2010-01-21 Puna Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes

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B. CDP amendment process (i) Public can propose amendments and submit to Action Committee (AC) (ii) County Council (CC) can submit to Planning Director (PD), PD will forward to AC review for review and comment (iii) Recommendations from AC may include proposed amendments from public, sub- committees, or members (iv) After review by AC, PD forwards with comments to Planning Commission (PC) for review and recommendations to CC. If AC disagrees with PD recommendations, can send testimony or appear at PC hearings. PC holds public hearing and forwards recommendations to CC. CC can make non - substantive amendments without going back to AC & PC. Tag -on amendments can't be added to others in process. (v) AC Members can testify before PC and CC as individuals, but must be authorized by AC to speak on their behalf. AC might want to designate a representative to testify before the PC and CC. Amendments adopted by CC and signed by the Mayor then become incorporated into the PCDP. (vi) Amendment timeline 1. The Planning Director has 60 days or a longer period, as may be agreed to by the CC to submit recommendations to the PC. AC review and comment period is part of Planning Director review and comment period. Although AC is not being given an absolute deadline for submitting recommendations to the Planning Director, the process should be completed as quickly as possible. All AC decision making shall be in public meetings which provide for public testimony. When of the Planning Director receives the amendments proposed in Bill 194 from CC, they will be placed on next month's agenda. 2. For process to move, amendments need to get back to CC within a year, esp. if not extensive. (vii) May want to break up amendments into sections to address at different meetings. C. CDP implementation (i) Capital Improvement Projects: AC should make recommendations to the CC regarding projects that should be included in the CIP if they would help implement the CDP. (ii) AC needs to advocate for things like infrastructure, parks and public use structures in order to get money for those things. AC has more weight than average citizen. AC's role is to get County to do some things for the community's vision of Puna. (iii) Amendments: What is needed to further items in original action plan, i.e. propose amendments to other codes: subdivision code, zoning code. AC would send recommendations to the Planning Director for review and possible action. (iv) Look not only at the CDP, but the county code and budget in terms of getting implemented what you want. Budget process is just starting. (v) Dan asked if studies would qualify for CIP budgeting. BJ said it would depend on the type of project and which department would be appropriate and have primary responsibility. 3