2025-01-16 Leeward Planning Commission Special General Plan Actions

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2) Chair Dean Au moved to amend the main motion to amend Action 32.v on page 159 to include the words "fire and wildfire" after the words "floods" to read as follows: "Adopt incentives, such as tax deductions, to encourage retrofitting of existing structures for resilience against earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and fire and wildfire." Commissioner Mahina Paishon-Duarte seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 04:47:52] The motioned carried with five ayes (Au, Paishon-Duarte, DeFranco, Kanuha, and Noborikawa), and two excused (Dela Cruz, Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 04:55:25] 3) Chair Au moved to amend the main motion to to amend Action 32.q on page 159 to include the words "fire and wildfire" in the list of hazards to read as follows: "Seek funding and support continued scientific research relating to hazards (e.g., research on erosion rates, slumping rates, slope stability studies, sea level rise rates, tsunami inundation mapping, coastal stream flood mapping, fire and wildfire, etc.).", and that the Planning Department review the General Plan and include "fire and wildfire" in any list of natural disasters or hazards. Vice Chair Donna"Kinuko" Noboriakwa seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 04:56:11] The motioned carried with five ayes (Au, DeFranco, Kanuha, Noborikawa, and Paishon-Duarte), and two excused (Dela Cruz, Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 04:59:31 4) Chair Dean Au moved to defer to the next meeting a motion to recommend that mapping creating and maintaining emergency evacuation routes be prioritized over all other planning activities and that this priority be reflected in the general plan, as an example in Policy 32.h and 32.k. Commissioner Clement"CF Kanuha III seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 05:46:51] The motioned carried with five ayes (Au, Kanuha, DeFranco, Noborikawa, and Paishon-Duarte), and two excused (Dela Cruz, Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TIMESTAMPED 05:47:26] 5) Vice Chair Donna"Kinuko" Noborikawa moved to request staff to provide the Commission with a definition of"Cumulative Impacts" at the next meeting. Commissioner Clement"CF Kanuha III seconded the motion. [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 06:01:26] Chair Dean Au called for a voice vote. The motioned carried with five ayes and two excused (Dela Cruz, Rodriguez). [YOUTUBE TINIESTAMPED 06:02:04] COMMISSION CONTINUED THIS MATTER TO THE FEBR UARY 20, 2025, 9:30 A.M. MEETING 3