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<br />North Kohala Community Access Group <br />Meeting Notes <br />November 6, 2013 (Old Courthouse 4:30pm) <br />Participants: Roslind Newlon, Toni Withington, Beth Robinson, Deanne B. (planning department), Keith <br />Wallis, Lucy Pasco, Carlynn Ann Pasco, Marlene Ching, Harry Ching, Jack Hoyt, Larry Brown, Luke Mead, <br />Beth Robinson, Jojo Tanimoto, Deborah Chang, Diane Kanealu, Jean Lai, Mana Kanealu, Charlie Anderson, <br />Aric Arakaki. Patricia Tummons, Ty Knudson, Joe Carvalho, Duane Kanuha, William Brilhante, (Attorney <br />from planning department), Ted Matsuda. <br />Akoakoa Point (Bird Cave) <br />Aldridge will give a walk thru on the project. <br />Joe will arrange with Aldridge. <br />Hapu'u – Kapanaia <br />Pacific Plains, LLC is having the trustee do a site visit in December. <br />We drafted and will send a letter to Alan Haun (the archeologist), and the State Historical Preservation <br />Division supporting the preservation plan for Kapalama Heiau. <br />Halelua <br />The landowners decided not to pursue the ocean front lands for conservation easements. <br />We should get a copy of the letter from the Planning Department concerning the lateral trail. <br />Kauhola Lighthouse <br />The Trust for Public Lands will meet sometime soon with the community to discuss the management plan. <br />Pahoa Beach <br />NSTR (Nothing Significant to Report) <br />Upolu Airport - East end of the runway <br />We did a walk thru with Dave Richardson (representative of EWM Enterprises LP), on Wednesday, October 9th. <br />The parking lot is about 50’ x 50’ and the mauka-makai easement weren’t marked or cleared. <br />The agreement between the landowner and the county doesn’t include markers <br />· <br />The county and EWM have agreed to put up signage with a map showing the trail. <br />The county will be responsible for signage on the main road. <br />· <br />Old road running East – West above Upolu Airport was used for generations. <br />The county doesn’t have a map showing it as a government road. <br />We should research if there is any legal document showing this as a roadway. <br />· <br />Next Steps <br />The county should consider a safe location for the lateral trail. <br />County planning department stated that in an earlier walk thru years ago, the county and the landowners <br />· <br />agreed that the lateral trail should be on the vegetation line. <br />The landowners had the access trials marked. ????(I didn’t see any marks) <br />¨ <br />The county should reconcile the Land Court and the Plat maps so they show the same boundary markers and <br />the trails markers <br />According to the access agreement, the landowner doesn’t have to construct the trails. <br />The county doesn’t have the monies to construct the trails. <br />· <br />The grant of easement document has been signed by the Mayor and is ready to go to the county council <br />· <br />for approval. <br />We need to have a better communication between the community, landowners, county, state, and federal <br />governments. <br />Other questions asked. <br />Is there a state law requiring mauka-makai access? <br />· <br />The requirement of no improvements, the shoreline setback, is 40’ from the high water mark <br />· <br /> <br /> <br />