11-28-2011 SKCDP AC Minutes - Final

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letter to Hawaii County Mayor William Kenoi to express support for the immediate opening of the northern end of Paniolo Avenue in Waikoloa to improve access to the new Kamakoa park and to the Kamakoa Nui workforce housing project so that traffic would not have to proceed through residential neighborhoods to access those sites. Mr. Hoover made a motion to approve the transmission of the letter from the Committee to the Mayor and Ms. Eberhardt seconded the motion. After a discussion and an agreement to make certain changes to the draft of the letter, the motion to transmit the letter to the Mayor, as modified in accordance with the discussion, was approved unanimously, with a provision that a copy would be provided to the Director of the Planning Department and that the form of letterhead to be utilized would be shared with the full Committee before transmittal. The Chair, as the signatory on the letter, was assigned responsibility for completing the modified draft and sharing it with the Committee members before transmittal, and a copy is to be attached to the minutes of the meeting. Ms. Newlon then distributed a document summarizing progress toward adoption of the Waimea portion of the South Kohala Community Development Plan, a copy of which is attached to these minutes. The document included statistics regarding program progress and was discussed by the members. The Committee then discussed the possibility of sponsoring a community meeting regarding the trails and greenways project in Waimea in light of community concerns about the possibility of large scale destruction of trees in connection with the completion of the project and other issues. The Committee also discussed the possibility of having the developers of the Aina Lea project develop a well to increase the water availability and distribution capabilities for the district, and consideration was given to suggesting that this be a condition to allowing that project to proceed. The Committee will consider asking representatives of the developer to appear again at a Committee meeting to discuss related matters. The Chair then called for public comments. Margaret Wille then offered commentary urging the Committee to focus on water issues in the coming year. The next meeting of the Committee will be held at 5:00 p.m. on December 19, 2011, at The Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center, 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway, Waimea, Hawaii. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. ______________________________ Michael B. Fischer Chairman 4