01-23-2012 SKCDP AC Minutes - Final

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SOUTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF MEETING Held January 23, 2012 A regular meeting of the South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee was held on January 23, 2012. The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. at The Waikoloa Village Association Community Room, 68-1792 Melia Street, Waikoloa, Hawaii, pursuant to notice. The following members of the Committee were present when the meeting was called to order: Nancy Carr Smith Mike Fischer John Hoover Loreli Eberhardt Committee members Achahn Schulze, Margaret Horwatt, Robin Inaba and Chris Roehrig were absent. Also present were Project Manager Rosalind Newlon and Terry Dunlap from the Office of the Hawaii County Planning Department. The Chairman called the meeting to order and Achahn Schulze joined the meeting immediately after it was called to order. The Chairman then noted that a quorum of the Committee was present. Margaret Wille delivered a statement as a member of the public. She suggested that the Committee consider giving priority to several items in the South Kohala Community Development Plan, including agricultural water usage, development of vocational schools, coastal preservation issues, and the need for a regional bus transit hub in Waimea. The members of the Committee then considered the draft of the minutes of the meeting held on December 19, 2011, and, in the absence of any comments or proposed amendments or modifications, the Chairman deemed the minutes approved in the form distributed to the members in advance of the meeting. The Committee then reviewed the schedule for meetings of the Committee during 2012 as revised during the December 2011 meeting. The Committee ratified and confirmed the revised schedule. Ms. Newlon then delivered the Land Use Permit Activity Report. She distributed information summarizing land use permit activity during recent months and responded to inquiries from the Committee members, discussing the deferral of the DNLR Kawaihae harbor application and the Verizon cell application at Kawaihae harbor. The Committee then heard Subcommittee Reports. Mr. Hoover reported for the Puako Subcommittee and indicated that the Puako Community Association had held its annual meeting during January. He advised the members that the report on the 1