2025-02-24 Leeward Planning Commission Special General Plan Actions

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Cruz, DeFranco, Noborikawa, and Au) and two excused (Kanuha and Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 04:37:19] 13)Vice Chair Donna"Kinuko" Noborikawa moved to amend the main motion by add a new action on page 206 as Action 46.s, to read: "Support and invest in cultural food programs, including food preservation." Commissioner Barbara DeFranco seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 04:55:24] The motion carried with five ayes (Noborikawa, DeFranco, Dela Cruz, Paishon-Duarte, and Au) and two excused (Kanuha and Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 05:14:15] Vice Chair Donna"Kinuko"Noborikawa moved to amend the prior motion to add "all" before "cultural food programs" so that it reads: "Support and invest in all cultural food programs, including food preservation." Commissioner Mahina Paishon-Duarte seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 05:11:30] The motion carried with five ayes (Noborikawa, Paishon-Duarte, DeFranco, Dela Cruz, and Au) and two excused (Kanuha and Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 05:13:32] 14)Commissioner Mahina Paishon-Duarte moved to amend the main motion by amending the definition for"Ahupua'a" on page 9 to read: "Ahupua'a is a Native Hawaiian comprehensive and holistic system of careship of biocultural and socio-political systems and resources that are inclusive of wao or horizontal bioregions." Vice Chair Donna "Kinuko" Noborikawa seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 05:22:57] The motion carried with five ayes (Paishon-Duarte, Noborikawa, DeFranco, Dela Cruz, and Au) and two excused (Kanuha and Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 05:28:54] 15)Commissioner Mahina Paishon-Duarte moved to amend the main motion by amending the definition of"Wahi Pana" on page 21 to read: "Wahl Pana means living space and place of ecological, cultural and/or historical significance. Wahi Pana may also mean legendary place." Commissioner Michael Dela Cruz seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 05:29:48] The motion carried with five ayes (Paishon-Duarte, Dela Cruz, DeFranco, Noborikawa, and Au) and two excused (Kanuha and Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 05:31:37] 16)Commissioner Mahina Paishon-Duarte moved to amend the main motion by amending the definition of"`Aina" on page 9 to read: "`Aina is a Hawaiian term that means land or earth that sustains and feeds the ecosystems and its communities." Vice Chair Donna "Kinuko" Noborikawa seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 05:40:58] The motion carried with five ayes (Paishon-Duarte, Noborikawa, DeFranco, Dela Cruz, and Au) and two excused (Kanuha and Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 05:42:28] 17)Commissioner Mahina Paishon-Duarte moved to amend the main motion by adding a sentence on the importance of the Native Hawaiian ahupua'a framework in the introduction on page 26, under the section titled `Navigating Growth on Hawaii Island', the last sentence to read: "Careful consideration of these factors are intended to result in successful long-range planning and the application of Native Hawaiian ahupua'a framework in all planning and development analyses. This section should articulate the critical importance of the Native Hawaiian ahupua'a framework in all planning and development analyses." Commissioner Barbara DeFranco seconded the motion. 8