Proposed Kalaheo landfill site questioned
By Michael Levine - The Garden Island
Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 3:10 AM HST
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i County Council wasted no time Wednesday morning, questioning Mayor Bernard Carvalho’s decision to move forward with siting a new landfill at the Umi site near Kalaheo and grilling the county’s consultant for answers about the selection process.
Hours later, roughly 100 Kalaheo residents took their turn, attending an informational meeting at Kalaheo School Wednesday night.
While the public meeting was the second of its kind in less than a month, the council’s discussion during its final regular meeting of 2009 was the legislators’ first opportunity to weigh in on the controversial proposal, first announced in late August when Carvalho signaled his support for the recommendation made by a 15-member advisory committee tasked with ranking potential sites.
In the months since then, Kalaheo residents have come out strongly against the siting. Kaua‘i Coffee Company, a subsidiary of Alexander and Baldwin, the current landowner of the proposed landfill site, has said putting a 127-acre landfill in the middle of its coffee operation would undermine its image and make it difficult for the company to compete.
In late November, around 250 people packed the Kalaheo School cafeteria for a public meeting, with dozens offering myriad reasons why the proposal is a bad idea, and councilmembers wondered Wednesday whether an unwilling landowner would delay the process to beyond the 2017 date currently projected for closing of the Kekaha Landfill.
Tom Shigemoto of A&B testified to register opposition to the proposal and said it might be “prudent” for the county to look elsewhere because unfriendly condemnation will likely be necessary before permitting can even begin.
“There seems to be a number of items that will consume a lot of time while we have a must-complete date,” said Council Vice Chair Jay Furfaro, pointing out that the MACLS stated in its final report that “Any final siting decision must take into account the importance of not only the need for a landfill, but the loss of the potential use of the selected property as well as its reuse potential when the landfill is closed.”
Councilman Daryl Kaneshiro wondered if it is “premature” for the county to identify a single site, and Tim Bynum said the county should not “put all our eggs in one basket.”
“It is becoming apparent that there’s other issues out there that we need to address,” County Engineer Donald Fujimoto told the council. He said the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection was not meant to be the final answer but designed to identify important issues. “We’re at the beginning of the process.”
Brian Takeda of the Honolulu-based design, engineering and management firm R.M. Towill Corp. said the committee and consultant weighted 26 criteria and ranked the potential sites, but said that work is not a substitute for the Environmental Impact Statement that comes as the next step in the years-long process.
Fujimoto said the EIS for the Umi site, described by Furfaro as the “prime target,” would also encompass a review of two or three of the top-ranked alternatives, and that the county is still negotiating the terms of a contract for the EIS.
For more information, visit www.kauai.gov/newlandfillsite.
• Michael Levine, assistant news editor, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 252) or mlevine@kauaipubco.com. Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, contributed to this report in Kalaheo.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE and AGENDA ITEMS Related to Landfill
COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE and AGENDA ITEMS Related to Landfill
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16,2009
9:30 A.M. OR SOON THEREAFTER
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Historic County Building
4396 Rice Street, Room 201
Lihu'e, Kaua'i, Hawai'i
COMMUNICATIONS:
C 2009-388 Communication (08/28/2009) from the Environmental Services
Management Engineer, Department of Public Works, transmitting for
Council information the Final Report from the Mayor's Advisory
Committee on Landfill Site Selection (MACLS), dated May 2009.
(Copy of report on file in the County Clerk's Office.)
C 2009-390 Communication (10/30/2009) from the Environmental Services
Management Engineer, Department of Public Works, requesting
Council approval of the September 2009 Integrated Solid Waste
Management Plan (ISWMP Update).(See Resolution No. 2009-71)(Copy of Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan September 2009 on file in the County Clerk's Office.)
RESOLUTIONS:
Resolution No. 2009-71, RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE INTEGRATED
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR THE COUNTY OF KAUA'I
Call TELEPHONE NO. 241-6371. for more info
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16,2009
9:30 A.M. OR SOON THEREAFTER
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Historic County Building
4396 Rice Street, Room 201
Lihu'e, Kaua'i, Hawai'i
COMMUNICATIONS:
C 2009-388 Communication (08/28/2009) from the Environmental Services
Management Engineer, Department of Public Works, transmitting for
Council information the Final Report from the Mayor's Advisory
Committee on Landfill Site Selection (MACLS), dated May 2009.
