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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN EMC 2018/07/10 2016-2018Committee on Environmental Management 1311 Session Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii July 10, 2018 CALL TO The regular meeting of the Committee on Environmental Management was called ORDER: to order at 1:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers, Hilo, by Ms. Eileen O'Hara, Chair. ROLL CALL: Present: Ms. Eileen O'Hara, Chair Mr. Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Vice Chair Mr. Aaron S. Y. Chung, Member Ms. Maile Medeiros David, Member Ms. Karen Eoff, Member Mr. Dru Mamo Kanuha, Member Ms. Susan L. K. Lee Loy, Member Ms. Valerie T. Poindexter, Member Ms. Jennifer Ruggles, Member STATEMENTS The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, FROM THE Statements from the Public on Agenda Items. PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: (There were none.) CHR. O'HARA: With that, we're going to close Public Testimony and start with Communication 969. Clerk, could you read that in? COMMUNI- The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, CATIONS: Communications. Comm. 969: REQUESTS A PRESENTATION BY BOB KING OF PACIFIC BIO DIESEL ON THE PROCESSING OF GREASE TRAP WASTE AND ITS DISPOSAL ISSUES From Council Member Eileen O'Hara, dated June 14, 2018. Motion to Close File: Ms. David moved to close file on Comm. 969. Seconded by Mr. Richards. CHR. O'HARA: Okay, with that, Mr. King is here to give his presentation. It looks like it's all queued up, and just some brief background, Mr. King is with Pacific Biodiesel. They have a plant here on the Big Island, operating in Shipman EMC -13 July 10, 2018 Industrial Park in East Hawaii. It is a very specialized biodiesel production plant in that it can process highly degraded oils, which is what you recover from grease trap and make federally specked biodiesel. They also have another business where they collect grease trap waste and used cooking oil. These are waste items that fortunately, can be made into a valuable product and reused as fuel. So, with that, I know we have some issues with some of the disposal of the remnants of the grease trap waste and this presentation will help enlighten the Council on how this is done and what those by-products are and what are some suggested uses for those by-products. Alright, thank you, Mr. King. (Note: At this time, Bob King of Pacific Biodiesel came forward and gave a PowerPoint presentation to the members of the Committee. For viewing of the subject presentation, see the DVD copy of the meeting proceedings on file in the Clerk's Office. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is made a part of the record, see Comm. 969. 1.) CHR. O'HARA: Alright, thank you, Mr. King. I'm going to open it up for comments. We also have here Mr. Kucharski from DEM (Department of Environmental Management) and Deputy Director of Wastewater with him. So, if you have any questions for those guys. Okay, Aaron. MR. CHUNG: Maybe if I could call Mr. Kucharski up here and just afford him an opportunity to respond to the problem that was raised and what kinds of efforts the County is doing, if any, to address it. (Note: At this time, Department of Environmental Management Director William Kucharski came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MR. KUCHARSKI: Thank you. Bill Kucharski, Director of DEM. First, I would like to agree with Mr. King on the issue of FOG (Fats, Oils, and Grease) and what it does to our system. We spend thousands of dollars, hundreds of thousands of dollars annually with maintaining areas of our collection system. We also have issues with down at Kealakehe for example. That is a prime nesting area and if we get a grease carry over into that, it's a very dangerous type of situation for the wild life. So, dealing with the FOG issues is something that, for us, is also very important, and I think that Bob has identified those things very adequately. We do allow both grease traps and grease interceptors in the County. Just to give you an idea, the standard is 100 parts per million of FOG. If you get a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you wash out your scooper, you've exceeded the 100 milligrams per liter, just to give you an idea, because ice cream is all fat. So, that Page 2 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 comes down. You have that issue of this being something that is not a lot that's allowed in the system. We are pretty much exceeding that. Part of our issue is that we don't have funds or personnel to police any of the installations. Right now, that's done by the Department of Health when they go in, but they have two inspectors and we have like something in the area of 2,800 restaurants on the island. They have two inspectors and we have none. That's to say that the problem that's identified is real and the service that Pacific Biodiesel serves on collecting these grease waste and grease trap waste and interceptor waste, I can tell you, I don't know what we'd do if they were not operating. The situation would go from not good to really, really bad. So, I'm very much in support of the process and what happens there. The issue that we have is one, the waste without pretreatment. Our plants are designed for about 200 