Minutes: April 28,1998

CALL TO ORDER: Chair Christine Woolaway called the meeting to order at 7pm.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Jeff Harris, Steve Holmes, Edward Laws, Roland Libby, Jr., Fred Madlener, Elaine Murphy and Christine Woolaway. There was a quorum.

MEMBER ABSENT: Mark Heckman

CSF: Judy Nakamura, Julie Jirikowic

GUESTS: Donna Ashizawa, Eugene Dashiell, John Knox, Shannon McElvaney

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the April 14, 1998 meeting were approved with corrections.

COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY: Jeff Harris (Save Our Bays and Beaches) highlighted the Kailua Beach Clean-Up held the previous week. Over fifty people showed up to clean the beach and a huge drift net was found imbedded in the sand. Roland Libby from the Dept. of Public Works will follow up for removal of the drift net.

OLD BUSINESS:

Discussion on mini-grant proposals - The members had reviewed the proposals. A motion was made by member Madlener to accept the recommendation of the subcommittee. It was not seconded. A motion was made by member Murphy to consider funding five mini-grant proposals. Member Libby seconded the motion and discussion ensued. A vote was taken to select the top five proposals. Discussion ensued and another motion was made to accept the top four proposals for funding. The motion passed. Member Murphy made a motion to have the council members oversee the individual grants. Member Harris seconded the motion and it was decided that the members would look over the grants once again before deciding which proposal to volunteer for.

A letter will be sent to the organizations whose proposal has been selected for funding. Members were concerned about the final destination of the equipment once the grant had been completed and it was decided that the organizations would have to provide the council with a location where the equipment would be housed and accessibility of the equipment to the volunteers.

Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator - Donna Ashizawa has submitted the attached list. Discussion ensued on 5c: purchase of high-end survey equipment. It was moved and seconded that a fax vote be taken on Thursday, May 7^th, on whether to purchase/lease the equipment.

Report from Technical Coordinator - Eugene Dashiell has submitted the attached list and discussion ensued. Member Holmes made a motion to accept all three tasks and member Laws seconded the motion with caveat that the city may be able to provide some of the equipment. The motion passed.

Report from John Knox - The following were discussed by John:

* set up ways for people to give input: e-mail site and attached recorder for phone messages

* fax public announcements to radio stations informing them about the meetings and ways to give input on water quality concerns

* mail letters to organizations informing them about the meetings

* to get grass roots input: get a referral process going and collect names of people who would not be inclined to attend meetings or call and leave a message but who do have a story

* mail out printouts to people living a few blocks near the beach (only one segment of the people would be reached - approximate cost $3,000)

* ad in the Sunday newspapers to announce the community meetings

* contact news people and have them do a news article about the community meetings

A motion was made by member Harris to recommend that John proceed with reviewing the costs and options on the mail-out and informational flyer. Member Laws seconded the motion but the motion failed.

D. Shannon McElvaney (Geo InSight International, Inc.) - Shannon gave a GIS (Geographic Information System) presentation. This is a system for mapping, analyzing and visualizing the geographical distribution of data stored in database and linked to specific locations. It is a system of hardware, software and procedures designed to see layers that enables the input, manipulation, analysis and display of graphic and non-graphic data.

The following are tentative KBAC dates for future meetings to be held at Windward Community College:

May 12 and 26, 1998 - Hale Alaka’i #118

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned by Acting Chair Christine Woolaway at 10:10 pm.