HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2021-47, Draft 1COUNTY COUNCIL
COUNTY OF KAUA 'I
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2021 INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR THE COUNTY OF KAUA'I
WHEREAS, an Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan should provide an
up-to-date strategy for implementing environmentally prudent and cost-effective
integrated solid waste management components to enhance or upgrade the County's
existing system; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kaua'i's Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan
was last revised in September 2009; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 342G, Hawai'i Revised Statutes requires each County to
update its Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan once every 10 years; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works contracted with
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for development of the Integrated Solid Waste
Management Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, a draft of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update
was published for public review and comment, and adjustments were made to the
plan as a result of public comment; and
WHEREAS, a draft of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update
was submitted to the State Department of Health Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch
for review and comment, and adjustments were made to the plan as a result of the
Department's comments; and
WHEREAS, the final draft of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan
Update was submitted to the County Council on November 5, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Update recognizes
the need to target 10 additional years of capacity with our current landfill in order to
solidify a new site; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUA'I,
STATE OF HAWAI'I, that it adopts the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan
Update, dated November 2021.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Kaua'i County Council urges the
Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division to expeditiously implement the
necessary studies to determine Kaua'i's diversion priorities needed to extend the life
of the Kekaha Landfill.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Kaua'i County Council supports
transforming the County's solid waste system into a sustainable system by
committing to an economically feasible goal of maximizing diversion to the greatest
extent possible.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this Resolution shall be
transmitted to Derek S.K. Kawakami, Mayor of the County of Kaua'i,
Troy K. Tanigawa, Department of Public Works Acting County Engineer, the
Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division, and Elizabeth A. Char, MD,
Director of the State Department of Health.
Introduced by: /s/ BILL DECOSTA
(By Request)
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