to 400 parts per million of what's called BOD, biological oxygen demand. That's the measure of how much material is in there that the bugs that we use can eat. In order to do that, they take oxygen and it's measured by that. The waste, untreated waste from the facility is around 44,000 and our plants are designed for like 400. So, before we could accept that, there would have to be a significant amount of pretreatment that would have to go in, and that would be between a 90 or 95 percent reduction. We do have regulatory issues. We do not have the systems that Maui and City and County have, by any means. They are sewered. City and County of Honolulu, I think, is about 80 or 90 percent of their wastewater is sewered. We're down somewhere in the area of 20 to 30 percent. Maui is much higher than we are as well, so, they have, not only the income, but they have the systems that they can maintain. We do not have that, and as you know, wastewater has been characteristically underfunded and ignored for many years. Our last rate increase was 2007. Currently, we have the lowest sewer rates in the state. If we doubled our rate of $27, we'd still be the lowest in the state. Not to sit here and say that nothing's our fault. It's our fault for not pursuing this sooner in the department and I will be coming later this summer with a rate increase to start working on this. But, we have—we're getting more people. All of those things sound like excuses, and they are. They're reasons but it also comes out as an excuse. So, we don't have the people and we don't have the money. We're working on that. The issue that we have with Pacific Biodiesel is can we establish an industrial wastewater treatment process that would require us to go to EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and modify our operating permits? We can do that, but in order to do that, it's going to take more people and more money. I can't do it immediately, but we're in discussions. Bob has been coming in and asking for Page 3 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 our help for as long as I've been in the department, which is now, almost a year and a half. It seems like a lot longer but it's only been a year and a half. We're still trying to come up with a way that we can accommodate. One of the issues that has come—because of the issues that Pacific Biodiesel has, they have stopped taking new customers. We have gotten calls from restaurants that are looking to, "What do I do? How do I take care of my grease?" We have recently put out a process. Essentially, we shut down at Pu`uanahulu. We had a place to take grease trap waste, but we shut it down because everything was going to Pacific Biodiesel. When they stopped taking new customers and we had that problem, we have reopened that and we have provided instruction and direction to all of the waste and septic haulers, and trying to get the word out to everyone. I have copies of the procedures that I can provide to the clerk for everyone. This was done before we had notice of the hearing by the way. It wasn't just done five days before. Although, that is pretty convenient, I have to admit. But, the fact is, we have a problem that we need to come to a resolution to. It's in everyone's interest that we come up with a way to allow, once pretreatment is done and once Pacific Biodiesel does their due diligence, it has been four years, they've been operating there, just now coming up with a pretreatment system. So, it's not like everything is on one side. We will be working with them and going to readdress the industrial discharge, what the requirements are. I can't commit to a resolution, but I can commit to trying to find one. Thank you. MR. CHUNG: Thank you very much. It seems to be a very complicated issue. But, I've been approached by several restaurant people and I know Ms. Lee Loy represents a lot of restaurants as well. What they're telling me is that if they utilize the West Hawaii pumpers, and these guys are charging about, for 700 gallons, that's the grease interceptor, the capacity, they're charging for 3,000 gallons because they've got to take them back to West Hawaii. So, what's the deal with that? I mean is there anything we can do? MR. KUCHARSKI: If they're doing grease interceptors, we don't have a facility here that can take that grease trap waste. MR. CHUNG: I thought you said in Pu`uanahulu. MR. KUCHARSKI: We do, that's on the west side. We have nothing on the east side. MR. CHUNG: That's why I said they were told by the west side guys they could do it, but they're going to charge for 3,000 gallons for 700 -gallon pump. So, in other words, east side is in big trouble then? Page 4 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 MR. KUCHARSKI: Yes. MR. CHUNG: Well, I mean, I think I would support you in whatever plan you can come up with in developing something quick over here. If it means we've got to raise fees or whatever the case may be, but Mr. King, you talked about using the water for composting. I don't know if you know, but we have on this island a long -stalled composting contract that the administration, no offense to the two of you here, tried to cancel but now it's resurrected. But redoing the contract is like pulling teeth. I don't know how long—we have been waiting almost one year for this thing and this