Communication No. 2017-03- Parks Water Roads Report June

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Communication No. 2017-3 June 21,2017 Parks,Water & Roads sub -committee minutes. Attendance: Toni Withington, Sarah Pule -Fujii, Lisa Andrews,Carter Collins, Andi Longpre(minutes by andi) Mimosa Tree & Senior Ctr. On the morning of June 5,2017 a large portion of a mature Mimosa tree broke off and fell to the ground. (Please refer to the Kohala Mountain News for a detailed article.) Based on the findings of the arborist the County Parks & Rec. Dept. has decided that both of the large trees are to be razed and removed. Following the removal of the trees new plantings will be put in. John Winter met with the Seniors to offer the assistance of our sub- committee regarding the types of plantings the Seniors would like and how to best move forward working with the County Parks & Rec. Dept. to accomplish this goal. The Seniors have decided to form a sub -committee to address this issue. John will continue to be in contact with the County and the Seniors on this topic. PRATT RD. EMERGENCY BY-PASS: Due to personnel changes in the County government there has not been any progress on this topic. Our sub -committee sent a letter on June 20, 2016 to the Director of the Dept. of Public Works. The Dept. had provided us with a copy of "The Revocable Right of Entry Agreement " between the Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop and the County of Hawaii, Dept. of Public Works. We asked for their assistance in developing a similar agreement that would be amenable to the County,the landowners and the community. To date there has not been any further developments on this issue. In 2015, there were at least three separate occasions when Akoni Pule Highway was closed and many residents could neither get to work not get home from works. We have data that reflects that over 240 citizens living in the area could be adversely affected by such closures. Therefore, our sub -committee has agreed to submit a letter to the Action Committee for their discussion and approval. Based on the result of that process the letter will be sent to the Director of the Dept. of Public Works again requesting their assistance to initiate the necessary work to create the emergency by-pass . NEXT MEETING Wednesday July 19,2017 , 5 p.m. @ Old Judiciary BLdg.