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LT: Yes. SW: ….issue? LT: Yes. SW: OK. Thank you. LT: Mahalo. 3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: None 4. COMMISSIONER REPORT BY DISTRICT: LT: Commissioner Reports by District. District – 1, excused. District – 2, vacant, District – 3? OK. I’m District – 3. AA: Ah, District – 4, absent. District – 5, nothing really much to bring up besides, you know, they’re still continuing on fencing. One of the major concerns and it’s pretty much in everybody’s district is the trash in the hunting areas and fishing areas. Like maybe we can look into some kind of – something to \[unclear\] trash enforcement or something. We get new DOCARE officers nowadays and I see ‘em a lot in Keaukaha and like Bayfront and just the other day I was in – Thursday – I was here in Kona and I seen ‘em around here too at Old A’s – so they’re on – in marked vehicles and also unmarked vehicles like they don’t have the lights on the top of their roofs so – they’re out there patrolling so hopefully they get a lot of the litterers. A lot of ‘em – it’s not really hunters but of course we’re gonna get the flack of it because it’s in hunting areas and hunters always get the flack of it. District – 6, Austin Griffey. AG: A. Griffey, District 6: Nothing really to report. Same thing as you – a lot of trash in our hunting areas - abandoned cars and dead animal bodies. But, yeah, be cautious of where you throw your carcasses \[unclear\] right on the side of the road \[unclear\]. AA: Ah, District – 7, Natalie. NR: Natalie Reynolds, District – 7, after the paid parking came into effect down at Coconut Grove – a lot of the fishermen are concerned that that is now going to start rolling in over at the launch ramp and the harbors so they are concerned that in addition to paying a fee to park their truck and trailer they might now also have to pay to use water so they’re hoping that there is something that it will be – if it does come into effect – that they can have like a local \[unclear\] to not have to pay additional fees by being here as a resident in Hawaii because it just means that everything is coming and it’s been accused that we’re turning into the new California and they don’t want to see fees for everything that they’re using to sustain their family and to try to make a living but they’re just really – a little upset about that and they don’t like the direction that things are going, so… \[Unclear\] and then as well like there’s more trash everywhere. I don’t understand why – it’s not just tourists – it’s also local people doing it which I’ve witnessed and, it’s just – we have to keep Hawaii clean so that’s basically it for my area. 5