Minutes: November 17, 2001

Kailua Bay Advisory Council

Business Meeting Minutes

Camp Kokokahi, Atherton Hall

45-035 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe

November 17, 2001

www.kbac-hi.org

1. CALL TO ORDER

Chair Scott Derrickson called the meeting to order at 9:25 am. There was a quorum. Attendance:

1. Board members present: Scott Derrickson, Jeffrey Harris, Mark Heckman, Benjamin Kama,

and Toby Rushforth. Board members excused: Ronald Walker, Donna Wong, and Christine Woolaway.

2. Director: Maile Bay
3. GIS Coordinator: Mike McMahon
4. Education Coordinator: Melissa O’Connor-Farinas

1. Duplicated final Assessment (75 copies) and had posted to KBAC web site. Drafted an evaluation sheet to be used at workshop, with comments due back by December 8, 2002. On October 26, 2001, Scott Derrickson and I met with Gary Gill, Denis Lau, and Lawana Collier of DOH regarding Assessment document. Received letter that review of Assessment from DOH on next steps to make Assessment a WRAS. Malia Chow is following up with DOH. Continued working on draft Master Plan with Dr. Chow, aiming to complete preliminary draft/budget by January 23^rd KBAC meeting before meeting with public on draft.
2. Scheduled workshops and KBAC meeting Saturday, November 17, 2001, to be held at Camp Kokokahi, Kaneohe. Workshops to be conducted by Carl Evensen’s staff on HAPPI materials; Maqs Alam on PCR water sampling techniques and anthrax, and presentation of KBAC GIS system.
3. Continuing review, discussions, and negotiations process with KBAC with 12 groups/individuals received in response to RFP at meeting on September 9, 2001. Working on actions discussed in closed meeting, documents being distributed to KBAC members for their comment. Contract with Hui Malama o Ke Kai, ED 01-01K, reviewed by KBAC members, is being signed CSF, KBAC, and Contractor and will begin December 1, 2001.
4. KBAC was not selected for Section 319 grant.
5. GIS and Education Coordinator positions have been filled, contracts finalized for Mike McMahon and Melissa O‘Connor Farinas. Mike started on November 16, 2001; Melissa will start on January 1, 2002.
6. On October 30, 2001, attended TMDL workshop for Kawa Stream – 10 attendees at workshop. Excellent coverage by Eric Guinther and Bob Bourke on stream conditions. Many suggestions on ways to improve water quality were suggested and will be added to the document for public information. DOH Environmental Planning Office introduced new staff person David Penn who will be the coordinating officer. Next streams in Koolaupoko to have TMDL study reports will be Kapaa and Kaneohe.
7. Toured and photographed eroded sites in Kahaluu and Waiahole/Waikane with J. Goody in preparation for invitation to bid on erosion control. On November 25, 2001, will be touring Waimanalo sites next week with Goody and M. McMahon, GIS Coordinator, using Trimble. Have invited Joe Ryan to participate.
8. KBAC staff is seeking office space. Considerations: meeting room, public access to information and staff. Paid the rent on the storage for November and December. Scott Derrickson proposed whether PILI’s office could be partially rented for the interim until KBAC finds office space. PILI’s Board had no problem. Action: Approve use of PILI office to house GIS Coordinator while the Director, CSF, and both Coordinators seek office space.
9. Meeting with Senator Bob Hogue at his request to discuss Enchanted Lakes on Tuesday, November 27, 2001.

Discussion followed on two items from the Director's Report:

4. Section 319. Members asked if a reason was given as to why KBAC did not receive a grant. The director stated that there was only $400,000 available and there was considerable discussion by the granting agency about the requirements for the money – particularly the issue of a unified watershed assessment (UWA) vs. a watershed resource assessment strategy (WRAS). Currently funding is authorized only for TMDL streams or a WRAS. As part of the master planning process, KBAC is working on WRAS designation. The Section 319 decision has no effect on KBAC RFPs.

8. Office space. Members present stated a preference for permanent office space that could accommodate staff, information and file storage, and small, working meetings. Regular KBAC meetings would continue to be held in the community, either at WCC or throughout the Koolaupoko district, as appropriate to the topics under discussion.

Mike reported on his first day on the job – and that he is looking forward to the opportunity to use his technical skills and experience gained at the Ala Wai Watershed Association to help improve the water quality of the Ko’olaupoko region.

Mike is already working to familiarize himself with the laptop and software; existing KBAC GIS data; KBAC website structure (plan for maintenance); ArcIMS web-mapping software (the backbone of a GIS-based site that will be useful to the community).

Over the next 2 weeks, Mike will be developing a personal work plan with budget for the coming year and will review with Maile and Scott.

Arrangements are underway to meet with Mike Tom and Dave Krupp of Windward Community College to discuss access to the computer network and KBAC website. Plans have been made to visit/photograph/document erosion control sites near Waimanalo – 1^st visit November 25, 2001.

The minutes from the October 24 meeting will be distributed for approval at the January meeting.

The next meeting will be held January 23, 2002, 6:45 pm at Windward Community College, Hale Alaka`i, #118.

The business meeting was adjourned at 10:00 am.

Following the business meeting, a series of workshops were conducted by Carl Evensen and Melissa Richards on HAPPI materials; Maqs Alam on PCR water sampling techniques and anthrax, followed by a presentation of the KBAC GIS system.