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Home My WebLink AboutRES 565 Draft 03 2014-2016 OJM<Y^Oi N,+, COUNTY OF HAWAII :4\-" %i•.,. STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 565 16 (DRAFT 3) 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 Hawaii 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 3`d 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, Resolution No. 356-07, Draft 2, a resolution to embrace and adopt the principles of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawaii County and to incorporate the zero waste philosophy into the County of Hawaii Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan (IRSWMP), was adopted by the County Council, December 19, 2007; and WHEREAS, Section 3.2.2 of the County of Hawaii IRSWMP states, in part, "...one of the fundamental principles of zero waste is redesigning products and packaging, by taking into account the entire life-cycle of a product. In contrast to the current emphasis on disposability, products and packaging within the zero waste framework are designed with an emphasis on minimal use of materials, use of recycled and benign resources, longer product lives, and maximum potential for every product to be repaired, reused, or recycled...."; 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, it would be beneficial to the County of Hawai`i to form a stakeholders task force that 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 prevent the production of packaging waste and promote reuse, recycle, and recovery of packaging products aligning with the County of Hawaii IRS WMP 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 products and packaging to improve and reduce product and packaging waste from 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 Hawai`i Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative (HIPSI) Stakeholders Task Force, in accordance with the County of Hawaii IRSWMP, as an effort to take incremental steps toward achieving zero waste. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this task force will be comprised of Council Members Daniel K. Paleka, Jr. and Margaret Wille, Environmental Management Director Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, Department of Research and Development Director John De Fries, respective representation from Hawai`i State Department of Health, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai`i Wildlife Fund, Surfrider Foundation, KYD, Inc. dba K. Yamada Distributors, Sustainable Island Products, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Hawaii Restaurant Association, Hawaii Paper Products, 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 Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd and Department of Research and Development Director John De Fries 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 County of Hawaii IRSWMP. 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; Bobby Jean Leithead- Todd, Director of Environmental Management; John DeFries, Director of Research and Development; Dr. Virginia"Ginny" Pressler, MD, MBA, FACS, Director of Hawai`i State Department of Health (DOH); Keith Kawaoka, Hawai`i State DOH Deputy Director for Environmental Health Administration; Luis Salaveria, Director of Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT); Wayne Thom, DBEDT Manager of Community Based Economic Development Program; Megan Lamson, Vice President of 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; the Executive Officers of the Hawaii Food Industry Association; Gregg Fraser, Executive Director of the Hawaii Restaurant Association; Sales Representatives of Hawaii Paper Products; and Steve Ueda, Sales Vice President of Suisan Co. Ltd. Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 17th day of August , 2016. INTRODUCED BYpojigir: COUNCI Abitr BER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X DAVID X I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the ]LAGAN County of Haw on August 17, 2016 X KANUHA X ONISHI X A I FEST: PALEKA X POINDEXTER X WILLS X 9 81) ,...._..),*(<$14710".''''''''''' 9 0 0 Reference: C-944.33/'Waived EMC COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 565 16 (DRAFT 3) 3