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136 They spoke about the Friends of the Park Program, rules and 137 regulations of the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the 138 requirement for an application to be filled out. They emphasized the 139 need for coordination between Parks and Recreation and various 140 Friends of the Park. 141 142 They also discussed park maintenance, and there are community 143 concerns about maintenance, such as weed whacking around the 144 parks and the King Kamehameha statue. 145 146 John mentioned that the Parks and Recreation meeting is going to be 147 busy on Pratt Rd. because that was an issue brought up at the reunion, 148 and there are also a number of people that are concerned about 149 emergency access around the gulch. He explained that they would like 150 to talk about that more in the next meeting, but there will be a Pratt 151 Rd public meeting held soon. He also explained that they are going to 152 schedule a meeting with Senator Inouye about the Kohala Ditch. 153 154 d.Power, View Planes, and Erosion Control: Report from Susan Fischer. 155 156 Toni Withington provided the subcommittee report and said that on 157 June 13 there was an informal meeting with Carter Collins, Toni th 158 Withington and HELCO President Jay Ignacio about alternative energy 159 sources for Kohala. 160 161 On June 16, Gail Byrne Baer and several Kohala High School students th 162 working on the Upolu sediment mitigation project, toured over 2- 163 dozen sediment basins at Kohala Estates with Susan Fischer. On June 164 22, Gail and her students spent the day in the field learning about nd 165 sediment check dams with the Kohala Watershed crew, and the next 166 day the students worked with the crew to install 6 check dams at 167 Upolu. 168 169 e.Affordable Housing: No updates, there is no chair. Subcommittee is in 170 the works. 171 172 f.Agricultural Updates: Report by Lani Eugenio 173 174 Lani said she had a meeting with two people on the marijuana issue. 175 She provided a handout explaining what the agriculture 176 subcommittee envision for Kohala, and went through each item 177 ranging in goals such as jobs for Kohala’s people, non-imported 178 laborers, and school programs for future farmers, 50% food 179 sustainability by 2018, and more. Lani also brought up a list of 180 concerns for the community that are going to be discussed in the 181 future.