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recognized for preserving and enhancing the water environment in the Pacific Island Region.

HWEA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday, July 18, 2016 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Sand Island Treatment Plant – Conference Room

ATTENDANCE:  
Board of Directors  
Staci Taniguchi President
Audrey Haerle Vice-President 
Roger Babcock (on phone) Secretary-Treasurer 
Emily Dong Past President
Jon Baker PWO Representative
Lance Manabe National Delegate
   
Committee – Representatives  
Scott McAdam Conference Co-Chair 2016 Safety Co-Chair
Audrey Haerle Public Education Co-Chair 
Martin Roush (on phone) Water Reuse Co-Chair 
Lori Morikami Public Education Co-Chair
Jay Stone (on phone) Stormwater Co-Chair
Tim Steinberger Government Relations Co-Chair
Brad Takenaka Stormwater Co-Chair 
Roger Babcock (on phone) Research Co-Chair
 Jack Tano Pretreatment Co-Chair

 

 

PRESIDING: Staci Taniguchi
RECORDER: Roger Babcock

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Call to Order

  • The meeting was called to order at 11:45 am by S Taniguchi.

Approval of June Meeting Minutes

  • The minutes of the June 20, 2016 meeting were approved.

Committee Reports

1.Board Advisory/Constitution & Bylaws (Lee Mansfield/Kristie Ching/June Nakamura): no report

2.Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Facilities No report

3.Biosolids/Co-Generation Committee (Greg Arakaki/Melissa Carmichael)
  • No report
  • 4.Collection Systems (Jon Nishimura/Tina Ono): no report

    5. Communications (Mark Goodrowe/Leland Lee): Kapiolani Street will join the committee to help with the webpage and email communications. Mark Goodrowe paid the domain name renewal for 9 years for $129.

    6. Conference Committee 2016 (Scott McAdam/Puna Kaneakua):

    • Emily Dong will be the co-Chair
    • MOU with AWWA has not been drafted/signed yet
    • Working on the budget and the deposit for golf course.
    • Deposit/reservation is in for the Convention Center.
    • Scott McAdam will be Exhibits co-Chair
    • Julie Hero will be Golf Tourney co-Chair
    • Community Service project chair is Audrey Haerle (with help from Alicia Nakano) 
    • Working on the theme now and the call for papers will be in early August

    7. Government Affairs (Tim Steinberger/Walter Billingsley):

    • Governor Ige did not veto SB 2030; thus it will become law. HWEA will want to get involved in the rule making process for this law.

    8. Laboratory (No chairs): no report

    9. Membership (Joni Tanimoto):

    •  No report

    10. Pretreatment (Doreann Kaehuaea/Jack Tano):

    •  No report

    11. Public Education (Lori Morikami/Audrey Haerle):

    •  Won an award from WEF

    12. Research (Roger Babcock/Chad Morrow): no report

    13. Safety (Scott McAdam/Carly Kaneko):

    •  No report

    14. Student Affairs (Mindy Yoneshige/Keith Miyashiro): no report

    15. Stormwater (Jay Stone/Brad Takenaka):

    • The committee is still researching whether to become part of the Pacific Water Conference (PWC) next year (separate track and a pre-conference workshop). This would allow training and certification efforts.
    • Planning for workshop for next year. Envirocert International is planning to offer the training courses online soon, so they may not need to be at PWC.

    16. Water Reuse (Martin Roush/Lorna Heller): Dates are December 1-2, 2016 in Kauai. The deposit check for the hotel for $1,000 was submitted and a signed contract. The theme is: Hawaii’s solutions to expanding reuse and recycling, making it work. Now working on possible speakers. The committee is aiming for 120 participants.

    17. Young Professionals (Jessica Agsalda/Mark Ohigashi):

    • Next meeting is July 27 at 5pm at The Social
    • Aug 12, 1:30pm, is a tour of Tileco which sells CMU blocks and erosion control mats (joint YP and the YMF-ASCE)
    • Service Aug 20, 8:30am, Mokauea Island, invasive species clearing

    Board of Directors Reports

    Secretary/Treasurer's Report: Roger Babcock  
    Account Balances as of 6/30/2016  
       
    ML Conference Checking $328,894.48
    Bank of Hawaii $11,367.46
    Petty Cash $50.00
    CD Investments $100,000.00
    TOTAL: 440,311.94
       
    Total Income $49,736.76
    Total Expenses $68,333.04
    Rolling Balance ($19,596.28)
    • Roger will work with Taryn to create a new category for “payment to AWWA for conference”
    • Roger will ask Taryn if she wants to continue as HWEA bookeeper

    ·President Report: Staci Taniguchi

    • AWWA conference MOU needed – working with Mike Street of AWWA

    ·Vice-President Report: Audrey Haerle

    • Next Quarterly luncheon – target date is early September at Hale Ikena possibly a joint meeting with CMAA
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    • Federation Matters: Delegate, Lance Manabe: Training for new delegate Sheryl Nojima will be in October at WEFTEC 2016. Lance’s term doesn’t end until WEFTEC 2017 but if he is selected as At-Large Delegate at WEFTEC 2016, then Sheryl will start in 2016

    ·PWO Matters: Jon Baker

    • The ops team is practicing for WEFTEC, registering for conference and travel
    • Putting out a call for teams for HWEA conference in February

    ·Past President: Emily Dong

    • Had 7 attendees this past Saturday at the WEF 3-4 hr webinar/workshop; will have one again this week and then one more in August. They are worth about 0.2 CEUs each.

    Old Business

    • None

    New/Miscellaneous Business

    • WEF data breech email. The Communications Committee will send an email blast and also post the letter on the website.

    Next Meeting:

    • August 15th 11:30am

    Meeting adjourned at 12:50 PM

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