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too far apart and the lighting did not cover, so more were added. Another comment requested information on who pays for streetlights, and Susan said if it is a private road the developer pays, if the internal roads are dedicated to the County, the County pays, and the State pays along State roads. e. Affordable Housing – Collin Kaholo said that the Subcommittee is looking at one site right now for affordable housing that is state-owned property that is used by the county. Collin said that they are trying to get a developer interested in the site. f. Agriculture: Frank Cipriani said there was no subcommittee meeting last month and provided a brief update of the projects that they were working on which included: strategically sited agricultural lands; the aquaponics program along with the ATTOL program for students age 16 and up; and Frank said that they are looking into the USDA farm to school program which offers funding opportunities and is seeking interest from local farmers in support of Strategies 1.4 and 1.5. NEW BUSINESS: 2. DISCUSS PROCEDURE FOR NKCDP AC CORRESPONDENCE (10 Minutes) - The NKCDP AC Members will discuss the procedures for preparing and sending correspondence. There was a written statement presented from John Winter that the AC correspondence be addressed to intended recipients and cc’d to the Planning Director. A discussion followed on the current procedures for AC correspondence which requires that the AC correspondence go through the Planning Director. A suggestion was made to add the names of the AC members onto the letterhead. Planning department staff member, Rosalind Newlon, said that she would look into that for the AC members. 3. REVIEW 2013 IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLANS DEVELOPED BY THE NKCDP AC SUBCOMMITTEES - this time was tabled until the next AC meeting. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: Toni Withington said in response to the AC correspondence that there were delays in one letter that was presented last June and that letters take longer than week to be mailed out and said that the Action Committee needs to be able to respond faster. Council Member Margaret Wille said that the agricultural subcommittee should move to where the people are and that she would like to see them disseminate information on agritourism or issues that are coming up on state level that are specific to agricultural sustainability and other issues that are important. Jojo Tanimoto thanked the AC members for tonight’s meeting. Toni Withington said that the AC members should start to discuss recommendations in the NKCDP to suggest updates to Planning Department codes to address growth management. Ms. Wille said more should be done to look at consistency with the NKCDP. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member Wille said that they are working on trying to get videoconferencing available in North Kohala at this site and that they added videoconferencing to the Kau District. 2