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<br />Minutes for Wednesday, April 24, 2002Page 1 of 3 <br />Return to: Home Page | Table of Contents | Commission Page <br />ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION <br />MINUTES <br /> <br />Wednesday, April 24, 2002 <br />8:41 a.m. <br />Waimea Civic Center <br />67-5189 Kamamalu Street, Kamuela, Hawai‘i 96743 <br />PRESENTALSO PRESENT <br />:Barbara Bell:Christine Ross, Pacific Waste <br />Riley SmithTiffany Edwards, West Hawai‘i Today <br />Sam KawamuraMike Allen <br />Hugh OnoPete Hendricks <br />Carolyn WitcherSteve Cassulo <br />Peter MartinMike Kaha <br />Luana Jones <br />David Frankel <br />Mack Asato <br />STAFF <br />:Galen Kuba <br />Larry Capellas <br />Dudley Akama, Corporation Counsel <br />Kristen Griffiths <br />  <br />1.CALL TO ORDER <br />Barbara Bell called the meeting to order at 8:41 a.m. <br />2.APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 27, 2002 MEETING <br />Riley Smith moved to approve the minutes. Sam Kawamura seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. <br />3.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS LISTED ON AGENDA <br />Christine Ross of Pacific Waste expressed her thoughts regarding the private industry. When private industry does anything or <br />sets up anything, we have to think the whole process through. It is one thing to want to raise prices, but if you don’t collect the <br />money that you are charging, then you have no revenue to maintain your operation and repair or improve your equipment and <br />you have no revenue to expand services. If there is no full thought process in regards to the Volcano Community bin that wants <br />to get donated, the donation will fail. A solution can be reached, but the whole process needs to be thought through. First <br />suggestion would be to buy two bins rather than one and then the Volcano Community Association can go to any vendor. The <br />biggest expense on a haul like that is the truck and driver, which costs approximately $95.00/hour. With two bins, one can be <br />sitting at the yard. The day they are exchanged, the driver would bring an empty bin up, leave it there and take the full one. It is <br />only one trip. If there is only one bin, the driver has to do two trips. Pick up the bin, run it to the recycling center, take it back <br />and return to the baseyard. <br />Tiffany Edwards of the West Hawai‘i Today commented on the discussion of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. <br />The statement that "it has been released to the press" is incorrect. She was allowed to peruse it in Galen Kuba’s office. The <br />Draft Addendum to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan was being circulated among the County officials and <br />therefore, it is public record. The County has a policy that it does not release draft documents to the public. Anytime you pay <br />someone $400,000 for a study, when it goes into the County, it is the public’s record. It is final when it gets to the County <br />officials and starts circulating. It is a very important document and would like to be able to properly inform the public. Galen <br />Kuba stated that this first draft was only intended for an internal review. <br />4.APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA <br />Hugh Ono moved to amend the agenda to include an update on the testimony given by Hugh Ono to the County Council <br />on Communication 567, Bill 200 and 201 in regards to Solid Waste and Wastewater fees. Peter Martin seconded the <br />motion. Motion was unanimously carried. <br />file://C:\Test1\minutes042402.htm6/22/2011 <br /> <br />