(Copy of report on file in the County Clerk's Office.)
C 2009-390 Communication (10/30/2009) from the Environmental Services
Management Engineer, Department of Public Works, requesting
Council approval of the September 2009 Integrated Solid Waste
Management Plan (ISWMP Update).(See Resolution No. 2009-71)(Copy of Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan September 2009 on file in the County Clerk's Office.)
RESOLUTIONS:
Resolution No. 2009-71, RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE INTEGRATED
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR THE COUNTY OF KAUA'I
Call TELEPHONE NO. 241-6371. for more info
Second public information meeting on landfill siting process set for Dec. 16
KALĀHEO – Those who missed the Nov. 19 meeting on the landfill siting process will have another opportunity to see a presentation on the process, and also provide input. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 6 to 9 pm, at the Kalāheo Elementary School cafeteria. Included on the agenda will be the same information that was presented at the previous meeting -- the results of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection (MACLS) ranking process and the next steps in siting the new landfill.
The presentation will be made by R.M. Towill, Inc., the consultant that conducted the MACLS process.
Following the presentation, the public will be invited to express their views on the landfill siting process.
To access the Power Point presentation that will be made at the meeting, please log on to the county’s website, http://www.kauai.gov/newlandfillsite.
Based on the results of the study, Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. sent a communication to the County Council in August stating that the administration intends to proceed with the next steps to further evaluate the feasibility of developing a landfill at the Umi site.
The site is located along Halewili Road between Kalāheo and Niumila Camp. The land is owned by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. For more information or to request an American Sign Language interpreter, alternative format, or an auxiliary aid, please contact Allison Fraley with the Solid Waste Division at afraley@kauai.gov or 241-4837 before the meeting.
The presentation will be made by R.M. Towill, Inc., the consultant that conducted the MACLS process.
Following the presentation, the public will be invited to express their views on the landfill siting process.
To access the Power Point presentation that will be made at the meeting, please log on to the county’s website, http://www.kauai.gov/newlandfillsite.
Based on the results of the study, Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. sent a communication to the County Council in August stating that the administration intends to proceed with the next steps to further evaluate the feasibility of developing a landfill at the Umi site.
The site is located along Halewili Road between Kalāheo and Niumila Camp. The land is owned by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. For more information or to request an American Sign Language interpreter, alternative format, or an auxiliary aid, please contact Allison Fraley with the Solid Waste Division at afraley@kauai.gov or 241-4837 before the meeting.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Landfill Facts
Choosing a new landfill site requires planning and foresight, not simply keeping an election promise!
Fact: Mana will be full in seven years. Pau!
Fact: A&B will not sell their land to the County for the Umi project.
Fact: The County must file condemnation proceedings (a court action) to take the A&B land under “eminent domain.”
Fact: Condemnation proceedings will take a minimum of 10 years.
Fact: The county will hire “legal experts” to fight A&B’s legal team and will cost $1 million-plus in taxpayer money, likely much more!
Fact: If the county were to win out over A&B, it will take at least another year minimum to permit and construct the Umi landfill.
Think! That’s four years or more past the end of Mana landfill’s life expectancy before Umi can be opened. What will our county do with the trash during the 4-plus years we do not have a landfill?
Fact: Two public schools are two miles from the Umi site. ‘Ele‘ele School will be downwind most of the time. Kalaheo School will be downwind during Kona or Ni‘ihau winds. ‘Ele‘ele School already contends with KIUC’s diesel exhaust during Kona wind episodes.
Fact: A shopping center with grocery store and eateries are within two miles of the Umi site, downwind.
Fact: Port Allen — a visitor destination, local jobs and businesses, Coast Guard, harbor and fishing club — is two miles downwind of the Umi site.
Fact: Two communities will have this landfill in their “front yard.” Brydeswood and New Mill are not NIMBY!
