2016-08-24 Environmental Management Commission Minutes

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION MINUTES August 24, 2016 Hawaii County Building, Puna Conf. Room, 25 Aupuni St. #1501, Hilo, HI COMMISSIONERS ALSO PRESENT: James Fritz, Chair PRESENT: Nancy Cook-Lauer Richard Bennett, Vice Chair Jerome Warren Jeffry Fear Councilmember Margaret Wille Trina Nahm-Mijo Luana Neff STAFF: BJ Leithead Todd, Director Susan Osborne Sharron Henry, Secretary 1. CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS: Commission Chair James Fritz called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 25,2016 MEETING: Commissioner Susan Osborne moved to approve the May 25, 2016 minutes as written. Commissioner Richard Bennett seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously with members present: Fritz, Bennett, Fear, Nahm-Mijo, Neff and Osborne voting yes. 3. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA: None 4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS LISTED ON AGENDA: Jerome Warren offered the following thoughts regarding the use of treated wastewater: - Treated wastewater should he used for irrigating parks and public lands; - Residents wanting treated wastewater for irrigation purposes on private lands should be charged a fee. Councilmember Margaret Wille shared the following information: - Her disappointment with the continued-unfilled commission seats in Districts 2. 4 and 7. - Resolution 565-16 (attached to original minutes) was amended to include the contents of Resolution 570-16 (attached to original minutes) which was withdrawn at the 8/16/16 meeting of the Council Environmental Management Committee. - Resolution 565-16 was also amended to include Ms. Wille as a member of the Hawaii Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative (HIPSI) Stakeholders Task Force. - Her encouragement to the commission for their involvement and meaningful participation in strategic planning for the county's solid waste management. - She is not in favor of trucking garbage from East Hawaii to West Hawaii upon the closure of the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill (SIISL). - She requested the following items be placed on the next commission agenda: o Discussion of Resolution 565-16 which establishes a HIPSI task force; c Discussion and brainstorming on the county solid waste program, to include an overview of the program and the closure of the liilo landfill. o Discussion and review of the county's December 2009 Integrated Resource and Solid Waste Management Plan. County of Hawaii is an Equal Opporlunny Provider and Employer.