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<br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawaii <br />ARBORIST ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 <br />Minutes <br />Meeting on November 21, 2007 <br />Planning Department Conference Room – Aupuni Center – Hilo, Hawaii <br />Present: <br /> AAC members: Chairperson Leonard Bisel, Vice Chairperson Jan Anderson, <br />Sharron Stanbro, Michael Kraus, and Maija Cottle (Planning). <br /> County staff: Renee Schoen and Julie Mecklenburg (Corporation Counsel) <br />Members of Public: Tim Rees, Fred Fogel, and Mary Marvin Porter representing <br />Sierra Club Conservation Committee and the Ola’a Keaau Historical Society. <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 10:12 a.m. by Chair Bisel. <br />ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES <br />It was moved by S. Stanbro and seconded by M. Cottle to accept the October 17, 2007 meeting <br />minutes. Motion carried unanimously. Acceptance of minutes from the June 21, 2007 and July <br />12, 2007 meeting was deferred. <br />PUBLIC STATEMENTS <br />Chair Bisel announced that public statements need to be related to items on the agenda. <br />Tim Rees: T. Rees would like to discuss the Reeds Bay Park Improvements Project, and <br />requested this be put on next agenda. Related to agenda item #4, he would like to know the <br />protocol of nominating a tree as an exceptional tree. Specifically, he is concerned that the person <br />nominating a tree must get approval from the private property owner or the Department head for <br />public property before a nomination will be considered by the AAC. He feels this is problematic <br />because the decision to support or oppose a nomination lies with one person. T. Rees would like <br />the ability for the public to petition the government to approve a nomination. He also <br /> <br />