Fact: Two towns will have justifiable NIMBY status. Kalaheo and ‘Ele‘ele. Add Hanapepe too!
Jeff Kritz, Kalaheo
Fact: Mana will be full in seven years. Pau!
Fact: A&B will not sell their land to the County for the Umi project.
Fact: The County must file condemnation proceedings (a court action) to take the A&B land under “eminent domain.”
Fact: Condemnation proceedings will take a minimum of 10 years.
Fact: The county will hire “legal experts” to fight A&B’s legal team and will cost $1 million-plus in taxpayer money, likely much more!
Fact: If the county were to win out over A&B, it will take at least another year minimum to permit and construct the Umi landfill.
Think! That’s four years or more past the end of Mana landfill’s life expectancy before Umi can be opened. What will our county do with the trash during the 4-plus years we do not have a landfill?
Fact: Two public schools are two miles from the Umi site. ‘Ele‘ele School will be downwind most of the time. Kalaheo School will be downwind during Kona or Ni‘ihau winds. ‘Ele‘ele School already contends with KIUC’s diesel exhaust during Kona wind episodes.
Fact: A shopping center with grocery store and eateries are within two miles of the Umi site, downwind.
Fact: Port Allen — a visitor destination, local jobs and businesses, Coast Guard, harbor and fishing club — is two miles downwind of the Umi site.
Fact: Two communities will have this landfill in their “front yard.” Brydeswood and New Mill are not NIMBY!
Fact: Two towns will have justifiable NIMBY status. Kalaheo and ‘Ele‘ele. Add Hanapepe too!
Jeff Kritz, Kalaheo
138 Acres for What?
It’s been over a month since our County Council signed bills to “purchase” 138 acres of questionably useful land assessed at $599,600 by our real estate tax office. (“County land deal finalized,” The Garden Island, Oct. 22)
This $599,600 land gift was “given” to the county in exchange for an extraordinarily massive surrender of precious “rezoning assests” amounting to “added values” somewhere from $250 million to $500 million for the Lagoons facility, depending on how the re-zoning sites are developed.
That’s a quarter to one-half billion dollars. Now it only takes the mayor’s signature to make this dream come true.
The International Billionaire Investment Group (I-BIG’s I call them) had their rezoning needs satisfied: 65 acres zoned conservation, open and ag re-zoned to 14.6 acres to urban zoning, 19.1 acres Open to Resort, 21.6 acres Open to R-2, and an extension of the Visitor Destination Area boundary for 9.2 acres.
What did our community get? 138 acres presently zoned conservation, open and ag located parallel to the Lihu‘e Airport landing runway; a sliver of land from runway’s edge to state shoreline. Not too good for housing, park, bike path, or hospital.
Any suggestions from the council? How about a recycling center and landfill? Then “we the people” wouldn’t have to buy 327 acres from a mature coffee farm in Kalaheo. We the people would save millions of dollars for a centrally located landfill site.
Landfill sites are allowable according to Federal Aviation Administration’s off-airport proposed construction or alteration. See Part 258 — criteria for municipal solid waste landfills, 40 CFR 258 which governs the development. Food for thought.
John Hoff, Lawa‘i
This $599,600 land gift was “given” to the county in exchange for an extraordinarily massive surrender of precious “rezoning assests” amounting to “added values” somewhere from $250 million to $500 million for the Lagoons facility, depending on how the re-zoning sites are developed.
That’s a quarter to one-half billion dollars. Now it only takes the mayor’s signature to make this dream come true.
The International Billionaire Investment Group (I-BIG’s I call them) had their rezoning needs satisfied: 65 acres zoned conservation, open and ag re-zoned to 14.6 acres to urban zoning, 19.1 acres Open to Resort, 21.6 acres Open to R-2, and an extension of the Visitor Destination Area boundary for 9.2 acres.
What did our community get? 138 acres presently zoned conservation, open and ag located parallel to the Lihu‘e Airport landing runway; a sliver of land from runway’s edge to state shoreline. Not too good for housing, park, bike path, or hospital.
