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229 b. Emergency Preparedness & Hazard Mitigation: Council Member Kimball informed that 230 Hawai āmākua. ʻi Wild Fire had their ﬁrst mee?ng to promote ﬁrewise communi?es in H 231 She advised AC members to reach out to her if they would be interested in joining . 232 Committee Member Keeney expressed concern about biofuel production in Hāmākua. He 233 mentioned a property for sale below Honoka ʻa that may be intended for the production 234 of biofuels. He shared his concern that an agricultural effort for producing biofuels would 235 demand a great deal of infrastructure and acreage. 236 c. Affordable Housing: Committee Member Hubbard and Committee Member Pollard 237 shared that they were working on getting a presentation regarding affordable housing for 238 the AC in the near future . 239 Committee Member Hubbard shared that she had heard some concerns about the Lehua 240 Village Partners presentation at the last meeting. She clarified that the Action Committee 241 is not a deciding body for developments but that such presentations are informatio nal 242 only. The purpose is to learn about what is happening in the community and how those 243 things relate or meet the action items in the HCDP action plan. 244 d. Roadway Networks: Chair Kurokawa reached out to John Cross, formerly of C. Brewer & 245 Co. , and learned there is quite a bit of inf ormation that the plantation has on old 246 roadways. Chair Kurokawa s hare d this w as an island - wide issue and proposed that the 247 Planning Department pursue this information so they can get the data and evaluate the 248 roadway networks and the government roads t hat are on private property. Chair 249 Kurokawa shared that Mr. Cross is open to and knows where the information is for 250 H āmākua and Ka ʻu , but more investigation is needed for the rest of the island. 251 4. Review Current Action Committee Member Terms and Ideate Aroun d 2022 AC Proceedings: 252 Ms. Bartlett presented a spreadsheet outlining the H āmākua AC member’s term durations and 253 timelines. She explained that they would be reaching out to all AC members to set up time for an 254 open and honest conversation to check - in about how they are feeling relative to their terms and 255 discuss strategies for engaging du ring 2022. Discussions were had regarding holdovers and staff 256 assured that Committee M embers could continue as holdovers until such time that new 257 applicants were vetted via the Mayor’s office and the County Council. Ms. Bartlett acknowledged 258 tha t continuity and keeping the man a ʻo from previous Committee Members is important to the 259 success of the AC. 260 Committee Member Keeney shared that he received an email from the County of Hawai ʻ i Boards 261 and Commissions regarding appl icants to fill vacancies on various boards and commissions. He 262 questioned why the CDP s were not listed and why they were not requesting applicants for those 263 positions as well when multiple CDP s do not have enough members to make quorum. 264 Ms. Bartlett expl ained that recruitment of applicants for the CDP s that need quorum is a priority. 265 Part of the discussion in planning for next year would include how the Planning Department can 266 expand its limited capacity to provide support , which includes onboarding new ACs while 267 supporting existing ACs. They are also interested in learning how they can improve on supporting 268 ACs more effectively and efficiently. www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/ CDP@hawaiicounty.gov Page 7