HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-07-25 Environmental Management Commission AgendaENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING
AGENDA
DATE: July 25, 2012
TIME: 9 :00 a.m.
PLACE: W. M. Keck Observatory, Stone Conference Room, 65 -1120 Mamalahoa Highway,
Kamuela, HI (Enter through the main Observatory entrance; notify the Receptionist and
you will be escorted to the conference roam.)
CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — May 23, 2012
3. 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
5. REPORTS /CORRESPONDENCE
• Director's Report, including:
o Update on the Department's meeting with Department of Water Supply to further discuss Joint
Billing Efforts
o Budget Update
o Information on Administrative Rule: Fat, oil and grease discharge and prohibition into the public
sewer (HCC 21 -7(c) and (d), and HCC 21 -9 (2)
o Update on Status of Delinquencies and Accounts Receivable Efforts
• 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 Sub - Committee Report on revision of
Commission Goals
• Commissioner Anne Lee's Report on Available Grants for the Department and change of research
scope to include other funding sources
• Department response to the Hilo Landfill Feasibility Study if available
• Department Report on the results of the pilot study (hauling solid waste to West Hawaii Sanitary
Landfill) if available
7. NEW BUSINESS
• Presentation by Pacific Biodiesel relating to their facility and operations
• Presentation by Recycle Hawaii relating to the $100,000 Department of Health a -waste funding and
how it can be spent effectively to address a -waste recycling
• Meeting Schedule — Discussion and Action on increasing the number of meetings held each year
• Ordinance amending Hawaii County Code Ch. 2, Art. 40, Section 2 -207 specifying that
Environmental Management Commission (EMC) advisory powers cover solid waste and
wastewater programs and pilot projects, and adding that any comments /recommendations on these
matters be forwarded to the council. Also adding that EMC and Director shall each submit to the
council comments and recommendations on all legislation relating to the Department of
Environmental Management
&. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
• 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
9. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
- September 26, 2012, Kona Liquor Control Conf. Room, Bldg, B, 2" Floor,
74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Kailua -Kona, HI
- November 28, 2012, Hilo, Puna Conference Room, County Bldg., Room 1501, 25 Aupuni Street,
Hilo, HI
10. Site Visit to Hawaiian Fresh Egg Farm/OrganaGrow, 62 -2670 Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela, HI
- Long pants and closed toed shoes are recommended.
11. 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 Aupuni 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 F{erald, West Hawaii Today July 18, 2012