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Vote:The minutes were approved as presented by voice vote. Ayes: 6 (Adams, Fulton, Gaffney, Olson, McIntosh, Robinson); Nays 0; Absent 3 (Cardwell, Burns, Hoopii). Motion carried. 3.STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR Chair Adamswelcomedattendees. There is a bill on the Governor’s desk to allow the continued use of virtual meetings, so until who knows when, we will continue to have these meetings virtually. She finds it advantageous to avoid the drive, and it encourages the public to participate as well. But she knows that some meeting participants are having technical issues and we will try to work on finding ways to get them to log on and see and talk with us. She has been spending a lot of time in Zoom meetings, talking about recycling and life cycle assessments. We are excited to move along to do something good for our environment. We will be continuing to have those opportunities. We’ve got a lot of energy out there, wanting to move forward with some good ideas that got presented in this last session. The Council is interested, the Legislature is interested, and we’ve got a lot of energy with the public interest groups, and this Commission wants to get things accomplished. She was excited. We’ve got some great things going on. 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA Kristine Kubat opted to defer her testimony until after the discussion on agenda item 6 (pages 15-17). Sandra Demoruelle commented on the agenda items concerning the Nlehu and the sewer projects. First thought, I imagine I share everyone’s disappointment for the lack of information in this month’s Director’s report so I hope this lack of transparency is just a one- time occurrence. But the really bad news is the County Council wants to give Brown and Caldwell another $31,528,000 this coming year, which is another $130,000 per home on the Ka large capacity cesspools. There are 243 homes, 99 in and 144 in Nlehu. So $230,000 in just this one year alone. However as Commissioner Lee McIntosh said in his Bill 22 written testimony, the County should just go back to the septic conversion plan, which cost the county taxpayers only $403,000, and which completed the Administrative Order on Consent for the senior center on schedule on April 28, 2018, as you can see on that semiannual plan that I attached. So please speak up and ask the Council not to waste this $31,528,000 this year by paying more tax dollars to the same outside contractors to design two wastewater plants in Ka that are not needed. Mahalo for your attention to my concern. Thank you. Jerome Warren of Kubat has registered asa lobbyist. So let me get on with my testimony here, the business report. In regards to abandoned vehicles they are not reported this month. The woman from New Zealand has failed to get control of the situation at 95-1206 Milo Road in Nlehu. That’s the house across the street from the sewer spill. The woman from New Zealand is not alone. The man from Montana who works in traffic services has not gained control of this property. And neither has the mayor’s deputy in Hilo or 2