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Action: K. Umeda motioned to approve the financial report. Seconded by S. Mendes. <br />Motion passed with 5 ayes. (L. Turalde and G. Donev, absent) <br /> <br /> <br />4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: <br />Chair Abraham Antonio, welcomes anyone that may want to say something regarding an <br />agenda item may do so anytime throughout the meeting. <br /> <br />5. PRESENTATIONS: <br /> <br />a. Michael Walker, Hawai’i State Fire Protection Forester will give an update on the <br />recent fire load damage in West Hawai’i summarizing the cost and resources used for <br />firefighting. <br /> <br />AA: At this time, we were supposed to have one presentation by Michael Walker but he <br />wasn’t available to be here tonight. He’s off-island and in a remote area so, um, I found <br />another video – a presentation - that we can move forward with and then we’ll move <br />Michael Walker to next month’s meeting. So Pomai can you play that video for <br />everyone? <br /> <br />PB: Hi, can you see us? <br /> <br />AA: Yes. <br /> <br />PB: OK. <br /> <br />VIDEO: Watch “Mana Road Fire Fight - A Community Effort” on Vimeo: <br />https://vimeo.com/600644715?ref=em-share <br />Fire Chief Todd: The fire originally started – on the first night it was about a 4,000-acre fire. We <br />had dozer lines going around and it seemed to be under control. We were concerned <br />because the following day the weather patterns had indicated that the wind would be <br />picking up and the region of which the road, ah, Mana Road where it started is known to <br />be an area where wind gets funneled between the two mountains in the area. <br /> <br />?: So from the start of the fire within a few hours we got notified of it by the county that it <br />would be coming our way potentially and so we kind of went out ahead to scout and <br />determine where we thought it would come through and what kind of assets we could <br />deploy before the fire got to us. <br /> <br />?: When the fire kicked off on Friday afternoon – the fire department team here <br />immediately launched to go to the line and put themselves into the overall incident <br />command structure and they had prepared themselves to fight the fire throughout the <br />multi-day fire, throughout the weekend. <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />