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Communication No. 06 -015, was repeated twice. Communication received from <br />Joseph Carvalho re Haena Point, was marked as Comm. No. 06 -016, but was <br />listed as Comm. No. 06 -015. <br />Communication No. 06 -054, was noted as received from Mauka Makai Access <br />Committee (MAMA) however it was received from Claire Banasan Kelii. The <br />error was identified and a confirmation letter was mailed correctly to Claire <br />Banasan Kelii. <br />Communication No. 06 -075, Letter dated 2110106 was received from Alicia, NOT <br />Alice. The last name was misspelled it should have read, Starsong. <br />Amy Self gave an explanation on Communication No. 06 -033. The whole point <br />on this e-mail between Rod Thompson and Lincoln Ashida of the Corporation <br />Counsel was Mr. Thompson encountered two problems. First, he had trouble <br />locating this Commission's website on the County of Hawai`i's website. <br />Mr. Ashida provided him with directions to locate this Commission's website. <br />Secondly, when he arrived at the Keaau community meeting, the meeting had <br />already ended. However, the website indicated the meeting time as 6 p.m. to <br />9 p.m. For the future, this Commission should NOT indicate an end time of its <br />meetings, just the start time. <br />GUEST SPEAKERS: <br />Dale Fergerstrom and Kamakani Dancil both from Kamehameha Schools, Land <br />Asset Division. The agenda noted Peter Simmons, however he could not attend <br />this mornings meeting. <br />Mr. Fergerstrom has been employed with the Kamehameha Schools for five <br />years and has been lifelong resident on the island. <br />Mr. Fergerstrom explained the history of the Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and <br />Kamehameha Schools and the history of their legacy lands. Mr. Fergerstrom <br />indicated that the Kamehameha Schools is the largest landowner in the State of <br />Hawaii. It has three divisions, Land Asset Division, Commercial Division and <br />Investment Division. These legacy lands are managed through the Will of <br />Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Most of the legacy lands are located in Kona all in <br />Ahapua`a. Most of the coffee farms in Kona are located on Kamehameha <br />Schools lands. Eighty percent (80 %) of the water sheds are also on <br />Kamehameha School lands. <br />The remnants of the Hamakua Sugar lands were purchased by Kamehameha <br />Schools in 1994. Kamehameha Schools acquired these lands to preserve the <br />agricultural lands on the island. Kamehameha Schools have ranchers and <br />farmers that lease these lands. Mayor Kim and Council Chair Higa contacted <br />in <br />