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

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4. Action Committee Support Budget A. BJ has already asked mayor to cut contractor budget. AC can ask CC to reconsider or ask the mayor to put money back in for island -wide CDP ACs. B. Madie suggested a letter to the mayor and that the AC go to the three county council members to request the 2010 -2011 budgets of all AC and SC be reinstated. BJ said the PD will draft a letter for AC signature if the motion passes. C. Wes made motion to forward letter to mayor requesting 2010 -2011 budgets for AC be reinstated. Keiki seconded. All in favor. 5. Action Committee Workshops Public testimony from Stephanie Bath- Spoke to Noelani Whittington at DPW about a workshop to educate on the process of requesting and implementing projects, i.e. how to request speed humps. DPW is in process of generating brochure... mini workshops might be helpful. A. Grant writing: three -hour grant- writing workshop during week of Feb. 22 -26 to train on the eCivis web -based grant search engine, open to 25 participants. Larry B. mentioned that Bobby Jean's son could be a future grant- writing resource as he has written grants for the fire department. Set training for Feb. 24 at Aupuni Center or 25th if space is not available. B. Land owner presentations: workshop or AC meeting? Larry B. reminded the AC that they asked Bill Walters to be invited to speak to AC, and he is tentatively on the agenda for Feb 18. Dept. of Hawaiian Homes is also a potential guest. C. Dan asked about getting training on zoning codes, looking at Puna zoning specifically, to look at potential problems with ag and residential lands. Larry B. said that could get into a Sunshine Law conflict, need to stay on a very generic level. Details of state land use zoning, LUPAG designations, how they could impact development. Larry B. said he would look at putting something together. ANNOUNCEMENTS Frank talked about subcommittees, invited public to get involved, dates /times /locations of sub- committee meetings will be posted on website. AGENDA PROPOSALS FOR NEXT MEETING 1. Presentations: Cheryl Soon status report, Dept. of Transportation, Mass Transit, Hawaiian Homes, Kamehameha Schools, fill into Feb, March, April, May agendas 2. Bill Walters was present and agreed to come to Feb 18. meeting to discuss Shipman Estate Master Plan 3. Amendments 4. Standing item for sub - committee reports ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m..