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come up with a win-win plan. Written testimony was submitted and is available online <br />http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/81755/Pagel.aspx. <br />7. Pamela Elders testified on behalf of herself and her husband, on agenda business item #2, Map <br />for Laupahoehoe. She shared with the Steering Committee their wish to have their property <br />remain Low Density Urban (LDU) and not be changed to Important Ag. Lands (IAL). Ms. Elders <br />provided written testimony which is available online <br />http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/81752/Pagel.aspx. <br />8. Councilwoman Valerie Poindexter testified on agenda business item #2, Map revisions. She <br />shared that through her time in office she has attended many, many community meetings in <br />the Hamakua District and the questions are always the same - if the Hamakua District was to <br />become isolated, cut off from other areas, is the area sustainable? Is there enough ag land to <br />feed everyone? Do we have enough places to process what we grow? Do we have places for <br />our seniors to age in place? Do we have enough affordable homes? Do we even agree on what <br />affordable is? We need to make it possible for our communities to be able to stay in their <br />communities through every stage of life. Councilwoman Poindexter stressed her desire for <br />keeping true to who we (the Hamakua communities) are and asked for cautiousness when it <br />comes to new development <br />9. Springer Kaye testified on agenda business item #3, Section 5. She expressed appreciation for <br />all the great work that has been done on the Draft Hamakua CDP and says that her testimony is <br />based on what she heard at a recent General Plan Public Input Forum, where it appeared to her <br />to be a lack of apparent intent for future county investment and services in the Hamakua coast. <br />Ms. Kaye urged the Steering Committee to ensure that that the CDP be strong in what it wants. <br />She spoke to new County Policies relating to infrastructure improvements and wastewater <br />system design, wanting to add solid waste to the list and asked that the language be <br />strengthened. Ms. Kaye also asked that: <br />a. Potable water be made available not only for residential but for agricultural processing <br />consistent with the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act. <br />b. Road Network maintenance include appropriate attention to preventing incursion and <br />removal of invasive species while maintaining clear and consolidated access to HWY 19. <br />c. Wastewater treatment is provided to support the CDP goals of being able to resurrect <br />and maintain the local economy. Development of commercial enterprises is currently <br />limited due to the lack of wastewater treatment facilities. <br />d. Refuse collection is made far more accessible — all day, every day — to discourage the <br />illegal dumping that we see in all of the gulches and back roads. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES: <br />Mr. Moniz moved to postpone the approval of the March 15, 2016 draft minutes. Second by Ms. <br />Mendoza. Motion passed with 7 votes aye and 0 votes nay. <br />Page 13 <br />