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Committee is sending a letter to the County about this matter and asked for the support of the Action Committee. It will be placed on the agenda for the Action Committee meeting in November. She also indicated that the Traffic Safety Committee is sending a letter to Mayor Kenoi requesting immediate extension of Paniolo Avenue northward through Waikoloa Village utilizing County funds to connect to the new park facility in the work force housing project area. There were no other subcommittee reports. Under old business, Mr. Dunlap reported that the County would soon begin advertising to solicit applicants to fill vacancies on the Committee. The Committee then turned to new business. Mr. Brilhante stated that he wanted the members to consider privilege issues before he reported regarding the status of the legal opinion that had been requested by the Committee. After some discussion, the Committee asked that Ms. Leithead-Todd report regarding the agreement reached concerning the manner in which the Committee will be given the opportunity to comment on pending applications that come before the Planning Department which involve properties in the South Kohala District. The legal opinion matter would be taken up after the report by Ms. Leithead-Todd. Ms. Leithead-Todd stated the Planning Department had accepted a suggestion from the Committee’s representatives offered at a meeting held in September whereby the Planning Department would advise the Chair (or another member of the Committee designated by the Committee) concerning all discretionary applications and certain other types of applications coming before the Planning Department which relate to property within the South Kohala District. The notice would be accompanied by a description of the application setting forth sufficient information to enable a Committee representative to determine whether the Committee wished to give further consideration to the application, and would be sent to the Committee representative at the same time the Planning Department solicited comments on the application from other entities such as County departments. If the Committee wished to further consider the application, representatives of the Committee could examine the contents of the application file at the Planning Department. If the Committee chose to do so, it could then include the matter on the agenda for the next Committee meeting and agree as to what comments and/or suggestions, if any, it wished to offer to the Planning Department, and the Planning Department would consider any communication from the Committee submitted following the meeting. The Committee would be given a relatively brief period to submit any such communication following the meeting. Ms. Leithead-Todd then answered questions from the Committee members regarding the contemplated arrangements and distributed a list of the kinds of applications that the Planning Department receives with an indication of which would be brought to the attention of the Committee. The Committee members thanked Ms. Leithead-Todd for her explanation and for agreeing to have the Planning Department work with the Committee in this fashion. The Committee then returned to the question of the request for a legal opinion