Any suggestions from the council? How about a recycling center and landfill? Then “we the people” wouldn’t have to buy 327 acres from a mature coffee farm in Kalaheo. We the people would save millions of dollars for a centrally located landfill site.
Landfill sites are allowable according to Federal Aviation Administration’s off-airport proposed construction or alteration. See Part 258 — criteria for municipal solid waste landfills, 40 CFR 258 which governs the development. Food for thought.
John Hoff, Lawa‘i
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Kauai Landfill Coffee by Eric Shamblen
Kaua‘i landfill coffee?
While the environmental impact of putting a landfill in the middle of active coffee fields is surely significant (“Kaua‘i Coffee objects to landfill site,” The Garden Island, Nov. 19), shouldn’t we consider the economic impact as well?
Some questions for the mayor:
1. Who will want to buy Kaua‘i Coffee, our sole remaining agricultural export, if that coffee is grown right next to 127 acres of garbage?
2. Who will want to come to the Kaua‘i Coffee Visitor Center, currently a popular tourist attraction, if that center is located right next to 127 acres of garbage?
3. If the loss of commercial and tourism revenue eventually harms Kaua‘i Coffee so badly that they can no longer stay in business, how will the county make up for the loss of tax dollars Kaua‘i Coffee generates every year? And what will happen to the 70 or more people currently employed by Kaua‘i Coffee?
4. Given the site selection committee’s inexplicable and blatantly false finding that 127 acres of garbage would have “little to no impact” on Kaua‘i Coffee, shouldn’t we reconsider their conclusions and find another, more suitable site?
Eric Shamblen, Kalaheo
While the environmental impact of putting a landfill in the middle of active coffee fields is surely significant (“Kaua‘i Coffee objects to landfill site,” The Garden Island, Nov. 19), shouldn’t we consider the economic impact as well?
Some questions for the mayor:
1. Who will want to buy Kaua‘i Coffee, our sole remaining agricultural export, if that coffee is grown right next to 127 acres of garbage?
2. Who will want to come to the Kaua‘i Coffee Visitor Center, currently a popular tourist attraction, if that center is located right next to 127 acres of garbage?
3. If the loss of commercial and tourism revenue eventually harms Kaua‘i Coffee so badly that they can no longer stay in business, how will the county make up for the loss of tax dollars Kaua‘i Coffee generates every year? And what will happen to the 70 or more people currently employed by Kaua‘i Coffee?
4. Given the site selection committee’s inexplicable and blatantly false finding that 127 acres of garbage would have “little to no impact” on Kaua‘i Coffee, shouldn’t we reconsider their conclusions and find another, more suitable site?
Eric Shamblen, Kalaheo
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The County Plan for Landfill
From the County of Kauai INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
14.5.2.1 New Subtitle D Landfill
Even if the County significantly reduces reliance on landfill disposal through upstream diversion activities such as green waste composting and a WTE facility, a new,Subtitle D landfill will still be required.
The role of this landfill will be to manage the ash and by-pass waste from the WTE facility. By-pass waste includes the noncombustible County-collected solid waste, construction and demolition debris and commercially-collected solid waste that can not be processed at the WTE facility(unprocessable Waste). Unprocessable waste is typically bulky items, such as large durables and white goods, and waste that can not be combusted, such as concrete.
In addition, if Kaua’i were to experience a significant man-made or natural disaster, the WTE facility (Section 1.5.3) may not be able to handle the significant increase in waste material or may not be able to operate because of energy limitations.
Therefore,to assure that adequate disposal capacity is available, the County will begin siting a new, Subtitle D landfill in YR 1 of the ISWMP to facilitate it being able to receive waste before the Kekaha Landfill is closed. Since a significant portion of disaster debris could be comprised of organic materials, the County will attempt to site the facility in close proximity of a composting facility.
