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18) Designate Red Road (Hwy 137) as a National Scenic Byway [4.5.3 (f)] A/C Champion: Farris Etterlee Description: File for State Scenic Byway designation Project Budget: A/C Tasks Completed to date: • KAPONO Submitted Scenic Byways Application (PCDP 4.5) • A/C Support Letter for Scenic Byway Application Submitted 4/2013 • Red Road Scenic Byway Designation Awarded A/C Next Action Item: • Form /Train Red Road Scenic Byway Corridor Management Committee PCDP PROJECTS NOT STARTED 1) Upgrade Wastewater Disposal Practices in Lower Puna (PCDP 2.3.3) a) Kapoho Beach Lots Description: An attempt to persuade owners of properties in Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision to shift from cesspools to septic tanks was not accepted by residents, as a final result after two years of effort in 2012. Using the Vacationland subdivision model, the neighboring subdivision, of a paid, obligate metering system that is linked to upgraded disposal and a gradual pathway toward compliance, was not approved by KBL membership. Water quality testing by State DoH and by the University of Hawaii notwithstanding, property owners mostly deny there is a near - shore water contamination problem. Land subsidence remains an inevitable and relentless fact for near shore properties, and this complicates the problem of wastewater disposal. Intervention by State Dept of Health authorities might provide sufficient incentive for property owners to make the corrections that are inevitable. Previous AC member, Barbara Bell, headed this subcommittee. Project Budget: A/C Champion: A/C Tasks Completed to date: A/C Next Action Item: • Renew efforts to establish a plan for Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision that would produce appropriate wastewater management practices 2) Secure Mobile telephone and Internet Service for all of Puna (PCDP3.4.3 (c) Description: Project Budget: