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The memberships are over a hundred and approaching two hundred. They were able to get a foundation grant to have a coordinator working part time. Their big issue is preserving the tradition of the ability to access the ocean. Along those lines they’re just not talking. They have a kauanui project which is 80 acres total 40 acres on either side of the stream that they’re looking to purchase. The County has given preliminary approval. They went to the State Legacy Land Board and the land board said they will give them a million dollar matching grant for the county to come up. That vote will be coming up to the county soon through the PONC commission (Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission). Part of the land has been planted in traditional Hawaiian forest trees so they think that they maybe in the future, will be able to have access to some kind of cash flow. The other issue that they talked about was the access. And this is an issue that we may want to look into next year which is essentially, the planning commission granted access, deeded access with recorded access. The developer has not been performing, and it’s been kind of a dog and pony show with the last planning director. It’s something that this commission may want to take a look at and if there’s legal rights to access why aren’t those legal rights for access not put in place? With that being said, a boat sank during the last north swell, the big issue, north swells really make Hilo Bay dangerous. The good news about that was, unlike the boat that crashed on the Honolii pali it was not secured and became wreckage and the wreckage including diesel fuel which was strong enough to have people’s eyes water that nothing was done by Coast Guard of DOBOR board. DOBOR this time moved in three days and was able to salvage the boat, bring it to shore and have it crushed. So that’s primarily Monica, that’s primarily the District Director Jeremy in Honokohau and Monica who’s the new harbor agenda in Wailoa who jumped on it and, she acted in a real professional manner and it’s a pleasure to have her working in the harbor. That’s it for District 1. LT: Mahalo for that strong update. How far the district 1 from Makahanaloa RD: Makahanaloa district 1 is all of Hamakua kind of wrapped up in Waimea. LT: Leomana, District 3. Just thinking about Makahanaloa and I hear it in the association come up so many times I did one out there couple times to deliver and help plant some plants on the coast line but, yeah, just thinking about the PONC commission and the vote coming up maybe we should put this maybe like a discussion and we can kind of write a letter of support or something or send a representative officially from the commission to support that vote that they got to do on the land. Yeah. Okay, District 2? TWC: District 2, Taysen Wong Chong. Basically, it’s the same issues from the last time. I still walk my dog that’s down by Liliokalani. The main issue is the threatening of the nene from the feral cats right on Banyan drive Liliokalani gardens towards Wailoa. Sometimes I feel like I cannot even get my walk in with my dog without being asked because now that they know who I am, right? Anyway, but, when I see who in… I was thinking… I don’t know how I can question this but I always spoke with nene.org what is the steps that we could take towards, like, try and resolve that situation with the feral cat on feeding. I know it’s in a lot of talks with that, but, it’s just that a lot of the elders are very concerned, yeah, about the situation especially how I mentioned the last time with the limu growing in the pond and how it’s affected how the depths of the pond. 2