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CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Nakashima called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: 1. Ms. Carol Converse Ms. Converse stated that she represents Ka`u Water Delivery and had come before the Board before, at its November 25, 2003, meeting in Waimea, telling of the problems water haulers face. She stated this may be premature; but as the line, hopefully, comes up the hill or wherever it is planned for the new loading area for the trucks, she hoped the contractor does their research with water haulers because they need this loading area to last a long time. They would be able to serve more people more quickly if they could have two or three trucks loading at a time. She suggested since the trucks are not all the same length, they need certain areas for the large ones (6,000 gallons) those take 35 minutes; and nobody likes to get behind the big trucks. By having two or three trucks able to load at one time would solve a lot of problems. 2. Mr. Dennis Lomas Mr. Lomas asked if there was a priority list that shows what is holding up getting Wai`6hinu water up to South Point Road. He suggested maybe their OVCDC group could assist the Department in getting problems resolved, like doing the legwork, etc. They would like to help in any way they can. 3. Mr. George B. Wallace Mr. Wallace stated that he was contacted by Mr. Nitsche to be available to testify in case he is needed. In actual fact, his information deals with the CFD (Community Facilities District). At the time that the OVCDC was actively pursuing a CFD, he was the secretary of that organization. He was actively involved in the gathering of information of the mail replies to the petition they had sent out to the various landowners. Part of his information is that he thought they were being very successful and getting positive return from the landowners. They had reached a point where he thought they were ready for a second mailing. In retrospect, he believes their difficulties were that they did not have enough expertise in how you establish a CFD; and therefore, their approach to giving information to landowners was clumsier than it should have been. That is where they needed the expertise from the County; and somehow, it never seemed to work out the way they thought it should. He believes they were simply too complex in their explanation to landowners and should have been able to do a better job in the second mailing. At the time that he ceased his volunteer work, they were ready for the second mailing; and the major stumbling block, at that time, was simply not enough funds, primarily for postage, which was eating them alive. 4. Mr. Robert L. Ray Mr. Ray explained that he is from Kona Paradise Subdivision; and for the past six or seven months, he has been trying to get a handle on how they could get water to the houses in that subdivision. What he thinks is the case is that they cannot count on any kind of line to the top of the hill before six years from now, realistically. The other thing he is unsure of is how does the County intermesh with the CFD if they were to form one. If they form a CFD within the next six years, what help can they expect from the County, if any, to get the water distributed down to the houses. He also Page 2 of 25 4- 27 -04min (Ocean View).doc