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d. Power, View Planes and Erosion Control Susan Fischer provided a correction to the January 2013 subcommittee report on the number of streetlights that have been converted from Low Pressure Sodium (LPS) to fully shielded Light Emitting Diode (LED) as 100 in Waimea, 500 in Hilo and 400 in Kona. Susan said that the Suisan intersection in Hilo, the Queen Kaahumanu-Kawaihae Road intersection, and most of the center of Waimea have the new fully shielded LED streetlights. Susan said that there are over 9,000 streetlights on this island and that stimulus funds paid for 1,000 of the new lights. Susan briefly discussed the possible route of the HELCO transmission line for the first section of the North Kohala electric redundancy loop along the North and South Kohala district boundary line. e. Affordable Housing Collin Kaholo saidthat the Subcommittee did not have a meeting in February and said that one of the projects that the subcommittee is working on is trying to help Habitat Hawaii with a possible project. f. Agriculture: Frank Cipriani briefly discussed the projects that the subcommittee is working on; sustainable agriculture; Important Agriculture Land (IAL) imitative; strategically sited agriculture lands one site makai of Hoea owned by DLNR has been identified; soil testing and soil reclamation; promoting agricultural education the aquaponics program has obtained more tilapia fingerlings and vegetables will be grown soon for the school cafeteria; and sustainable water development at strategically identified agricultural lands that need water. NEW BUSINESS: 1. DISCUSS PROCEDURE FOR NKCDP AC CORRESPONDENCE - There was a brief discussion by the AC members on the procedure for AC correspondence. A motion was made by Joe Carvalho that all communication on behalf of the Action Committee shall be authorized, including the letter from the AC to the Planning Director, by an official vote at a properly agendized meeting and that all the AC members names shall be included in the letterhead. Hermann Fernandez seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. 2. REVIEW A DRAFT LETTER FROM THE ACTION COMMITTEE SUPPORTING CONVERSION TO FULLY SHIELDED LED STREETLIGHTS FOR ENERGY SAVINGS, DRIVING SAFETY, AND RESTORATION OF DARK NIGHT SKIES Susan Fischer made a motion to approve the letter to be sent out on behalf of the Action Committee supporting the conversion to fully shielded LED streetlights, and Collin Kaholo seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. 3. REVIEW 2013 IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLANS DEVELOPED BY THE NKCDP AC SUBCOMMITTEES - a). Growth Management: Review land use applications b). Public Access: Work on six strategies identified in the Public Access Section of the NKCDP and work towards amending Hawaii County Code Chapter 34 (Public Access). c). Affordable Housing: Work on housing products; ohanas, additional farm dwellings, self help housing and infrastructure. 2