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31 Law and that caution should be taken when discussing business with other AC members, 32 especially if t here is potential for applicability across multiple Action Committees. 33 Kona Committee Chair Young questioned amending an agenda and whether rearranging items 34 would be applicable. Ms. Campbell clarified that agenda items may be re - ordered or postponed. 35 S he added that boards are generally discouraged from adding agenda items during a meeting as 36 it does not give the public advanced notice. 37 kua Committee Member Kua asked if there were any plans to switch to in - person meetings 38 and, if so, how much notic e would the Planning Department provide. Ms. Campbell responded 39 - person meetings 40 until the end of February and that the proclamation could be extended/canceled depending on 41 the C OVID - 19 emergency. Remote meetings may resume after the proclamation is lifted but will 42 require at least one in - person site (usually at a County facility). 43 44 through email on recommendations for agenda items. Ms. Campbell responded with a 45 suggestion that communications outside of meetings should generally be discouraged and 46 recommended that Action Committee members share their agenda item suggestions with staff. 47 Ms. Merc ado reminded Committee Member Keeney that staff contacts AC members about three 48 weeks before each meeting to request input for the upcoming agenda. She requested that any 49 additional questions and/or feedback be included in the post - meeting feedback form. 50 P UBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: 51 Two (2) members of the public and one (1) Action Committee member (representing 52 themselves) provided testimony. 53 Њ͵ 54 and on item (3) 2022 Road 55 56 made it impossible to respond to issues in a timely manner and to allow discussions on items 57 that are not 58 from once a month to once every three months. She also described long delays i n filling 59 vacant Action Committee and Kailua Village Design Commission seats. She mentioned that 60 the mu lti - meeting process for taking action combined with the limited number of meetings 61 severely slows progress. She also conveyed frustration with Planning Staff that an agenda 62 item request to discuss a large 201H housing development on agricultural land, was not 63 honored. Ms. Harden shared her concern that Action Committees were changing from being 64 place - based to issue - based. Lastly , she expressed concern that the draft General Plan is 65 formatted so differently from previous General Plans that it is too diffic ult to differentiate the 66 changes. 67 2. South Kohala Committee Chair Smith, representing herself, testified on the Planning 68 69 Federal infrastructure funding. She asked the Dire ctor to advocate for the CDP 70 Infrastructure/ Emergency preparedness priorities. Ms. Smith expressed that each Action ǞǞǞ͵ƦƌğƓƓźƓŭ͵ŷğǞğźźĭƚǒƓƷǤ͵ŭƚǝΉ /5tθŷğǞğźźĭƚǒƓƷǤ͵ŭƚǝ Page 2