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Rene moved to approve the Mt. View Gym volleyball equipment budget request. Second by Sharon. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. c) Puna Regional Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Fair: Patti introduced this request for $8,000 to help fund the planned 2014 PREP Fair. It was suggested that the scheduled date of the 2014 PREP Fair probably ought to be less definite in the budget request and that adding "tentatively" just before "scheduled" in the description section would provide for a change in date, if necessary. June moved to approve the PREP Fair funding request with the amendment to include the word "tentatively" before "scheduled" in the first sentence of #5. Second by Rene. Motion passed with 7 votes aye and 2 abstain (Oshi and Sharon). d) Emergency 911 Phone at Kehena Beach Area: Farris introduced this GO budget request for $5,000 to purchase, install and maintain an emergency 911 phone at the parking area off Hwy. 137 above Kehena beach. Keiki moved to approve the Emergency 911 phone for Kehena request. Second by Rene. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. e) Post Office Road Extension: Oshi presented the Post Office Road extension project that would provide for an alternate connection between Pahoa Village Road and the new Pahoa Park. This roadway would also open up additional lands within Pahoa for commercial development. This $2,161,000 CIP budget request includes funding for land acquisition, design & engineering for a ped/bike friendly roadway and construction. Oshi moved to approve the Post Office Road extension CIP budget request. Second by Farris. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. f) Cemetery Road Shoulder Improvement: Rene introduced her CIP budget request for $10,000 to improve the shoulders at one location on Cemetery Road where a rock outcrop on one side and a low spot on the other makes it difficult for vehicles to safely navigate this spot on the one -lane roadway. Rene moved to approve the Cemetery Road shoulder improvement CIP budget request. Second by Patti. Motion passed with 6 votes aye, 1 nay (Dan) and 2 abstain (Sharon & Farris) g) Highway 137 Biking & Walking Path Feasibility Study: Farris introduced his $35,000 CIP budget request to fund a biking & walking path feasibility study for the Highway 137 corridor. Several spelling errors on the Financial Impact Statement were noted for correction. Farris moved to approve the Hwy. 137 biking /walking path feasibility study CIP budget request. Second by Keiki. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. h) Highway 137 Scenic Turnouts: Farris introduced his CIP budget request for $85,000 to plan, design and construct improvements at two locations on Highway 137 between Pohoiki and Kehena where remnant roadway segments from the roadway realignments could be converted into safer scenic turnouts. Farris moved to amend the planning funds for the project from $5,000 to $25,000. Second by Rene. Motion passed with 7 votes aye and 2 abstain ( Keiki & Sharon).