14, 2009, states a general recommendation for a local ordinance needed to require retailer and producer take-back of non-recyclable, non- reusable or non-compostable products and packaging, one of many key components of redesigning the County's discard handling system to better manage resources; and WHEREAS, in 1994, the European Union's Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive guided member states' efforts to integrate national measures on the management of packaging waste to ensure that member states' restrictions on packaging do not create barriers to trade within the EU; intended to reduce the overall impact of packaging and packaging waste on the environment; and covers a variety of packaging (paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal) and calls for measures to prevent the production of packaging waste and reuse, recycle and recover packaging; and WHEREAS, a stakeholders task force would extend public outreach to address public complaint issues, with the intent to gather members from federal, state, local, and private agencies to work together to explore legislative actions to require retailer and producer take-back of non-recyclable, non-reusable or non-compostable products and packaging, prevent the production of packaging waste and promote reuse, recycle and recover packaging products aligning both state and county Zero Waste Plan for approval by the Hawai`i County Council and Mayor to become law; and WHEREAS, this stakeholder task force shall identify solutions addressing the production and distribution of environmental friendly to improve and reduce product and packaging waste for entering our ocean as its been proven to be detrimental to marine life; and WHEREAS, this stakeholder task force shall identify solutions addressing recyclability and environmental sustainability concerns; and WHEREAS, this stakeholder task force shall identify safety performance measures of retailers' and producers' products and packaging; and WHEREAS, this stakeholder task force shall identify strategies to increase economic opportunity and business development; and WHEREAS, this stakeholder task force shall identify superior production and labeling methods and techniques with the goal of reducing depletion of viable resources; and WHEREAS, this stakeholder task force shall address concerns and identify solutions to waste recovery and liter management; and WHEREAS, Section 92-2.5, subsection (a) of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes provides that two council members may discuss between themselves matters relating to official board business to enable them to perform their duties faithfully, as long as no commitment to vote is made or sought and the two members do not constitute a quorum of their board; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby establishes a Hawaii Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative Stakeholders Task Force, to address those general recommendations of many key components of redesigning the County's discard handling system to better manage resources contained in the Hawaii Zero Waste Implementation Plan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force will be comprised of Council Chair Dru Mamo Kanuha and Council Member Daniel Paleka, Corporation Counsel Molly Stebbins, Environmental Management Director BJ Leithead Todd, Department of Research and Development Director John DeFries, respective representation from Hawaii State Department of Health, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai`i Wildlife Fund, Surfrider Foundation, KYD, Inc. dba K. Yamada Distributors, Sustainable Island Products, KTA Superstore, Suisan Co. Ltd. and two members from the general public who shall be selected as provided herein. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Environmental Management Director BJ Leithead Todd and Department of Research and Development Director John DeFries shall each select one member of the general public to serve on the task force. 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force meet at a minimum of once every three weeks and shall submit reports in three parts: September preliminary report, October mid- range report, and November final report to the Council that provide all findings and recommendations of the task force, including all alternatives for specific measures to address the appropriate recommendations in the Hawai`i Zero Waste Implementation Plan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force will be dissolved on December 2, 2016, unless prior to that date the Council approves by way of resolution a one-year extension. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of this resolution to the Honorable William P. Kenoi, Mayor, County of Hawai`i; BJ Leithead Todd, Director of Environmental Management; John DeFries, Director of Research and Development; Virginia"Ginny" Pressler, MD, MBA, FACS, Director of Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH); Keith Kawaoka, Hawaii State DOH Deputy Director for Environmental Health Administration; Linda Chu Takayama, Director of Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Luis Salaveria, Director of Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT); Dennis Ling, DBEDT Administrator of Business Development and Support Division; Megan Lamson, Hawai`i Wildlife Fund; Demian Barrios, Surfrider Foundation Hilo Chapter Chairman; Dexter Yamada, President of KYD, Inc. dba K. Yamada Distributors; John Elkjer, Sustainable Island Products; President Toby Taniguchi and Executive Vice President Derek Kurisu of KTA Superstores; and Steve Ueda, Sales Vice President of Suisan Co. Ltd. Dated at , Hawai`i,this day of , 2016. INTRODUCED BY: • �—.. �� y _. 041.°//. COUNCIL ME :ER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG DAVID I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the ILAGAN County of Hawai`i on KANUHA ONISHI ATTEST: PALEKA POINDEXTER WILLE Reference: C-944/Waived EMC COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 565 IG 3