HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-09-26 Environmental Management Commission AgendaENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING
AGENDA
DATE: September 26, 2012
TIME: 9 :00 a.m.
PLACE: Kona Liquor Control Conf. Room, Bldg. B, 2 °" Floor, 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,
Kailua -Kona, Hl
1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES —July 25, 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 Update on Status of Delinquencies and Accounts Receivable Efforts, including summary of
amounts owed and amounts recovered to date
• Commission Member District Update Reports — includes information obtained from meetings with
council members and district residents since the last commission meeting
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Commissioner Anne Lee's Report on Available Funding Grants for the Department to include a list
of research topics
Sub - committee report on Meeting Schedule and procedures for changing the Commission Rules to
accommodate monthly meetings, to include the requirements of Bill 236 which amends Hawai' i
County Code Ch. 2, Art. 40, Section 2 -207 to specify that the commission forward comments/
recommendations on solid waste and wastewater matters to the council, and submit comments and
recommendations on all legislation relating to the Department of Environmental Management
7. NEW BUSINESS
Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance No. 12 -1 (Bill No. 17, Draft 2) - implementation and proposed
draft administrative rules
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Volcano Transfer Station Presentation by Volcano Community Association (November meeting)
Sewer Connection Waiver/Exemption Policy Update to include expected date of implementation
9. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
- November 28, 2012, Hilo, Puna Conference Room, County Bldg., Room 1501, 25 Aupuni Street,
Hilo, HI
10. Site Visit to Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant
- 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 LobbyistsT 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 Iobbyist 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.
iiawai`i Tribune Hetald, West Hawaii Today September 19. 2012