Department of Agriculture

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE MEETING

 

Date:               September 25, 2012 (Tuesday)                                 

Time:               9:00 a.m.                                                                    

Location:         Plant Quarantine Conference Room

                        1849 Auiki Street

                        Honolulu, HI  96819
                       

I.          CALL TO ORDER

 

II.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 8/28/12 MEETING

 

III.         COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN)

 

1. INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTS

                       

1. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

 

A.     AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION

1.   Request for Approval of One (1) Direct Farm Ownership Loan and One (1) Direct Operating Loan to Hawaiian Floral Nursery, LLC and Uriah H. Dombrowski, co-borrowers.

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition:  Loan being processed for closing.

 

2.   Request for Approval of One (1) Direct Real Estate Loan to Donald Smith

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition:  Loan being processed for closing.

 

B.      AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

1. Request for Consent to Assignment of

      General Lease No. S-1015,

      Waianae Agricultural Park, Lot 15, Island of Oahu

     

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition: Assignment and consent documents have been prepared.

 

1. Request for Conversion and Assignment of

      General Lease No. S-3764, Lot 16,

      Koolaupoko, Waimanalo, Island of Oahu

     

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition: Documents are being drafted.

 

1. Request to Establish Use Restrictions on Agricultural

      Lands in Kunia, Upper Pouhala, Waikele, Ewa, Oahu;

      TMKs (1) 9-4-012:001, 002 & 003

     

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition:  Restrictive language is being inserted into the revocable permits.

 

1. Request to Amend Prior Board Action;

      Revocable Permit Issued to Waikele Farms, Inc.

      Upper Pouhala, Waikele,

      Ewa, Island of Oahu, TMK (1) 9-4-012:002

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition:  Amended language is being inserted into the revocable permit.

 

1. Request for Approval to Issue a Revocable Permit to

      MV Farms, Inc, dba Naked Cow Dairy;

      Upper Pouhala, Waikele, Ewa,

      Island of Oahu, TMK (1) 9-4-012:001 & 003

     

      Action:  Approved

                     Disposition:  Revocable permit is being drafted.

 

1. Request for Consent to Sublease for

      Island Distillers, Inc., Lot 35

      General Lease No. S-3774, TMK (1) 4-1-027:010

      Waimanalo, Island of Oahu

     

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition:  Consent document is being drafted.

 

1. Request for Approval to Issue a Right-of-Entry

      to the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

      for a Staging Area for the Hanapepe Flood Control Project; 

      TMK (4) 1-9-002:045 Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii

 

      Action:  Approved

      Disposition:  The Right-of-Entry for Construction has been signed by the
      Chairperson and sent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for
      processing.

 VI.       NEW BUSINESS

VII.       ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR MEETING