02-27-2012 SKCDP AC Minutes - Final_Attachment

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Policy 2: Establish additional sources of potable water for the Kawaihae area Strategy 2.1; Complete the development of the Ouli Well Field and transmit thfOlihKihe water rom u to te awaae area hfOlihKih Ongoing as an integral part of the District wide subcommittee efforts. Process would include County, DHHL, and DW Aina Lea working toward investigative findings on the 3 Ouli wells. Determine if Ouli w most viable source of immediate water. Pursue the development of these wells, if findings justify. Strategy 2.2; Conduct studies to analyze the economic feasibility of gy;yy construction a desalination plant and the environmental impact a desalination plant may have on the surrounding environment. We hope to receive direction for the viability of conducting a study, and will rely on the expert to speak to this. Should it be determined to be viable, we will enter it into the CIP request process. Policy 3: Improve the marine water quality along the Kawaihae Coast Strategy 3.1; Engage the Queen Emma land managers, Parker Ranch, of Hawaiian Home Lands, National Park Service, watershed experts and the Kawaihae community in a program to re-vegetate the mauka areas o watershed and reduce erosion and sedimentation. Kohala Watershed Partnership Coordinator this strategy is curren implemented. In 2009 KWP received a 2.6M grant from NOAA Restoration pg Center to implement parts of the Pelekane Bay Watershed Manageme (MKSWCD 2005) including 18 miles of goat fencing, removal of feral goats, plants and protecting native species within stream corridors, erosion mitigation with sediment check dams, and treatment of bare soil areas with fabrics. Phase 1 was completed in 2/11 and since then the project infrastructure has been maintained and/or augmented by two additional grants through the Hawaii Community Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife F SiEibllfdi(NOAAuggeston: ngage partners mentons aove as we as unng partners , SiEibllfdi(NOAA HCF, Harold L. Castle Foundation, NFWF) to continue to implement strategies to reduce sedimentation into the bay from the watershed areas. Suggestion: Revise Action Item to include allocation of CO funding to match Federal and Private grants that are supporting the ongoing resto rehabilitation of the watershed.