Initially, a 5-acre lined landfill will be constructed. The initial cell will consist of one, 2-acre cell for separate disposal of ash and one, 3-acre cell for by-pass waste. Landfill expansions occur approximately every 5 years thereafter. The lined landfill area will expand to a total of 8 cells over 20 acres during the 20-year life of the facility. The total facility size, including a 500 foot buffer, is 86 acres
During the first year of operation, 2013, it is estimated that the new landfill will
receive approximately 9,000 tons of by-pass waste and 10,000 tons of ash. By 2018,
the end of the life for the first cells, it is estimated that the facility will receive 11,000 tons of by-pass waste and non-combustible construction and demolition waste, and 15,000 tons of ash.
14.5.2.1 New Subtitle D Landfill
Even if the County significantly reduces reliance on landfill disposal through upstream diversion activities such as green waste composting and a WTE facility, a new,Subtitle D landfill will still be required.
The role of this landfill will be to manage the ash and by-pass waste from the WTE facility. By-pass waste includes the noncombustible County-collected solid waste, construction and demolition debris and commercially-collected solid waste that can not be processed at the WTE facility(unprocessable Waste). Unprocessable waste is typically bulky items, such as large durables and white goods, and waste that can not be combusted, such as concrete.
In addition, if Kaua’i were to experience a significant man-made or natural disaster, the WTE facility (Section 1.5.3) may not be able to handle the significant increase in waste material or may not be able to operate because of energy limitations.
Therefore,to assure that adequate disposal capacity is available, the County will begin siting a new, Subtitle D landfill in YR 1 of the ISWMP to facilitate it being able to receive waste before the Kekaha Landfill is closed. Since a significant portion of disaster debris could be comprised of organic materials, the County will attempt to site the facility in close proximity of a composting facility.
Initially, a 5-acre lined landfill will be constructed. The initial cell will consist of one, 2-acre cell for separate disposal of ash and one, 3-acre cell for by-pass waste. Landfill expansions occur approximately every 5 years thereafter. The lined landfill area will expand to a total of 8 cells over 20 acres during the 20-year life of the facility. The total facility size, including a 500 foot buffer, is 86 acres
During the first year of operation, 2013, it is estimated that the new landfill will
receive approximately 9,000 tons of by-pass waste and 10,000 tons of ash. By 2018,
the end of the life for the first cells, it is estimated that the facility will receive 11,000 tons of by-pass waste and non-combustible construction and demolition waste, and 15,000 tons of ash.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Public information meeting on landfill siting process
C O U N T Y O F K A U A ‘ I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO, JR.
Mayor
GARY K. HEU
Administrative Assistant
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
News Release
For Immediate Release: November 13, 2009
DONALD FUJIMOTO, COUNTY ENGINEER
Tel (808) 241-4996
Fax (808) 241-6604
Public information meeting on landfill siting process
KALĀHEO – A public information meeting regarding the landfill siting process is
scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 19.
The meeting will be held at the Kalāheo Elementary School cafeteria from 6 to 9 pm.
A comprehensive look at the landfill siting process will be covered at the meeting
including: the results of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection (MACLS)
ranking process and the next steps in siting the new landfill.
The presentation will be made by R.M. Towill, Inc., the consultant that conducted the
MACLS process.
There will be a question and answer period following the presentation to identify
pertinent environmental issues that should be considered in preparation of the environmental
impact statement for the project.
Prior to Thursday’s meeting, Kalāheo residents will receive an informational brochure via
regular mail.
To access the landfill siting study, please log on to the county’s website,
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/SolidWaste/NewLandfillSite/tabid/
71/Default.aspx.
Public information meeting on landfill siting process
Pg 2 11/13/2009
Based on the results of the study, Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. sent a recommendation
in August to the County Council asking that the new landfill be sited at “Umi”, the highest ranked
site, which is located along Halewili Road between Kalāheo and Niumila Camp. The land is
owned by Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
For more information or to request an American Sign Language interpreter, alternative
format, or an auxiliary aid, please contact Allison Fraley with the Solid Waste Division at
afraley@kauai.gov or 241-483 at least five days before the meeting.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Report of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection and Site Data Sheets (PDF):
Report of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection and Site Data Sheets (PDF):
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/SolidWaste/NewLandfillSite/tabid/71/Default.aspx
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Power Point Kauai MSW Landfill
PRESENTATION ON LANDFILL ISSUES (PDF)
This is a county power point file used in 2008 at community info meetings.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
TGI - Kalaheo pegged for new landfill
Kalaheo pegged for new landfill
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By Michael Levine - The Garden Island
LIHU‘E — Kalaheo it is.Kaua‘i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. made good on a promise Friday and ended more than a decade of speculation, sending to the Kaua‘i County Council his administration’s recommendation and intended plan of action for the siting of a new landfill between Kalaheo and Numila Camp on the island’s South Shore.
