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LT: L. Turalde, District – 3. The biggest thing going on right now in District – 3 is the sewer plant in Keaukaha. There was a big put out for the new director for upgrading plans. Hopefully by the end of next month we can get some updates from the mayor. Chickens - a big influx in the area, not only on my property but for the back of Panaewa stretch and Railroad, on Lama Street, behind Haihai and in Keaukaha, lot of people because of the egg shortage are starting to get egg layers. Total of 9 chickens dropped off on my property and 6 on my sisters’ property – usually Rhode Island Reds. Two non-profits at the end of Keaukaha are trying to look for any professional advice in raising mullet, woohoo, and aholehole in shared open access ponds. So, I guess, because they own the ponds in Keaukaha – just like us – we’re trying to take down the makaha and let the fish migrate and spawn on their own instead of trying to manage it because the population in Keaukaha is so low right now, so, we’re kinda just talking amongst each other – not anything official by how can we promote the fish spawning – other aholehole – and instead of cleaning our ponds – cause right now we’re all in full cleaning the pond out and don’t allow any hiding places or rocks that they can live in…Yeah, cause at the pond when the trees grow over the pond I kind of think it’s ugly and it promotes mosquitos and the spiders so I chop ‘em down, but whenever I chop down the trees – the population of aholehole go away – cause they don’t have any place to hide and go under the leaves. So that’s kinda something that we’ve been talking about among the property owners in Keaukaha – so if you guys know anybody who’s experts in that, I mean, we reached out to everyone but it kinda seems like we’re at the top right now, we’re looking for some help. That’s my update for this past month. Thank you. BL: Brian Ley, District – 4. Leomana and I were at the Leg opening. I talked to Senator Joy Buenaventura after – if they’ve got a start date for the dredging on Pohoiki – no start date yet but we’ve got a contract, so we’ll see how that works out. Her office shared, she has come out with a new pig bill, but we couldn’t get a copy of the bill or get the number or anything at this time. So, I have no idea what the bill is. Hopefully, it’s not something ridiculous like several years ago that GMAC had to step in and kill the bill – it was ridiculous – and one of our other state/county representatives – I don’t want to give any names – was telling us that they have all these things set up for pig processing and everything else and then while we were at Honolulu we were talking to other people and said, no, they don’t have that so I don ‘t know where that is – they painting a rosy picture and then we’ve got other people right in on the parade so I don’t know what’s going on with that. So, yeah, the pigs are still an issue. I suggested to one of our reps that if you guys don’t let us shoot ‘em and they said, oh, no, we can’t allow people to have guns. So, we know where the political wind is blowing on that one and we’re coming from, but I did find a senator that was willing to do something like that so I’d send information to him and hopefully we’ll see if he can do something… shoot pigs on ag land and protect our agricultural benefits. And, on another little note I got a thing today, an article – Hawaii News Now – how, it’s just amazing science these days on Oahu – they’re using sheep to keep the grasses under control on a solar farm and you can actually eat ‘em too so – it’s like a double benefit – and it’s just amazing this new 3