03-28-2011 SKCDP AC Minutes - Final

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SOUTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING Held March 28, 2011 A regular meeting of the South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee was held on March 28, 2011. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mike Fischer, at 5:10 p.m. at The Hokuloa United Church of Christ, 69-1600 Puako Beach Drive, Kamuela, Hawaii, pursuant to notice. The following members of the Committee were present when the meeting was called to order: Nancy Alvord Loreli Eberhardt Mike Fischer John Hoover Margaret Horwatt Robin Inaba Chris Roehrig Achahn Schulze Project Manager Rosalind Newlon also was in attendance. Committee member Leonard Librizzi was not in attendance. The Chairman called the meeting to order, noted that a quorum of the Committee was present at the meeting, and noted that Recorder Judith Graham was not present. Members of the public Sara Fuller and Robert Stevens made brief statements urging that the residential character of the community not be altered and that tourism not be encouraged. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Committee then approved the minutes of the special meeting of the Committee held on February 7, 2011, and of the regular meeting of the Committee held on February 28, 2011, in the form distributed to the members in advance of the meeting. The next item on the agenda was a presentation by Chad Wiggins of the Nature Conservancy, who discussed environmental issues relating to the quality of ocean water and resources and efforts presently underway to protect reefs and ensure maintenance of ocean water quality. He indicated that a sewage plant would be needed if there was an effort to replace the cesspools in Puako and indicated that costs to residents would be a major factor in any determination regarding an effort to replace the cesspools. Mr. Fischer then thanked Mr. Wiggins for his presentation.