thing was done by professional people on the mainland and now it's handled by Corporation Counsel, and it's taking way too long. I'm just wondering, could you supply the water to the composting people if we were to finalize that contract? Would that be a possibility? MR. KING: Thank you. I have been in touch with them and it's highly likely that they can take all of our water. MR. CHUNG: That would be terrific. MR. KING: They can at least take some of the water. They need to get their system going and see where they're at. But, I have been following that as well, and that might have been a solution by now if it would have been going by now. MR. CHUNG: I've got to, in a nice a way as I can, Corporation Counsel, you guys have got to do this thing already. You've got to finalize that contract, okay? Please. Now we see what kinds collateral damage our delay is reeking on our restaurants, our economy potentially. We've got to move on this thing. Bill, can you please work with them? It's been way too long. MR. KUCHARSKI: It's my understanding that the final addition is waiting. It's in the hands of HER's (Hawaiian Earth Recycling) attorneys. MR. CHUNG: Okay, good. We have a problem and we have a solution. MR. KUCHARSKI: Yes, sir. We have tried. We have been working with Bob trying to get, and I think it's a great idea, particularly in Pu`uanahulu where we have saline water so there's no water that's going into the compost. We have a need to improve the level of that, or would like to improve the level of that mulch into compost. We don't run that operation, but we cannot force HER to take that water. The executive order that gave us that property from the state does not allow us to subdivide and put other processors. We've tried to do that. We've tried to get an area where we could do that. We've told Bob that we'll get him as much mulch as he wants. We will transport it to a facility if he can get one to be able to process that water. We've just been unable to Page 5 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 MR. CHUNG: I don't know exactly what you said, but does that mean we're going to move quickly on the composting contract that's been lying around or does that mean something else? MR. KUCHARSKI: Again, I won't speak for Corporation Counsel, but my understanding on following this is that there are two parties and both parties need to agree on the final product. Right now, it's in HER's pocket to finalize that contract that we're ready to sign. MR. CHUNG: You guys are ready to sign? MR. KUCHARSKI: That's my understanding. MR. CHUNG: Joe, come real quickly. All you need to give is a yes or no answer. Is that true? Is it in their hands and are we ready to sign? That would make me the happiest guy. (Note: At this time, Corporation Counsel Joseph Kamelamela came forward to address the members of the Committee.) MR. KAMELAMELA: This is Joe Kamelamela, Corporation Counsel. Good afternoon, Chair, and—okay, that's kind of optimistic but MR. CHUNG: So, not true in other words? MR. KAMELAMELA: No, we're close to it because we do have a meeting next week, but the final is with them right now. MR. CHUNG: So, sort of true. MR. KAMELAMELA: Yeah. MR. CHUNG: Okay, good. We're real close, right? MR. KAMELAMELA: Very close. MR. CHUNG: I heard we were real close like about a half year ago, but we're real close? MR. KAMELAMELA: I think I used months, six months. MR. CHUNG: Let's go with weeks. Okay, thank you. Goodbye. Page 6 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 MR. KUCHARSKI: Bill Kucharski. Sorry if I seem to have mis characterized that we're almost there. CHR. O'HARA: Alright, are you done, Mr. Chung? Mr. Richards. MR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Chair. Thanks Bill. Good to see you, Bob. Okay echoing, once again, what Councilman Chung has said, if—backup a little bit. The wastewater that Pacific Biodiesel was collecting and shipping to Maui, is that water acceptable to go into any of our wastewater treatment? MR. KUCHARSKI: Right now, no, sir. MR. RICHARDS: Because it's not it's still too MR. KUCHARSKI: The composition would upset any of the operations either in Kealakehe or in Hilo. It's much too high. MR. RICHARDS: But that water, after it goes through the pretreatment system, is acceptable? MR. KUCHARSKI: It depends what the end of that pretreatment system is. Bob said he should be able to get it down to about 600. We could probably do that but we have to check. It might—there may be ways. Again, the plant's designed for about 200 and we're taking, right now, between two and four. With the small volumes, we could probably take it, but that's what I need to check on and see what that does to our permit because this is permitted under EPA and DOH Department of Health). MR. RICHARDS: Okay, let me use Councilman Chung's technique. Okay, yes or noes, that'll work better. So, I got that. The wastewater that we have that was shipped to Maui, can that be used, as is, in the compost? MR. KUCHARSKI: My understanding, yes, but I don't run the compost operation. MR. RICHARDS: Okay, hang on. Bob? MR. KING: In open compost like we are proposing, yes, absolutely. MR. RICHARDS: Alright. So, it looks to be solutions on the horizon here. Pretty good. Then, as far as the secondary treatment that you're doing, that is a little prototypical but