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<br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI <br /> <br />MEETING AGENDA <br /> <br />DATE: February 27, 2019 <br />TIME: 9:00 a.m. <br />PLACE: West Hawaiʻi Civic Center <br /> 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway <br /> Community Hale (Building G) <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaii <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 23, 2019 <br /> <br />3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br />4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br /> <br />a Chair’s update on water sustainability and water quality white paper and plans. <br /> <br />b. Status of subcommittee’s draft recommendations to the legislature on water <br />reuse policy. <br /> <br />c. Commissioner Gaffney report on the interconnections of bills in the legislature <br />on cesspit closure, individual home waste management, and reuse. <br /> <br />d. Review the Commission’s table of Motions, Policy Recommendations, and Various <br />Requests and discuss follow-up. <br /> <br />5. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />a. Introduction of Councilmember Tim Richards, Chair of the County Council’s <br />Committee on Agriculture, Water, Energy, and Environmental Management. <br /> <br />b. Discussion on the Commission’s monthly meeting schedule and length of meetings. <br /> <br />c. Proposal to change Hawaiʻi County Code Section 2-207, which states that the <br />Commission has a 45-day review period to submit comments and recommendations <br />on legislation relating to the functions and duties of the Department of <br />Environmental Management to the County Council, and that failure to act within the <br />45-day review period shall be considered as an unfavorable recommendation. <br /> <br />