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• Break Down—3:00 p.m. until done Next Meeting:July 15, 2014, Keaau Community Center, 5:00 p.m. Adjourned: 6:52 p.m. June 24, 2014 Minutes—Connectivity and Emergency Response Focus Call to order: 5:11 p.m. Minutes approved as circulated. In Attendance: Stephanie Bath, Patti Pinto, Hannah Hedrick, Rusty Jones,Jon Olson,June Conant, Farris Etterlee, Catherine Ford, Sherri Carden, Marlene Hapai, Chair Old Business: • Follow Up to Priority Report sent to County Agencies—Next Actions Additional Input: Sherri Carden of Orchidland shared the following: She is in support of the connection of Pohaku Drive and Pulelehua but shared the following that is very important in the implementation phase: Flooding issues. Upon closure of Olaa Plantation,water run-off issues were never addressed. Therefore, in this area when water crosses the road especially at the corner of Pohaku Drive and 39th it gets as much as 5 feet deep which is life threatening especially for those not familiar with the area which might be using this as a pass through area. This is#3 for Puna Uka (Upper Puna) so needs to be addressed as we move forward. Otherwise, she is supportive of this connection. Discussion by the group ensued including suggestions to have Shipman reclaim some of the area; removal of a wall in the area,which others countered with would divert the water to Keaau Ag Lots creating additional problems. Other suggestions included adding a culvert in areas that flood Hawaiian Acres and seeing if FEMA would fund this adding this was addressed twenty years ago. Also the need for a master plan for the whole flood way was discussed, including Flood Plain Planning presented during Kim's term as mayor as well as to be presented again next month. The importance of the connection of Kaleponi and Eden Roc was once again emphasized. Hawaii's aggressive eminent domain laws were also mentioned. Hannah Hedrick asked for a site visit to this area as these have been mentioned as part of the decision-making process. Response Letter to Department of Land and Natural Resources: A letter to the CER Subcommittee was received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources Chairperson William Aila Jr. expressing concerns related to Connectivity Location #36 for Volcano Village from Wright Road to Stainback due to traffic damaging or destroying the sensitive natural and cultural resources along the planned route. This letter was read and a draft response was read and revised to send back to DLNR basically assuring DLNR the subcommittee and the PCDP Action Committee are aware of these concerns as well but it was part of the input process to accept all community suggestions and prioritize them according to need and viability. DLNR's input provides substantial reasons to avoid this route and move it