it looks like it's going to pan out and then that water, you're going to check on that, Bill, to find out exactly if we can put this in our systems? Long story short, this has been a problem on the east side and west side. It's Page 7 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 going to impact our overall economy if we don't resolve this thing very quickly. It's already becoming a problem and I appreciate, Bob, what you guys have been doing, shipping water to Maui. That makes as about much sense as—we don't have to go there. We, as Council, have to move as quickly as we can with our departments, as quickly as they can, both Environmental Management but also Corporation Counsel has to move quickly on this. Because if not, we're going to adversely impact the businesses, number one, and we don't want to be non-compliant with the EPA. I got that part, but we have to push this, going a lot faster that what we've been going right now. So, give us a timeline. MR. KUCHARSKI: I will check and by the first of August, I will have an answer from EPA as to what impact it would have to include this industrial discharge. We have to take a look at the process. If you give me three weeks, I will come back with a definitive answer, and then I need to know from Pacific Biodiesel what level they can treat their waste to. I need that to know what we can do, so, this is sort of a two part. MR. RICHARDS: Okay, great. So Bob, we're going to have that answer in a couple of weeks, is that correct? MR. KING: So, there's a couple of things here now. We're talking about timeline. We're talking about—we could have a digester put together at our place if I had a quarter million dollars to spend on it in six months. I've got to tell you it's a little frustrating. We're going to spend this kind money to do our wastewater and I don't know how many other people on the island would like to have their wastewater treated and we'd also be spending that. Meanwhile, there is a digester at the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant that's not being used. It's frustrating. We're going to duplicate, just for us, what they could do, I believe, for a lot more people. Did I open another can of worms for you, Bill? MR. RICHARDS: Back at you, Bill. MR. KUCHARSKI: The digesters right now can be operated. I'm not certain what the CIP (Capital Improvement Project) budget for that is, but they are also we have two, only one is operating, and it is operating for the wastewater that we're treating, which is 1.9, about 2 million gallons a day. It's not that simple. It has to go through the whole system and that is a slug that's coming in that we can't treat. I don't think it's as simple as Bob put out. But, we can check on that, on the process, whether there could be a direct inject into that, but I don't think it's designed for that kind of slug. Page 8 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 MR. RICHARDS: But we're going to know the answer about that within the next three weeks? MR. KUCHARSKI: I will give you an answer by the first of August. MR. RICHARDS: Okay, hang on. So, coming back, Mr. Kamelamela, are we going to have a contract, and you said weeks, are we going to have a contract done by August? Let the record reflect that Mr. Kamelamela said yes. So, we have an answer within three weeks, is that what I'm understanding? Everybody nod their head yes. Joe says yes. MR. KUCHARSKI: Yes, sir. MR. RICHARDS: Bill is saying yes with reservations and Bob is going to be working on getting his side, correct? Okay, I yield. Thank you. CHR. O'HARA: Alright. Thank you, Mr. Richards. Mr. Chung. MR. CHUNG: That was great news. August of this year, right? I had a question because Bob made a comment. He said that the water, based on his understanding, of course you guys have to go and see what the protocols are, but could be used on open composting. But my understanding is this is going to be closed vessel, right? So, does that make a difference or is it better? MR. KING: The only issue with closed composting is it doesn't use as much water. So, they're definitely willing to put it in there. They haven't anticipated putting liquid waste into that compost, so, we're going to have to work with them on how to actually get it blended in. MR. CHUNG: Okay, but this is not going to slow down our contract, right? I mean because it's exclusive of one another. It's something that you guys have to work out with the contractor, right? Hopefully you guys can come together. MR. KING: Absolutely. It could only help. There's no way that could be an issue. It's got to be positive. MR. CHUNG: This is the greatest presentation. Thank you very much. CHR. O'HARA: Are you done there? Okay, anyone else with questions? Okay, Ms. Lee Loy. MS. LEE LOY: Making Mr. Chung happy is incredibly challenging, so, thank you folks very much. Mr. Chung and I have had these conversations because we have the most industrial and commercial lands in the Hilo district, between Page 9 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 Council Districts 2 and 3. So, we hear this all the time. So, everything I heard is exceptional. I had a few questions regarding—and if you can answer, Mr. King, how many gallons is Maui accepting and how large are their fields? Because I'm trying to get to some gallon to acre ratio if you