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AGENDA
ACTIONS TAKEN
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
MEETING
Date: September 16, 2003 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Department of Agriculture
Plant Quarantine Conference Room
1849 Auiki Street
Honolulu, Hawaii
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 8/14/03 MEETING
III. COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AGENDA
ITEMS (ORAL OR WRITTEN)
IV. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DIVISIONS AND
ADMINISTRATION
A. AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION
1. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct
Class "A" Loan and One Direct Class "C" Loan to Kapaa Banana Co.,
Inc.
Action: Approved
2. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct
Class "A" Loan to Sugita Enterprises, Ltd.
Action: Approved
3. Request for Approval of One (1) Direct
Class "A" Loan and One (1) Guaranty Loan to Hawaii Foliage Exports,
Inc.
Action: Approved
4. Discussion on Farm Dwelling Financing
Action: No action needed. For discussion only
B. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
1. Request for Approval to Fund Research
Project “Pest Management in Rambutan, Longan, and Lychee” in the
Amount of $30,000 (1st
year funding) and $30,000 (2nd year funding)
Action: Approved
2. Request for Approval to Fund
Research Project “Culture Management Strategies Associated with
Macadamia Varieties” in the Amount of $5,000 (1st year funding),
$5,000 (2nd year funding) and $5,000 (3rd year funding)
Action: Approved
C. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
1. Request for Consent to Assignment
of Lease, General Lease No. S-7000, Hamakua Agricultural Park,
Portion of Lot 4, Island of Hawai'I
Action: Approved
2. Request for Consent to Assignment
of Lease, General Lease No. S-7014, Hamakua Agricultural Park, Lot
2, Island of Hawai'I
Action: Approved
3. Request for Consent to Assignment
of Lease, General Lease No. S-7015, Hamakua Agricultural Park,
Lot 3, Island of Hawai'i Action: Approved
4. Request for Consent to Assignment
of Lease
General Lease No. S-7016, Hamakua Agricultural Park, Lot 4, Island
of Hawai'I
Action: Approved
D. PLANT INDUSTRY
Microorganisms
1. Request to: (1) Allow the
Importation of a Bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, on
the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory
Diagnostics to Meet Federal Public Health Requirements; and (2)
Establish Permit Conditions for the Importation of a Bacterium,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, on the List of Restricted
Microorganisms (Part A), for Laboratory Diagnostics to Meet Federal
Public Health Requirement.
Action: Approved
2. Request to Amend the List
Placement of Fungi, Pholiota nameko, from the List of
Restricted Microorganisms (Part A), and Pleurotus eryngii,
from the List of Restricted Microorganisms (Part B), to the List of
Nonrestricted Microorganisms, Through Expedited Amendment Process
Action: Approved
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