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<br /> <br />NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN <br />ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES <br /> <br />MEETING DATE August 8, 2011 <br />TIME 4:30 p.m. <br />PLACE North Kohala Senior Center (the old courthouse) <br /> 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kohala, HI 96755 <br />ATTENDANCE <br />Members Present: Joe Carvalho, Marlene Ching, Hermann Fernandez, Susan Fischer, Ron <br />Friman, Giovanna Gherardi, Collin Kaholo, Richard Liebmann, Bob Martin <br />Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Planning Department West Hawai‘i Planning Program <br />Manager <br />Guest Speaker: Kurt Inaba, P.E., Division Head Engineering Division Department of Water <br />Supply <br />Public Attendance: John Winter, Patsy Ching, Toni Withington, Frank Cipriani, Jim Pedersen, <br />Jesse Wells, Margaret Wille <br /> <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />Joe reported Rosalind has a comment on the May 9 minutes Growth Management section. <br />Approval of the May 9 minutes was deferred until the September 12 meeting. <br />After a motion by Collin, and second by Richard, the July 11 minutes were unanimously <br />approved. <br /> <br />REVIEW OF TERMS FOR NKCDP ACTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS <br />The AC terms of Bob Martin, Ron Friman and Giovanni Gherardi are expiring in September. <br />Three applications have been received for the upcoming AC vacancies. The deadline has been <br />extended to September 1. <br /> <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: none <br /> <br />PRESENTATION: <br />1) DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY (DWS) - Kurt Inaba, P.E., Division Head Engineering <br />Division County DWS, discussed the North Kohala Well Project. The drilling phase of the <br />Halaula test well has been completed. The consultant is working on the engineering source <br />report, based on water sample test results. The report goes to the Department of Health for <br />approval as a source. Phase 2 is the design phase, expected to take a six month period. A <br />right of entry or land acquisition process will be completed before execution of the design <br />contract. The construction phase takes about a year, and includes chlorination facilities, a <br />reservoir or holding tank, transmission line work from the existing system, and work on the <br />highway to bypass a PRV (pressure reducing valve). The Halaula well will serve as a backup <br />system to the Hawi system for redundancy. Ron inquired about funding. State Revolving <br />Funds provide low-interest loans for the improvements. Richard asked how the new source will <br />increase capacity. Source capacity defines water availability. The Halaula well will match the <br />existing two Hawi one million gallon per day wells and reservoirs. If one of the three wells is out <br />of operation, Kohala will have two wells remaining, or double the present system capacity. <br />Availability to some areas is limited due to existing transmission lines. In general, pre-existing <br />lots of record are granted a first service for a dwelling. The DWS, at the Mayor's request, does <br />provide additional water for affordable housing. Hermann asked about standardizing the <br />pumps. For best efficiency, the pump and motor combinations are sized to the depth or head of <br /> <br />