KEKAHA — The next meeting of the Citizens’ Advisory Committee for the Kekaha Host Community Benefit program will be at 6 p.m., Oct. 26, at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center. Kekaha residents are encouraged to share their ideas with CAC members
KEKAHA — The next meeting of the Citizens’ Advisory Committee for the Kekaha Host Community Benefit program will be at 6 p.m., Oct. 26, at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center.
Kekaha residents are encouraged to share their ideas with CAC members on the top priorities for the host community benefit program prior to or during the upcoming meeting, a news release says.
The top five priorities as determined by the recent community survey are: improvements to Kekaha Beach Park; improvements to Kekaha Neighborhood Center; start-up funds for a community swimming pool; renewable energy programs/projects; and drainage improvements to Kekaha Road.
Based on the results of the survey and the discussions that follow, the Citizens’ Advisory Committee will develop recommendations for the expenditure of $730,000 that was appropriated by the County Council as a form of compensation for the upcoming expansion of the Kekaha Landfill.
Earlier this year, Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. appointed nine Kekaha residents to serve on the CAC for the Kekaha Host Community Benefit program, including: Jose Bulatao Jr., Myra Elliott, Randall Hee, Robert Jackson, A. “Big Boy” Kupo Jr., Glenn Molander, Evelyn Olores, Bruce Pleas and Walter Stocker.
The mission of the CAC, as developed by its members at their first meeting, is “to serve as a community advisory committee to recommend projects and their administrative process for the disbursement of the HCB fund(s) allocated to, and in accordance with, the general consensus of the Kekaha community”.
AEOCOM Technical Services, an O‘ahu-based consultant, was hired by the county to facilitate the KHCB meetings and guide the CAC.
Four county employees serve as advisers and are non-voting members of the CAC including: Beth Tokioka, executive assistant to the mayor; Allison Fraley, solid waste program development coordinator; Mauna Kea Trask, deputy county attorney; and Leanore Kaiaokamalie, long range planner.
In addition, Jeff Kaohi with Waste Management of Hawai‘i Inc., the company that manages the Kekaha Landfill, also serves as an advisor to the CAC.
For more information, call Beth Tokioka at 241-4900 or e-mail btokioka@kauai.gov.
