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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
Based on the Mayor’s Proclamation regarding COVID-19, this meeting will be online. This is to
prevent the spreadof COVID-19 and to maintain social distancing.The public may attend either
online or by telephone.
DATE: April 28, 2021
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
PLACE:Online – Zoom
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1601762246
(Meeting ID: 160 176 2246)
Call in: +1 669 254 5252
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: Anyone wishing to provide written testimony on an agenda
item may do so by submitting it in writing or by fax. To ensure timely delivery to commissioners
prior to the meeting, written testimony must be submitted before 12:00 noon on the business
day prior to the meeting by (1) email to peter.sur@hawaiicounty.gov or (2) facsimiles to 961-
8086. When submitting written testimony, please specify for which agenda item it is being
submitted. All written testimony will be part of the permanent record.
Testimony in real time will be permitted to the extent possible.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2.APPROVALOF MINUTES OFMARCH24, 2021
3.STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR
4.PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
5.UNFINISHEDBUSINESS
a.Status reporton 2021 EMC Priorities–Eachleadcommissioner toprovide brief
reporton assigned priorities(priorities are listed in the draft March2021 meeting
minutes).
b.Status report on action items from previous meeting
i. Letter to Council to recommend bringing in a financial consultant to consider,
among other options, enterprise funding and energy savings performance
contracts.
ii. Availability of chlorides testing data for sewage pipes along Ali‘i Drive.
iii.Format and content of the Director’s Informational Report.
6.NEW BUSINESS
i. Why the Life Cycle Analysis that DEM was planning to do was postponed
(Requested by Commissioner Cardwell)
ii.Is DEM applying for any Hawaii County R&D Innovation grants for sustainable
development?https://www.rd.hawaiicounty.gov/funding-grant-resources/r-d-
innovation-grants
iii.Future venues for EMC meetings – whether to continue virtual meetings or
resume in-person meetings in Hilo/Kailua-Kona.
7. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
Director’s Informational Report. (Note: the report is posted online with the agenda
under www.hawaiicounty.gov>Our County>County Calendar>(Meeting date).
1. Legislative update
2. Requests for updates: The commissioners have requested informational updates
on the following:
a. Transfer station closures, i (Requested by
Commissioner McIntosh)
b.Nlehu and Phala LCC closures(Requested by Commissioner
McIntosh)
c. Implementing the goals and priorities of the ISWMP (Requested by Chair
Adams)
3. Solid Waste Division Projects and Updates
4.Wastewater Division Projects and Updates
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
a. Follow up onaction items determined today.
b. Other (Commissioners may suggest items they would like placed on the next
agenda.)
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting is scheduled for May 26, 2021, online or at a location to be
announced. Please contact the Department of Environmental Management or monitor
the website for updates.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting place is accessible to persons with disabilities. To request an auxiliary aid or
language translation, please call 961-8083 five days prior to the meeting date. Comments may
reet, Suite 41, Hilo,
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Notice to lobbyists:
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A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than
five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence
legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public
officials.” \[Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2-
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