know, because as a planner, I want to know whatever type of composting facility or facilities that we build can accept the capacities that we have now and grow into the future. Because something Mr. Richards touched upon is we're stalling economic potential because restaurants can't get their permits to operate. So, we're squashing jobs. I'm looking at a picture right now of 30 employees that you have. There's so much more potential if we could do this. So, help me understand that so that we can champion the capital improvement so that we can really get some economic opportunities here on this island. MR. KING: Okay, so your first question was how many gallons and how much land is the composting on Maui? The Maui facility, including all the waste it collects on the island of Maui, plus the Big Island's waste, is probably processing, I would say 30,000 gallons per day of water. They've got a 16 -acre site that they do composting on. They compost about 35,000 tons of green waste per year, plus the sludge from the three wastewater treatment plants. I don't have the total, but I can get that for you if you'd like. It's a very robust facility that's been taking in a myriad of different pieces and covering it all every day for 25 years now. The second piece, I think, was the economics of this and yes, it's trying to create jobs. You're trying to get more industry in here, more users, but I've heard stories from other people who are trying to expand their operations and it's a nightmare to deal with. A lot of different ways but wastewater in particular. The cost of pumping a grease trap on the Big Island, with our surcharge to get it to Maui, is roughly twice the price of any other island. If we use the landfill option of taking it to the landfill, thank you for opening that up, if we'd use the landfill option, it's three times the price of any other island. The restaurants are, I guess it's the cost of doing business, but they're not pleased paying three times what everybody else is, just because we haven't figured it out here. It's money that could be spent doing other things. MS. LEE LOY: Mr. King, do you have that, like you said, 30,000 gallons per day and they operate a 16 -acre site. MR. KING: Yes. MS. LEE LOY: Okay. Mr. Kucharski, we have two pumps, one is not operational. You said we're doing about two million gallons there. What is the capacity? Page 10 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 MR. KUCHARSKI: That is the digesters that are in the Hilo plant. We have two units, and my understanding is one of those units is not functioning and has not been for a while, but, it's still sufficient because the plant was over designed. I think we're starting to mix up things. If we come in and if the waste if HER would accept the wastewater that currently has now with the high BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), it would not need to go into the system. If pretreatment were to occur, then the system could accept it. So, if a pretreatment system is going to be installed, then during that time of that installation, if that water could be used at Pu`uanahulu or anywhere, if HER would accept that, then that resolves that issue. Then, once the pretreatment is in, if it can go to the waste treatment facility, then you have sort of a final solution. So, I think there are really two steps, before there's pretreatment and after pretreatment. MS. LEE LOY: Yes, I'm liking what I'm hearing but at the end of the day, I think we're paralyzing ourselves. We have options, we just need everybody on the same page. This is a critical path for us. We're really crippling ourselves here if we're not managing our waste. I will say it nicer than Mr. Chung will. Please, put this on the top of your priority list. It will go a long way to managing our waste for this entire island. Please. Thank you. I yield. CHR. O'HARA: Thank you, Ms. Lee Loy. Does anyone else have any questions or comments? Okay, Ms. Eoff MS. EOFF: Just a quick question. I know when we were discussing locations for composting, Pu`uanahulu was kind of ruled out because of availability of water or that there was no availability of water. Will this help us to reconsider that as a site if we were able to transport water? MR. KUCHARSKI: Bill Kucharski. If you would like to see the contract in 2020, yes. But right now, the contract that has been negotiated establishes the location on the east side, and if we change that again, then I think there are going to be more contractual issues that we would have to face. So, there may be things we can do there, but, at this point in time, I'm not certain that would be my first choice. Five years ago, maybe, but at this point in time, that would not be something that I would probably move forward. MS. EOFF: Okay, thank you. CHR. O'HARA: Okay, is that it? I just want to sum up some things and maybe ask a couple questions myself. One of the things that Ms. Eoff just asked is does that opens us up for composting at Pu`uanahulu? I think you need to qualify that to be either windrow composting, which it does open us up to at Pu`uanahulu, and/or in vessel composting, which is not because of the way the contract has been modified. So, just understanding when you say composting, it's one or the Page 11 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 