Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President John Wilson at 5:30pm in the Kula Elementary School Library.

Attendees

Members present were: Erwin DePonte, Elliott Krash, Dick Mayer, John McDonald, Cathy Ross, Mitch Silver,

Steve Sutrov, John Wilson, Susan Guille, Gerri Hestand, Brian Jenkins, Tom Jewell, Ernest Soares.

Members excused were: Alan Kaufman

Members absent were: Ben Keau, Henry Lau

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer John McDonald reported a previous balance from 3 December as $1248.67. With revenues of $847.45

($816 T-shirts, $30 Dues, $1.45 Interest) and expenditures of $20.35 (Administrative) the current balance is

$2075.77. On a motion by Brian Jenkins and a second by Erwin DePonte the report was accepted subject to audit.

Secretary’s Report

On a motion by Mitch Silver with a second by Steve Sutrov, the minutes of the 3 December Board Meeting were approved as corrected by Elliott Krash.

Bob Johnson MEDP: Letter from board member, Eliott Krash suggesting that Mr. Johnson refer to our website for information on the status of KCA. Dick Mayer has volunteered to be our representative for ongoing dialog with

the MEDP regarding development issues.

Pat Kawano, County Council Chair: Letter from President John Wilson reiterating the KCA stand on passing the

Agriculture Bill. Signed into law December 31, 1998 by Mayor Lingle.

Committee Reports

Land Use: Brian Jenkins reported on changes in Agricultural Zoning Ordinance before it was passed into law.

Buildings have to be 15ft. from the property line. If you add on to a existing building setback is only 6 ft. Existing permits are good until they expire and then they must comply to current regulations. You can lease less area of the property for agriculture, but no buildings are allowed to be built on leased land within an ag zoned parcel.

Water: Elliott Krash and Tom Jewell attended the December 16th meeting of the Upcountry Water Advisory Committee. Subjects discussed were spending money for Upcountry water needs, reservoir diagrams for Kamaole

site were presented, wait list for meters, direction we are headed. A resolution to the legislature for funds to do an EIS update for Upcountry water needs was considered. Next meeting is on Wednesday January 13th. Suggested that the subject of individual storage tanks on properties as a stop gap measure be proposed and the possibility of a credit for water storage facilities. John McDonald received copy of water rules and regulations and drought guidelines from David Craddick.

Communications:

A draft of the upcoming newsletter was presented by Mitch Silver and input from the board was requested. E. Soares suggested an enhancement of the Community Officers information, i.e. hours, location etc. as well as current community problems. Revisions on community concerns; delete Ag Zoning changes, Steve Sutrov wanted to add more parks and park enhancements to list. Add in Antenna Farm discussion to achievements. Investigate impacts on citizens on the Y2K issue on the county service level. Recruit new board members. Mitch will revise and present final draft at next board meeting, so newsletter can be sent out before General Meeting on February 18th.

Unfinished Business

General Meeting Agenda and Program: Decided to invite the new cabinet of Mayor Apana, particularly the dept. heads of Parks, Public Works and Planning, the Managing Director, Chairman of the Board of Water Supply and Councilmember Tavares to present future plans and priorities.

New Business

County Budget Meetings: The Mayor and his administration will hold budget hearings on Tuesday January 12th at 6PM at the Kula Community Center for fiscal year July 1999 -2000. We will present the following priorities:

24 hour ambulance service, Waiakoa sidewalk development, street lighting concerns, neighborhood parks development, bikeways and trailways planning and development, changing postal addresses, ask new administration to familiarize themselves with the Upcountry General Plan.

Kulamalu Water Tank: We are asked to comment on this project and our concerns are on EIS impacts and traffic disruption during construction.

Other: Discussion on committee participants for the 1999 year. An updated list will be presented at next board meeting. We need to reorder T-Shirts, Alan Kaufman will be asked to inventory and order new ones in time for general meeting. A motion was made by S. Sutrov and seconded by Mitch Silver to allow the expenditure for new t-shirts not to exceed past orders.

Announcements

Board Meeting: 4 February, Kula Elementary School. 5:30PM.

General Meeting: 18 February, Kula Community Center, 7PM. Proposed agenda, presentation By Mayor Apana and administration on future plans and priorities particularly as they impact Kula and the Upcountry areas.

Adjournment