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73 Committee Member Huerta made a motion to approve the August 12, 2021 minutes. Motion seconded 74 by Committee Member Weber. Motion passed with 7 votes aye, 0 votes nay. 75 BUSINESS: 76 1. Island-wide Action Committee Member Initiatives: Ms. Mercado was asked to clarify the purpose 77 of this agenda item and explained that the intent was to provide an opportunity for AC members to 78 discuss whether they would like to engage with other AC groups on shared topics through the 79 formation of subcommittees known as Permitted Interaction Groups (PIGS). Ms. Mercado 80 referenced a conversation brought before Corporation Counsel at the Joint AC meeting, in which 81 Corporation Counsel agreed that ACs could form investigatory subcommittees (PIGS) with similar 82 scopes and would have the latitude to work together island wide. Ms. Mercado gave an example of 83 emergency preparedness and building resilience as a potential shared topic of interest between 84 ACs. She also clarified that the Joint AC meetings provide an open space for information sharing, a 85 chance for AC members to share their community work with other ACs, and that attendance of the 86 Joint AC is voluntary for each committee member. 87 Committee Member Janice Palma-Glennie recognized the concept of ACs working together but 88 shared in Mr. Flaherty's sentiment, that the KCDP AC should continue to focus on their mandated 89 region. Ms. Palma-Glennie mentioned ideas for possible subcommittees (issue of flooding, climate 90 change and resilience, interface between nearshore and marine environment). 91 Committee Member Kari Kimura stated that the Joint AC was a fabulous venue for sharing 92 information. She expressed that once the Kona Open Space Network begins to move forward, they 93 would have something to report on, but does not see the Kona AC as having something to put forth 94 at this moment. 95 Committee Member Palacat-Nelsen agreed there was no need to form a subcommittee now, but 96 there could be potential to collaborate with other districts in the future, especially those 97 neighboring Kona and noted that scope language for the subcommittee could be created to keep 98 their AC focused on Kona. 99 2. Implementation Updates from Action Committee Members: 100 a. Flood Mitigation and Erosion Control: Committee Member Palacat-Nelsen advocated for the AC 101 to create an investigatory subcommittee on flood mitigation and erosion control. He would like 102 to bring the FEMA flood maps into review to identify any discrepancies between the FEMA 103 flood maps and the reality of what is happening in Kona. 104 Community member Cindy Tuttle (in attendance via Zoom) used the chat function to suggest 105 the subcommittee view three levels of flooding: FEMA maps, district flood maps, and localized 106 flood maps. 107 Mr. Flaherty (in attendance via Zoom) shared that Department of Public Works (DPW), Nancy 108 Pisicchio, and others worked with the community on a revision draft of the Chapter 10 (Erosion 109 and Sedimentation Control) ordinance from the County Code. They held public meetings to 110 gather input and DPW consulted with experts in the field. Mr. Flaherty said the draft ordinance 111 was never brought before County Council as planned, but he offered to give them this 112 information to assist their current efforts. 113 Committee Member Palacat-Nelsen made a motion to establish a Flood Mitigation and Erosion 114 Control Investigatory Subcommittee whose goal is to review Hawai'i County Code, Chapter 10 115 (Erosion and Sedimentation Control) and Chapter 27(Floodplain Management) and other 116 documents such as recent case studies and available flood maps (FEMA, district-wide, and www.ylanninQ.hawaiicounty.Qov/ kong(&-,hawaiicounty.Qov Page 3