HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-09-24 Environmental Management Commission Agenda ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING
AGENDA
DATE: September 24,2014
A. TIME: 9:00 a.m.(Regular Meeting)
PLACE: West Hawaii Civic Center,Community Meeting Hale(Bldg G)Kailua-Kona,HI
B. TIME: 11:30 a.m.(Site Visit)
PLACE: Kaiser Medical Center Wastewater Treatment Facility
Members of the public must have their own transportation to the site.Meeting will recess
during transit and reconvene at the Kaiser site.For instructions and further information,
please see item 10 below.
1. CALL TO ORDER&ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—August 27,2014
3. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
5. REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
• Director's Report
• Commission Member District Update Reports
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
• Continued discussion of the Sludge Removal RFP Update and Options for Sludge Reuse
7. NEW BUSINESS
• Discussion and decision making on submitting letters to the Department of Education and
the Board of Education requesting that recycling be expanded through all Big Island
schools on future contracts.
• Discussion and decision making regarding assisting the department in working to identify
safety risks to public health; requesting the State Legislature to fund programs to eradicate,
control and maintain hazardous trees such as the Albizia that caused a great amount of
damage from Iselle.
8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
• Wastewater facilities site visits—Hilo,Kula`imano,rape ikou
• Solid Waste facilities site visits—Transfer stations,East Hawai'i Organics Facility
9. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
October 22 Aupuni Center Conf Room, 101 Pauahi Street,Hilo,HI
November 26 WHCC Community Meeting Hale(Bldg G)Kailua-Kona,HI
December No meeting
10: TOUR OF THE KAISER FOUNDATION WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
• Location: 74-517 Honokohau Street,Kailua-Kona,HI
• From West Hawaii Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, take Kealakehe Parkway
makai,turning right on Queen K Highway
• Turn Right on Honokohau Street
• Pass the foundation building located on the right side and proceed to the parking lot below the facility
• For general familiarization only
• Public is invited
County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
• Closed toed shoes are required
• Attendees must make their own travel arrangements
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 Hawai`i County Clerk within five days of
becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b),Hawai`i 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.
County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer