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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee ï County of Hawaii MINUTES Meeting Date: February 23, 2011 Time: 2:56 pm Place: Mayor's Conference Room, Hanama 1 75-5722 Hanama Place ï Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 Roll Call: 1Members Present: Maralyn (Marni) Herkes, Ken Melrose, Robert (Bob) Ward, Janice Palma-Glennie, Bo Kahui 2Absent/Excused:Mike Matsukawa, Fritz Harris-Glade 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado 4Public in attendance: Peter Young, Dorothy Palma, Race Randle, Kari Kimura, Riley Smith, Nancy Alvord, Mike Fischer, Terry Cisco. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA Kari Kimura, Architect in Kona, wanted to reiterate, from her last testimony during the 12/9/10 discussion, her strong opposition to Section 5.13 of the Village Design Guidelines, Kona Community Development Plan, which deals with Architectural Standards. As it exists in the VDG it is inappropriate for the future of Kona that at this level of planning design gets defined in the way that it has. Discussion continued to define the issue, which that to have architectural guidelines will not allow the professional to respond to the client, the times, nor to the changes to the available technology. The guidelines do not allow for flexibility and innovation. An option was discussed to have the Architectural Standards be added in/required at the Project District level rather than at the regional district level. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Minutes of the Meeting of January 26, 2011 were circulated. Bob Ward motioned to approve and Marni Herkes seconded. Minor corrections requested and then unanimous approval given. NEW BUSINESS 1. Village Design Guidelines. Motion on the table from the October 27, 2010. Marni Herkes moved to have the Action Committee recommend to the Planning Director to adopt the VDG by Rule with the understanding that measures of Article 1 in the original document be included into the Planning Department deliberations. Bob Ward seconded for discussion. The discussion on the VDG continued. The Major issues or themes that have emerged from the previous discussions are as follows: Since the new Rule won't be done for the VDG Article 1 will need to be included back into the VDG and may need to be modified tm; E