HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-24 Environmental Management Commission AgendaENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING
AGENDA
DATE: April 24, 2013
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: County of Hawai'i Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, HI
1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — March 20, 2013
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:
o Status Update on the Sort Station to include the percentage amount of rubbish being diverted
from the landfills
• Commission Member District Update Reports — includes information obtained from meetings with
council members and district residents since the last commission meeting
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Discussion of the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill Closure Plan and Alternatives following Closure
7. NEW BUSINESS
Draft Sewer Rate Study
Proposed Sewer and Solid Waste Hawai' i County Code changes to address existing and
minimize /prevent future delinquencies
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Recycling in the State Department of Education contracts for Public Schools (May)
Sewer Connection Waiver /Exemption Policy Update to include expected date of implementation
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
• May 29
WHCC Community Meeting Hale, Bldg. G, Kailua -Kona, HI
• June 26
Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, HI
• July 31
WHCC Community Meeting Hale, Bldg. G, Kailua -Kona, HI
• August 28
Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, HI
• September 25
WHCC Community Meeting Hale, Bldg. G, Kailua -Kona, HI
• October 30
Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, HI
• November 27
"CC Community Meeting Hale, Bldg. G, Kailua -Kona, HI
• December
No meeting
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 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 Herald, West Hawaii Today April 17, 2013