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summarized recent land use permit activity. There were no questions raised by the members concerning the permit activity referenced in Mr. Dunlap‘s report. The next item on the agenda was subcommittee reports. Ms. Inaba submitted the Waimea subcommittee report and indicated that a letter had been sent by the Waimea Design Review Committee to Tyson Caitano concerning compliance with a recently approved Special Permit application but that his response had not been on point. A follow-up letter will be sent. Mr. Brilhante left the meeting and Ms. Horwatt joined the meeting at 5:20 p.m. during Ms. Inaba’s presentation. Ms. Tanimoto then reported for the Kawaihae subcommittee. She suggested that a proposed change in a speed limit in the Kawaihae area be considered but agreed to postpone consideration of the matter until the November meeting. She also discussed the manner in which the Burial Council can assist regarding the efforts relating to the historic corridor but has been advised that such help will not be available until later in the year. Finally, Ms. Tanimoto expressed concerns about the extent of support for local advocacy groups in the Kawaihae area and stated that she felt the Kawaihae subcommittee and the Action Committee might look into assisting these groups or taking on consideration of some of the issues faced by these groups. Mr. Brilhante rejoined the meeting at 5;30 p.m., at which time Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, Director of the Planning Department, also joined the meeting. Mr. Hoover then reported for the District Wide Subcommittee. He discussed a meeting held by the Puako Community Association at which Committee member Schulze had appeared and at which the Hapuna Beach State Park improvements were considered. Mr. Hoover stressed that the Puako community supported the proposal regarding the installation of gated access points and noted that the effort dated back to 1993, at which time the premise of the community was that unrestricted access is a danger to the archaeological sites and the area environment. He recommended having representatives of the State appear at a future meeting to explain the reasoning behind the decision to proceed with installing gated access points and Ms. Tanimoto offered a motion to extend such an invitation, with Ms. Horwatt seconding the motion. Mr. Hoover suggested that the Committee members should be better informed before having the State representatives appear at a meeting so as to ensure that the members could effectively ask questions and understand any presentation by the State representatives. The motion was adopted by the Committee with Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roehrig opposed. Mr. Dunlap agreed to communicate the invitation to the appropriate State representatives. In furtherance of the Waimea subcommittee report, Ms. Horwatt then presented a summary of the monthly South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee meeting. She stated that the Waiaka bridge report had indicated that alternative 5 had been selected but the community had strongly expressed a preference for alternative 4. The Traffic Safety