“Back in March I promised to make the recommendation this month,” Carvalho said in a written statement released just before the close of business Friday afternoon. “The siting of a landfill is long overdue, and I’m committed to moving the process forward as quickly as possible.”
The so-called 127-acre “Umi” site, located along Halewili Road, was the highest ranked among eight potential sites evaluated in a study conducted by consultants and the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection, comprised of community members from across Kaua‘i.
Carvalho’s recommendation “mirrors” the results of that study, said to take into account potential sites’ proximity to population and transportation, projected cost of acquisition and development, and its consistency with the General Plan, among other factors.
“They performed an invaluable service in developing the criteria on which each site was to be evaluated,” Carvalho said. “Based on that foundation, and the ‘double-blind’ process that was utilized, the resulting rankings can be viewed as objective and reasonable.”
The administration announced that it would be conducting outreach in the communities of Brydeswood and Numila, which border the recommended site. In anticipation of questions and concerns, the mayor will “explain how the study was developed, why this conclusion was reached, and what the process will be going forward.”
The landowner, Alexander and Baldwin, has already voiced opposition to the proposal through one of its subsidiary companies.
“Kaua‘i Coffee strongly objects to the proposed new landfill site. The 127-acre site is smack in the middle of Kaua‘i Coffee’s operations and would severely impact a coffee business that we have been trying to sustain and grow for the past 25 years,” Kaua‘i Coffee Company President Wayne Katayama said in a written statement provided to The Garden Island late Friday afternoon.
“This is land we recently designated as Important Agricultural Lands (IAL), it is in active agricultural use and it supports a large number of workers on this island,” Katayama said. “It therefore would be a tragic loss, not only for Kaua‘i Coffee but for the entire community, for the county to proceed with the selection of this site for its new landfill.”
Tim Bynum, who serves as chair of the County Council’s Public Works Committee and will be heavily involved in the four- or five-year process of preparing Kalaheo to join the existing, nearly-full Kekaha Landfill as a home of the island’s garbage, said in a phone interview Friday afternoon that he had spoken to A&B and members of the administration about the site during the evaluation process.
“It’s going to require the consensus of the council over a whole series of decisions,” Bynum said, adding that while the recommendation will be under “the most intense scrutiny,” he saw no flaws in the selection process and said the administration “wisely went with the site that received the highest score.”
“Siting a landfill has become an icon of the most difficult public decision to make,” he said, likening the political ramifications of the selection to siting a nuclear power plant and voicing his support for the Carvalho administration.
“The nature of the beast is no matter which site was selected, there would be strong arguments that will come from elements of the community why there are problems with the site,” Bynum said. “The problems might be different for different sites, but there’s no great place to put a landfill.”
Council Vice Chair Jay Furfaro said the county’s legislators will be asked by its executive to acknowledge Carvalho’s recommendation and also to approve funds for the acquisition and development of the site.
“By charter, we are the controllers of the checkbook,” Furfaro said in a phone interview Friday.
The County Council has no meeting scheduled for next week as there are five Wednesdays in September.
Beth Tokioka, executive assistant to the mayor, said Friday that the General Fund Capital Improvement Projects budget contains a line item with just over $630,000 for a new landfill “site acquisition/study” from which an Environmental Impact Study will be funded.
“Obviously it’s not enough for actual land acquisition as well, so that would have to be approved separately by the council,” Tokioka said in an e-mail.
See future editions of The Garden Island for ongoing coverage of the county’s government’s work to site a new landfill outside of Kalaheo.
To view the report of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Landfill Site Selection, go to www.kauai.gov.
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