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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
- MOTIONS, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND VARIOUS REQUESTS -
(2020 to present)
G Adams draft updated 1/30/23
EMC
Meetings
Item
(written)*
Description Action Response EMC
Follow-Up/Lead
05/27/20 Motion Send letter to Director Kucharski & the County
Council (to look into a public-private partnership
to create recycled/reclaimed water?)
8/19/20: Letter
sent to CM
Richards, cc
Director
Konno decision
barriers. Mayor’s
office evaluating
TBD
08/26/20 Motion Send a letter to Council and administration
requesting they immediately begin the process of
implementing ESPCs, and request the director to
provide details for the RFP for those ESPCs
Letter sent to
Council 10/26/20
None Provide education to
Council and encourage
DEM proposal/Chair
and Vice Chair
3/24/21 Motion Council to fund financial consultant to look at
funding mechanisms for wastewater treatment,
including Enterprise Fund model.
Letter to Council
5/14/21
Not budgeted.
DEM seeking and
has obtained
alternate funds from
state and federal
grants
Routine agenda item
on funding options.
Meet with new
Council Committee
Chairs/ Chair and
Vice-chair
9/22/21 Motion County should establish water resource
management vs wastewater management policy
toward Kealakehe WWTP, eliminate saltwater
intrusions via private laterals, use agronomic
principles in reusing water
Letter to Council
10/19/21
DEM exploring
reuse but skeptical
of customers for
R1/2, investigating
saltwater Alii Dr.
Pretreatment
proposal may
address laterals.
Continued requests for
updates. Independent
work with Honokahou
Harbor/Gaffney
6/22/22 recommendation Need for county-wide integrated master
wastewater management plan
Meetings with
RAWEEMC Chair
and Vice-chair,
Letter to DEM on
components of
integrated plan
sent 6/23/22
Shared with new
Planning staff and
consultant doing
district plans
Monitor consultant
work and routine
agenda item/Chair and
Vice-chair
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*Written communications only are listed in the table above. Dialog and “sense of the Commission members” are an important component of
meetings with DEM staff. Certain issues continue to be ongoing and may lead to future written recommendations, e.g.:
*ONGOING ISSUES Description Lead Follow-up Ideas Open/closed
ISWMP Implementation See 2019 report Georjean Adams Focus on top priorities,
DEM to routinely report
open
Funding Options Awareness of options All Fed grants open
Private/Public Partnerships Options and barriers All Encourage exploration of
Konno decision
open
Distributed Composting Flexible, smaller
operations and residential
options
?Melissa Cardwell Work with NGOs,
community groups
open
Existing Contracts Expensive and inflexible
HER, WM, BSH
Georjean Adams Support renegotiation open
New East side Landfill Short time left for WHSL.
High cost of transport.
?Dell Otsuka DHHL land? Other state
or county land? Must begin
now
open
EMC
Meetings
Item
(written)*
Description Action Response EMC
Follow-Up/Lead
6/22/22 recommendation Priorities for Public Information Officer position Letter to DEM on
draft priorities
sent 6/23/22
Pending hire Update when new hire
is in place/Chair