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<br />Conclusion: <br /> <br />Plume is impacting catchment systems. Concentration next to volcano has no serious risk due to rain <br /> <br />fall. <br /> <br />None of catchments show values above drinking water standards <br /> <br /> <br />Concentrations over time may cause levels to increase. Catchment water consumption can cause public <br /> <br />health risks <br /> <br />Pluming pipe deterioration <br /> <br /> <br />Risk has declined <br /> <br /> <br />Matured grass show levels of fluoride above 40 ppm and animals show fluorosis. <br /> <br />CSAV (Center o the Study on Volcanoes) has a website. hilo.hawaii.edu/~nat_haz/vog/ <br /> <br />Unfinished Business: <br /> Follow up on Ron Ebert: The monitors at Department of Health went down and it was not reported. <br /> <br /> Statements from the Public: No statements from the public. <br /> <br />New Business: <br /> Brittany Smart Dr. Bernedette Longo made a good presentation to County Council. With the information <br />of the presentation, Ms. Smart is working with Housing to get an increase in CDBG, for RERP (Residential <br />Emergency Repair Program) a low income program to upgrade homes which would allow installation of air <br />condition for some of these homes, with a focus in Pahala, grant request. <br /> <br /> Robert Herkes would like to recommend through a resolution to legislature we keep the vog task force <br />in place. We have not had a lot of public testimony. The task force would meet at the recall by the governor. <br />Isn’t there another state vog task force? This vog task force put together allow public testimony to formulate a <br />report to the legislature. No place for the public to go to get answers to questions and information. Have we <br />achieved our purpose? If we continue, will it prolong what will we are tracking? If issues have been addressed <br />through monitoring and monitoring date is give out to the public would ne need to continue? Ms. Smart, this is <br />another issue, the monitors are exceeding their life expectancy. And the Department of Health has no money to <br />replace the monitors. Which may be a recommendation to put forward, monitoring and collection of data is <br />important and the monitors are dying. <br /> <br /> Marilyn Harris there are three lessons learned from the information given at the task force. <br />1. Learned about health effects and more research <br /> <br />2.Learned about water catchment <br /> <br />3.Learned about agriculture and effects on the environment. <br /> <br />Maybe this should be a recommendation; there should be one place for people to go to get information. It <br />should be easier for people to get information. Benedict will look into whether we could put information on a <br />website for the public. <br /> <br />Benedict Fuata, today we did upgrades our mass notification with a cellular mobile access system for <br />emergency purposes. If there is a disaster we can get a message out using cell towers to notify by district. We <br />can provide mass messages on time. We have trained police and fire dispatch to put out timely information. Fire <br />can recall their people. This should be fully operational by August 15, 2012. Next meeting we will have John <br />Drummond, my Administrative Officer, come in a do a demonstration. <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />