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MAlama I Ka 'Aina Subcommittee: Three identified Actions or projects in support of Actions under the Historic, Cultural, and Scenic Resources and the Aquifers, Coastal Waters and Stormwater sections were identified and recommended to the full AC as being either ripe for implementation or of significant importance to warrant commencement of implementation activity. These are as follows: 1. Upgrading wastewater disposal systems for the Kapoho area: An ATG led by Barbara Bell has been working with residents in the Kapoho area to upgrade the private wastewater disposal systems currently utilized in these residential communities. Ms. Joy Gannon with the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) is assisting the community in a strategic planning process to determine how the community might upgrade wastewater disposal in these subdivisions. The strategic planning process has identified the need for at least four community meetings and is being paid for through a grant from RCAC. • Meeting #1 is planned for April 2011 and will provide an overview of the problem and an introduction to options available for solutions. • Meeting 2 will discuss options for solutions. • Meeting 3 and 4 will set timelines, explore what is possible, and design a plan to move forward. 2. Creating the Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone for the greater Volcano area: This ATG is led by Tim Tunison and Dan Taylor and members of the Volcano Community seeking the designation of Volcano, adjacent state -owned lands, and portions of or all of neighboring subdivisions as an International Biosphere Reserve. This designation would add to the existing Hawai`i Islands Biosphere Reserve granted in 1980 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that includes the Volcano National Park. A UNESCO biosphere reserve serves to recognize areas of significant biological and cultural value, and to demonstrate the willingness of people living within the reserve to embrace a style of living that is biologically and economically sustainable, and to demonstrate to local and international communities the art of living harmoniously with the natural environment. 3. Establish a County Historic Preservation Commission: Given that this specific action originally called for in the PCDP was removed as one of the amendments contained in Ordinance 10 -104, no ATG has yet to form to identify strategies to address the issues prompting the call for this Action by the Steering Committee during the planning phase of the PCDP. However, there has been discussion by the AC for the need to have the Hawai`i County Cultural Resources Commission authorized by Ordinance 08 -42 amending Chapter 2, HCC, seated and staffed and possibly the need for some amending provisions to the ordinance. Transportation Subcommittee: With increasing traffic congestion on both the Kea`au -Pahoa Road and Highway 11, the acknowledgement that three of the five most dangerous intersections in the State of Hawai`i are on the Kea`au -Pahoa Road, and confirmation of the rapid rate of 3