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powerline to run the pumps, and then run a waterline back down because the community does not <br />want the traffic from trucks loading water, so it will have to be loaded at the highway elevation and <br />supply the business center, which needs water first. He did not think they should jump into the <br />plan for wells until they have it at the highway elevation. According to the study, that line changes <br />at right about the 2,000 -foot elevation where the test well is supposed to go. That could be the <br />logical place to put a well. They need to get concrete facts and the Department needs to get some <br />people working on it; therefore, he suggests they are the ones, to get the facts together to make <br />plans. <br />Mr. Heck asked Mr. Nitsche what would happen if, in fact, there is a delay or moratorium <br />regarding the proposed site at South Point - -if he is recommending to delay all the other phases of <br />water possibilities. <br />Mr. Nitsche replied that there should not be a delay. He thinks the Department should build its <br />well "tomorrow." All they are saying is to move that up to the top of the priority list, and include a <br />2.3 -mile pipeline to South Point and move the temporary loading area up there (Phase 1). That is <br />not a big item, and they think it is the common sense approach to this. Eventually, you are going to <br />get a pipeline down the highway anyway, but let's do it now. If they had to go through the <br />Legislature again, it would take several years to get the money for a test well. <br />Mr. Heck stated that the point he was trying to make is he believed you could have Priority 1 and <br />another Priority 1. If the action is not happening here as fast as we like, he did not see why we <br />should just wait until that is brought together. We want to finish that whole thing. If it is not <br />possible, he agreed with Townscape's phases that a well up here makes perfect sense to proceed on <br />at the same time. <br />Mr. Nitsche agreed that they are going to need that well too, eventually as this whole community <br />grows; but to get them water in the foreseeable future, the Department's well in Wai`ohinu should <br />be voted up to priority one, and then add on the pipeline to South Point. <br />Mr. Heck asked the Manager to elaborate on the Wai`ohinu project. <br />The Manager stated that the Department is preparing an environmental assessment so it can <br />proceed with land acquisition to drill the well because it does not have land next to the tank (that is <br />State land). Once the environmental assessment is done and the Department gets land from the <br />State by way of executive order, the funds are allotted to drill the well. <br />Mr. Nitsche asked if the Department had room for the production well by its USGS test well above <br />the tank in Wai`ohinu. <br />The Manager explained that if the well were put in that location, the water would have to be <br />pumped up to the Discovery Harbour tank; but if the well it put above the tank, water can be <br />gravity fed to the Discovery Harbour tank. Another factor is pumping efficiency. <br />Mr. Heck pointed out in Mr. Nitsche's letter, second page, they propose that the "...funds from the <br />State, held by Hawaii County, be made available for OVCDC to conduct an engineering study and <br />plan to bring the pipeline to South point..." He asked if that meant they would to the study on their <br />own or that they would help the County. <br />Page 9 of 25 4- 27 -04min (Ocean View).doc <br />