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Board Member, provided the AC with a brief presentation about the Commission and the nomination of properties by the public for 2015. Pohoiki Bay should be acquired by the end of this year and Vacationland Land Trust will be purchased in the near future as they received $1.3 Million from the Legacy Land Conservation Program. The commission is encouraging the community to nominate properties for the commission to consider. Any land that fits the criteria of the commission is submittable. It is important to preserve more land and keep increasing our open space. For additional information go the following website: htW: / /records. co .hawaii.hi.us/\Veblink8/Browse. aspx? startid= l 3 7 70 &dbid = l 2. Communication No. 2015 -16 — Connectivity and Emergency Response Subcommittee (CERS): Patti Pinto reported on the activities of the subcommittee. In a meeting with Councilman Paleka and Councilman Ilagan they were given a copy of the 2014 Connectivity Location Priority Report and other related documents. An ad hoc committee will be formed consisting of 4 -6 members with 2 -4 being council members, the PCDP AC Chair and the CERS Chair. Also discussed was the importance of involving both State and Federal representatives and responsible agencies. The next step will be studying the viability of each connectivity point with the initial focus being upper Puna finding a redundancy in the routes going from Volcano down to highway 130. On April Is', at the Puna Watch, Marlene and Patti gave a report on connectivity and it was very well received with lots of interest shown. The full MTSC report (Communication 2015 -16) can be viewed and downloaded from the following website, bap: / /records.co. hawaii .hi.us /\Veblink8 /l /doc /71982/Pa eg l.aspx 3. Communication 2015 -18 — Mass Transit Subcommittee (MTS): June reported on the activities of the subcommittee. Hannah has been very active in spearheading a Citizens' Action Committee to improve East Hawai'i Transportation and the MTS has been discussing how it can properly support this effort. A question arose regarding the appropriateness of June, Sharon and Patti being listed as members of the Citizens' AC. Hans will check into this issue. On August 20th there will be an East Hawai'i Disability Legislative Forum and the Citizens' AC will have a booth and give a presentation. Transportation to the airport will hopefully begin soon, though the MTS has yet to hear anything. Problems continue with the buses arriving either late or early at bus stops. Councilman Paleka has the CIP that was submitted last year for the Mass Transit study and is looking into what can be done. The full MTSC report (Communication 2015 -18) can be viewed and downloaded from the following website, bap: // records .co.hawaii.hi.us /\Veblink8 /l /doc /72024/Pa eg l.aspx 4. Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan Subcommittee (PRTCPS) report and discussion on Planning Department letter regarding hiring a consultant for the Pahoa Plan and Wastewater Treatment Study (Communication No. 2015 -17) and consideration and possible action on a draft response letter to the Planning Department to reconsider Department's position (Communication No. 2015- 17.1): Patti provided a brief history as to the AC's letter asking the Planning Director to complete the contract with a consultant for the Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan and a wastewater treatment study for Pahoa. The Planning Director has indicated that there is hesitation to continue immediately but will keep it in consideration. Communication No. 2015 -17.1 is intended to be the AC's response to the Directors response. Rene moved to accept Communication No. 2015 -17.1. Second by Oshi. Discussion ensued regarding the strength of the verbiage in sections of the letter