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meeting to talk about how they are handling land use issue and their relationship with <br />the Planning Department. <br />Succession Planning and Election of New Officers: Bob stated the need to have a new <br />chair in place by April. It was moved, seconded and unanimously approved to nominate <br />a new chair at the February meeting and decide on a new chair by the March meeting. <br />Allen suggested that we go through an informal process to obtain new applicants. Bob <br />said that we could speak with interested people at our annual meeting and encourage <br />applications to the Planning Department. It was also suggested this issue be part of our <br />article in the Kohala Mountain News. <br />Proposed Subcommittee Restructuring:Bob’s proposal was reviewed. It was moved, <br /> <br />seconded and unanimously approved to split the Infrastructure Subcommittee into two <br />groups. Bob clarified his rationale for splitting Ag and Growth was to sharpen our focus <br />on land use issues. Hermann requested 1.8 ‘identify and protect important ag lands’ be <br />moved from Growth Management to Agriculture. Susan spoke in support of 1.8 <br />remaining as proposed by Bob. She explained 1.8 is a Growth Management tool to <br />retain the ag character of Kohala, which was supported by the community throughout the <br />CDP process; additionally, Agriculture Subcommittee members have expressed that <br />they have no interest in discussing or deciding on land use issues. It was moved and <br />seconded to split Agriculture and Growth Management, with 1.8 moved to Agriculture. It <br />passed with 7 yes and 1 no. Explaining her no vote, Susan said 1.8 needs to be started <br />asap and she moved to amend the previous motion to address 1.8 immediately as a <br />high priority. It was so moved, seconded and carried unanimously. <br /> <br />OLD BUSINESS <br />Proposed Website: Joe stated the new website is up and running and that we need to <br />bookmark this page and view it frequently. We need to inform the community of the <br />website via the Kohala Mountain News and at the community meeting. <br />2010 Annual Report: Will not be published and will not be a part of the community <br />meeting. <br />NKCDP Subcommittee Reports <br /> Still awaiting the winner of the People’s Garden School Pilot <br />Growth Management: <br />Program Grant, Ming Wei is confident that Kohala School will win and we should hear by <br />the end of this month. Kohala Elementary School received a $5,000 grant from Hawaii <br />Community Foundation to fund the roof catchment and water transmission system. Ming <br />Wei and the Kohala Center are working on additional grants and stated that future <br />funding needs to move away from grant base funding to DOE funding. <br /> The County’s Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources <br />Public Access: <br />Preservation has recommended Keawenui Access Easement as priority #2 and Hapu’u <br />to Kapanaia Historic and Cultural corridor as priority #4 on their list of purchases. <br />Kohala Maika’i Kamakani O Kohala is to be the title holder of Kauhola Point and are <br />developing management plans with other groups and the Trust for Public land. <br />: Collin will be meeting <br />Affordable Housing and Rural Infrastructure and View Plane <br />with Pete Hoffmann regarding possible changes to the median price of affordable <br />housing. <br /> The subcommittee met to schedule the polling dates and locations and <br />Infrastructure: <br />the balloting will end on January 16 and all ballots need to be submitted to Giovanna by <br />January 17. The group has started its assessment of the restrooms at the parks and <br />hopes to have a report by March. <br /> <br /> <br />