HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-03-28 Environmental Management Commission AgendaENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING
AGENDA
DATE: March 28, 2012
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Kona Liquor Control Conf Room, Bldg. B, 2nd Floor, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,
Kailua -Kona, HI
1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — January 25, 2012
APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND /OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA (requires six (6) votes, and
must comply with HRS § 92 -7(d))
4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
REPORTS /CORRESPONDENCE
Director's Report, including:
• Status of Safety Committee report on HWWTP 11/18/11 Inspection
• Transfer Station Signage Information
• Department Contracts Status Report
• Collection Efforts Status Report
Commission Member District Update Reports — includes information obtained from meetings with
council members and district residents since the last commission meeting
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Commission Role and Strategic Plan discussion to include:
• Education and Outreach Sub - Committee report on ways that education efforts can be effective
• Commission Goals and Mission — for Discussion and Action
Discussion of how the County Redistricting Commission's Plan will affect the Environmental
Management Commission membership - Clarification to January 25, 2012 meeting discussion
NEW BUSINESS
Discussion of Proposed Fiscal Year 2012 -2013 Budget
Presentation and discussion of the final South Hilo Landfill Feasibility Study Report, if available,
for Commission advice to Department
Discussion of Japanese Marine Tsunami Debris: What is the County doing about it?
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
• Site Visit to Hawaiian Fresh Egg Farm/OrganaGrow, 62 -2670 Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela, HI
following July meeting
• Administrative Rule: Fat, oil and grease discharge and prohibition into the public sewer (HCC 21-
7(c) and (d), and HCC 21 -9 (2)
• Sewer Rate Study presentation by department and/or consultants relating to their findings
• Sewer Connection Waiver /Exemption Policy Update to include expected date of implementation
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
2012 Meeting Schedule:
- May 23, 2012, Hilo, Puna Conference Room, County Bldg, Room 1501, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, HI.
- July 25, 2012, Waimea, Keck Observatory 65 -1120 Mamalahoa Hwy., Kamuela, HI 96743
- September 26, 2012, Kona Liquor Control Con£ Room, Bldg. B, 2nd Floor,
74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Kailua -Kona, HI
- November 28, 2012, Hilo, Puna Conference Room, County B1dg.Room 1501, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo,
HI
10. ADJOURNMENT
The 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 be sent to Department of Environmental
Management, 25 Aupum Street, Hilo, HI 96720 or emailed to cohdem @co.hawaii.hi.us.
Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five days of
becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2- 91.3(b), Hawaii County Code} 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." {Article 15, Section 2- 91.3(a)(6), Hawaii County Code}
Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk- Council, 333
Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, Hawaii 96720.
Hawaii Tribune Herald, West Hawaii Today March 21, 2012