06-05-2012 Infrastructure A Notes

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NKCDP Infrastructure Subcommittee Meeting Minutes June 5, 2012 Attendance: Subcommittee Members: Bill Aierstuck,John Winter,Toni Withington,Andi Longpre FOM (Friends of Mahukona) Marty and Linda Halbritter,Charlie Russell, Jerry Kotz AGENDA ITEMS: 1. MAHUKONA BEACH PARK: a. Issues/concerns from community members (FOM) Charlie expressed that his concern about the Park is that the cat population has created a health hazard and that the Park has become a "litter box". He said that although he likes cats he sees the Park as a place where people are the priority. He thinks that there should be another location for the cats. b. Marty Halbritter reported on his communications with Bobby Command (of the Mayor's office) re: the trash cans. He reported that Mr. Command has suggested removing the trash cans "so that the cats would not abuse the cans". Mr. Command also informed Marty that "there is a $38,000 investment in the cats." Marty suggested that lids be placed on the cans. He also reported on the sanitary aspect of the Women's toilets: he said that he continues to find paw prints on the toilet seats and finds that people are therefore reluctant to use these toilets. c. Linda Halbritter reported that currently there are 50 feeding bowls (for the cats) at the camping ground area. d. Because all present at the meeting are familiar with the cat issue, John Winter did not review the MCCC position. Rather, he read the sections from the May 25 meeting minutes that described the roles of the two park groups: "two groups have now established Friends of the Park status for Mahukona Beach Park by the County Department of Parks & Recreation. Mahukona Cat Colony Caregivers (MCCC) will be handling all aspects of the TNR cat population at the Park. Friends of Mahukona (FOM) will be handling the improvements and landscape maintenance of the Park. This means that there will be two groups working at Mahukona each with different responsibilities and each reporting to the Dept. of Parks & Recreation. There was a discussion about what each of the groups would focus on, both in the short and long terms. It was agreed that each group would draw up a document stating the specific responsibilities of their group and that each would share those documents with one another and the Dept. of Parks and Recreation. The MCCC group has said they will be responsible for all aspects of the TNR program and that they would submit their documentation to the appropriate personnel at Parks & Recreation. e. The FOM group agreed to write up their own document describing what their group is responsible for and to also submit that to the County. GOAL: The FOM wants to make the Park conducive to family activities such as fishing, camping and for sports such as volleyball, basketball and a horseshoe pitch. The FOM agreed to contact the Kohala Center in Waimea to follow through on John's initial inquiry re: obtaining the services of an intern to do soil testing (re: public health concerns) at Mahukona Beach Park. f. John Winter informed the group that because no member of the CDP Action Committee can head up a non-profit entity Giovanna had to close out the non-profit she had started in support of the parks improvements. John also informed the group that any park-adopting groups could apply directly to the NKRC to pursue obtaining a non-profit entity. There are no members of the MCCC on the CDP Action Committee. To the best of his knowledge John reports that he does not think the MCCC have a non-profit entity. g. Following a discussion the meeting participants agreed that after the County has received each groups proposal/document re: their roles and responsibilities at Mahukona that these two groups would co-host a community meeting to inform the public of the developments at Mahukona Park.