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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MEETING <br />AGENDA <br />DATE: May 27, 2015 <br />TIME: 9:00 a.m. <br />PLACE: West Hawaii Civic Center, Community Hale, Bldg. G, Kailua-Kona, HI <br />CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS <br />2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — March 25, 2015 <br />APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA <br />4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC <br />REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE <br />• Director's Report <br />• Commission Member District Update Reports <br />6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />Follow-up on Letter to the Board of Education regarding including recycling services in <br />school trash disposal contracts <br />7. NEW BUSINESS <br />• Presentation by Angela Kang regarding the outcomes from the March 91' and 101h 2015 <br />Hawai'i Zero Waste Alliance/Zero Waste USA meetings relating to initiatives/projects and <br />develop strategies for a statewide approach for sustainable resource management <br />• Discussion and/or recommendation of Bill 32, which amends Chapter 14, Hawai'i County <br />Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) by adding a new article relating to disposal of <br />refuse in a manner that rewards those who separate their recyclables and compostables <br />from landfill refuse <br />• Discussion and/or recommendation of Bill 33 amending Ch 2, Art. 40, Sec 2-202: Ch 20, <br />Art 3, Sec 20-31, 20-35 and 20-36; and Ch 20, Art 5, Sec 200-43 and 20-52 and adding a <br />new section to Ch 20, Art 3, of the Hawai'i County Code relating to Refuse <br />• Discussion and decision making on proposal to County Council to amend Chapter 2, <br />Article 40, Section 2-207 of the Hawaii County Code to extend the response deadline from <br />45 days upon receipt of the referral to 61 days or following one meeting of the commission <br />to preclude situations when EMC cannot meet due to lack of quorum. <br />FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS <br />• Site Visit to HPA School Recycling Program <br />• Update on Procedures for Bill 194 relating to sewer billing of charges; payment; late <br />penalty - August <br />• Solid Waste facilities site visits — Transfer stations, East Hawaii Organics Facility <br />• Wastewater facilities site visits — Hilo, Papa`ikou <br />County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />