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PCDP PROJECTS NOT STARTED <br />1) Upgrade Wastewater Disposal Practices in Lower Puna (PCDP 2.3.3) <br />a) Kapoho Beach Lots <br />Description: An attempt to persuade owners of properties in Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision to <br />shift from cesspools to septic tanks was not accepted by residents, as a final result after two <br />years of effort in 2012. Using the Vacationland subdivision model, the neighboring subdivision, <br />of a paid, obligate metering system that is linked to upgraded disposal and a gradual pathway <br />toward compliance, was not approved by KBL membership. Water quality testing by State DoH <br />and by the University of Hawaii notwithstanding, property owners mostly deny there is a near - <br />shore water contamination problem. Land subsidence remains an inevitable and relentless fact <br />for near shore properties, and this complicates the problem of wastewater disposal. <br />Intervention by State Dept of Health authorities might provide sufficient incentive for property <br />owners to make the corrections that are inevitable. Previous AC member, Barbara Bell, headed <br />this subcommittee. <br />A/C Champion: <br />A/C Tasks Completed to date: <br />A/C Next Action Item: <br />• Renew efforts to establish a plan for Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision that would produce <br />appropriate wastewater management practices <br />b) Pahoa Town <br />Description: <br />A/C Champion: <br />A/C Tasks Completed to date: <br />A/C Next Action Item: <br />Construct a wastewater treatment system for Pahoa Town, congruent with the Pahoa <br />Regional Town Center long range plan <br />2) Secure Mobile telephone and Internet Service for all of Puna (PCDP3.4.3 (c) <br />A/C Champion: <br />A/C Tasks Completed to date: <br />A/C Next Action Item: <br />• Identify Internet service as an obligate extension of public services to underserved <br />communities, and especially the provision of emergency service <br />• Develop a comprehensive antennae pole system for all settlements <br />• Delineate contributions that can be expected from commercial providers, County, State, <br />and community participants <br />• Encourage State PUC and relevant County officials to facilitate development of service, <br />including facilitating permits for infrastructure, inter - governmental sharing of facilities, and <br />cooperative agreements with commercial providers <br />