other. But, right now, Pu`uanahulu is windrowing the green waste, but it is so dry over there, it doesn't compost of itself. It's also a rather windy site, so the wetter that compost, if you're going to windrow it, the better. So, it could absorb all of the water with the high BOD's that is coming out of the grease trap separation. Right now, it's a matter of finalizing the contract because in essence, Pacific Biodiesel has a long history of synergy with the composting company that we're currently under contract with. In fact, Mr. King showed us an image of the receiving area for the FOG's that was built at Pu`uanahulu. I believe that was like 2006, a long time ago. Because at the time, we were working on a contract with a different composter who they also have worked with and worked with on Maui. So, it's really easy for them to form that synergy. I think what's holding HER back right now is they want to have a finalized contract before they make any changes to their current production plan in which case, they will probably accept. But, I want to commend Pacific Biodiesel. They have been operating on island for four or five years now at least and dealing with this issue without any direct assistance from the County in terms of being able to dispose of that wastewater. It's important, because as Mr. King explained, it's been twice as expensive to send it back to be processed on either Maui or Oahu as it would be if they were operating on those islands. The option to take it to Pu`uanahulu, I don't know that the Council understands, Mr. Kucharski, but that option involved special handling. So, that's why the fees are three times as much. You can't put this stuff into landfill, it's got high BTU's, British Thermal Units. It will cause the rubbish dump to burn. So, you have to do things to modify that. You have to mix it with solids to put it into the landfill. That's why that cost is so high. So, either we get our wastewater plants capable of dealing with industrial water, which at this point, neither of them can take industrial water, and that requires some front-end processing, which we may or may not have the capabilities. I'm not sure with the equipment that we have on hand that we need new equipment, or does it mean just modifying our permits with the EPA? I'm not real clear on that and something I think we need to identify. But, in terms of solutions, it's definitely preferable if we can take this substance and use it to make something beneficial, high quality compost, high quality fuel. These are good things to have out of our waste stream, rather than just processing it in our wastewater plant and discharging that processed water somewhere. So, I think the value is in making the additional products, the value-added product. Speaking of that, it is a bit disappointing that, once again, the County of Hawaii, who went through, in the previous administration went through the effort of adding biodiesel to the purchasing list, has now once again taken it off Pacific Biodiesel, I believe, has accounts with other municipalities and counties across the state to sell what's called B20, 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum Page 12 EMC -13 July 10, 2018 diesel. This is a blend that doesn't void your warranties and things like that and most large fleets are very comfortable running a B20 fuel. But, we're not doing that here at the County of Hawaii and I'm not really sure why. It's not just a pricing issue because we have some people in our departments who just aren't convinced, for whatever reason, that biodiesel is a good product. So, this is another issue that we want to address as we try to increase our use of renewables. Biodiesel fuel is part of renewable energy and we really want to be embracing that as a county. So, that's another thing I wanted to bring up in this presentation that we didn't really discuss, is that the County of Hawaii is not using it whereas the military does on Oahu and HELCO (Hawai`i Electric Light Company) does here and other fleets use it. Anyway, any last comments? Seeing none, I guess we can wrap this up. Thank you so much, Mr. King, for coming over and enlightening us on that. Thank you, Mr. Kucharski, for being here. I will ask for a motion to—we have the motion on the floor. All in favor of filing this, please say "yes." Vote on Comm. 969: The motion to close file on Comm. 969 was carried by the (Approved) following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, Poindexter, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair O'Hara — 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. O'HARA: Okay, could I have a motion to ORDER OF The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, RESOLUTIONS: Order of Resolutions. (There were none.) BILLS FOR The Chair directed the Committee to proceed to the next order of business, ORDINANCES: Bills for Ordinances. (There were none.) Page 13 EMC -13 ADJOURN- MENT: Approved: July 10, 2018 There being no further business, at 2:48 p.m., Mr. Richards moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Ms. Poindexter and carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha, Lee Loy, Poindexter, Richards, Ruggles, and Chair O'Hara — 9. Noes: None. Absent: None. Excused: None. CHR. O'HARA: Thank you so much. 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