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and the public access trail can be placedaway from these cultural sites. This is amajor breakthrough on the part of a developercontacting and collaborating with the community.The county needs to be notified that Kapalama Heiau is on land owned by Pacific Plains Company, LLC, at Kapanai’a. The existingKapalama Heiau needs preservation along with the public access trail. Bob noted that there seems to be more collaboration going on between the community, landowners and the subcommittee, he will include this in his message for the annual report. Infrastructure: Giovanna with assistance from Toni will review all data related to Mahukona and Kapa’a Parks and present a summary of this data to the Action Committee. The data gathering will include whatcommitmentsthe Kohala Preserve has made with the County to do at Mahukona and Kapa’a parks.Regarding the boat ramp, Giovanna thanked the committee members for their input and she will review all available documents/sources to compile a list of pros and cons. She will gather data from the Army of Corp of Engineers and the County P&R regarding funding of the study of a boat ramp in North Kohala. The subcommittee hastakenonimproving the restrooms at Keokea, Kapa’a and Mahukona and will be gathering pertinent baseline data. Ron presented a report of the Keokea Park assessment visit with Bob Fitzgerald. Some improvements have been made. The subcommittee has sent aletter (thanks to Toni Withington) to the DWS acknowledging the replacement water reservoir on Kynnersley Roadand commenting on the improvements listed in the Environmental Assessment. This triggered a discussion regarding the protocol for subcommittee writing letters. It was agreed that subcommittees could write letters to department heads, Helco, etc. The agreed upon protocol -subcommittee pen a letter, send tothe Chair for review and post his approval,send outtheletter noting the specific subcommittee and the individual signing it should use their PO Box. It was moved, seconded and unanimously approved thatthe Chairwill be responsible for signingall letters going to the Mayor, the Planning Director and the County Council. Affordable Housing: Susan shared information about the recent meeting promoting scenic values of Kohala. Workplans for the CDP Viewplane Protection Program investigative subcommittee were distributed. Planners from the State DOT scenic byways program would like to help Kohala get a designation of a scenic-historic corridor initially along Akoni Pule Highway and eventually including the Kohala Mountain Road. Bob commented that he is not sure the community wants the scenic byways with its focus on tourism.Susan needs us tohelp her identify people in the community who would be interested in the ViewPlane Protection work. Hermann asked how a viewplane plan might interact with AGland, referring to the example of tall windbreak trees of Kohala Nursery blocking neighboring views. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: Toni Withington talked about the collaboration of the community with the archeologist hired by Kohala Shoreline LLC before his report is written as a major breakthrough in cooperation. She also said Kako’o has written aletter to the Planning Department and the State Historic Preservation Division regarding the identification of Kapalama Heiau on Kapanai’a subdivision land. NEXT MEETING Date: Monday, September 13, 2010 Place:Kohala Senior Center 3