2012-06-12 Interagency Vog Task force Minutes

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Interagency Task Force on VOG Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:00 p.m. Pahoa Community Center 15 Kauhale Road Pahoa, Hawaii Present: Benedict Fuata, Chair Doug Mayne, State Civil Defense Faye Hanohano, Representative of the Fourth Representative District Robert Herkes , Representative of the Fifth Representative District Brittany Smart, Council 6 Fred Blas, Council 5 Gerald Kosaki, Hawaii Fire Department Aaron Ueno, Department of Health, District Health Office Merlyn Harris, Ka’u Hospital Not Present: Loretta Fuddy – Department of Health Gilbert Kahele, Senator of the SecondDistrict Mary Correa, Department of Education Keaau-Pahoa Robert Irvine, Hawaii Health System Corp. Jason Moniz, Department of Agriculture Eric Kawamoto, Department of Land and Natural Resources George Applegate, Big Island Visitors Bureau Salvador Panem, Department of Transportation Highway Division Others Present: Newton Inouye, Department of Health Victor Gustafson, State Civil Defense Inge Misajon Benedict Fuata called the meeting to order at 05.12 p.m. The council conducted a review of the February 29, 2012 minutes and Rep. Hanohano motioned to accept the minutes which was second by Ms. Smart. Discussion of the minutes: Rep. Herkes asked the question of how do we get the minutes and associated information out to the public? Ms. Mei Hirayama the recorder responded, “We post the minutes on the public information website as well as, send it to all of the meeting attendees via email to both the committee members and from the public and anyone who leave address with the recorder. Rep. Smart asked if anyone got back to Mr. Ron Ebert concerning installing a monitoring station in the Wood Valley area. Newton Inouye responded that he had notified Oahu DOH, he is not sure if they got back to Mr. Ron Ebert. He mentioned that he will follow up with DOH Oahu to see if they had 1