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SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MEETING MINUTES Monday, March 19, 2018 10:10 a.m. to 12:39 Hawai‘i County Building Puna Conference Room #1501 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 Committee Members present: Georjean Adams Steven Araujo Barbara Bell Paul Buklarewicz Robert Ely George Hayducsko Alan Okinaka Adam Scharf Staff present: Keyra Wong, Deputy Corporation Counsel William Kucharski, Director Diane Noda, Deputy Director Gregory Goodale, SWD Chief Tina DeMello, Secretary Mary Fujio, Assistant Secretary 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Opening and introductory remarks were made by Gregory Goodale at 10:10 a.m. Mr. Goodale introduced himself as the Solid Waste Division Chief for the Department of Environmental Management and expressed his appreciation to all the members for being a part of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) and for making the commitment to help the County. He explained he is not technically a part of this group but wants to welcome everyone and express appreciation for the Mayor appointing everyone and everyone accepting to be a part of this committee. Mr. Goodale introduced the following people: William Kucharski, Director of Environmental Management, and Diane Noda, Deputy Director of Environmental Management; Mary Fujio and Tina DeMello, who work with the Department and will be helping and assisting at these meetings; Keyra Wong, Deputy Corporation Counsel; David Tarnas, who will be helping with facilitating these meetings; and Dennis Lee, who is the Senior Project Manager Dennis Lee and a consultant with Wesley Segawa and Associates (WSA), which is the prime consultant for this project. Mr. Goodale turned it over to Director William Kucharski to say a few words. Mr. Kucharski thanked everyone for being part of this committee. It is an important effort on the County’s part to plan and planning is important. He thanked the members 1