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<br />April meeting. In the absence of any comments or proposed amendments or modifications <br />relating to the draft, the Chairman deemed the draft approved and adopted. <br /> <br />The Committee members next considered the Land Use Permit Activity Report that had <br />been made available by Mr. Dunlap in advance of the meeting, which summarized recent land <br />use permit activity. In response to an inquiry concerning the Kawaihae small boat harbor matter, <br />Mr. Dunlap encouraged Ms. Tanimoto to visit the Planning Department offices to obtain further <br />information. <br /> <br /> The Committee then heard Subcommittee reports. <br /> <br /> Mr. Hoover reported for the Puako Subcommittee and indicated that the Puako <br />Community Association Board members had met on April 4, 2012, with representatives of the <br />County Department of Environmental Management, Waste Water Division, to discuss <br />conducting a study of waste water treatment in Puako as contemplated in the South Kohala <br />Community Development Plan. The indications from the County representatives was that their <br />Division had no funds and no inclination to add any waste water treatment facilities, and it was <br />suggested that a Financial Improvement District be established so that bonds could be issued to <br />fund a waste water treatment facility project in Puako. Problems involved in constructing such a <br />facility include that Puako is in a flood zone and is at too low an elevation for such a facility to <br />have effective pressure. The County representatives also stated that they were not aware of any <br />water quality issues in the Puako shore area. Ms. Leithead-Todd noted that the County does not <br />regulate cess pools and that the State Health Department regulates such matters. She also stated <br />that a feasibility study for a similar project had cost approximately $250,000 in the recent past <br />and that the cost of such a study now might cost more than that amount. <br /> <br /> The Chair noted that Ms. Tanimoto had become a member of the Kawaihae <br />Subcommittee. Ms. Tanimoto reminded the members that she had previously advised the <br />County about water waste in the small boat harbor area where water taps are sometimes left <br />running overnight, and she again asked if the County could find a solution to such wastage. Ms. <br />Tanimoto also asked if there is any possible water supplier for the Hawaiian Homestead Lands in <br />Kawaihae other than Kohala Ranch Water Company which presently supplies the water for <br />residents there, and she asked for an indication of the source of water for the small boat harbor in <br />Kawaihae. Ms. Leithead-Todd indicated that she would provide answers for the Action <br />Committee on these matters at the next Action Committee meeting. <br /> <br /> There was no report from the Waikoloa Subcommittee. <br /> <br /> Ms. Inaba then reported for the Waimea Subcommittee. She stated that the Waimea <br />Design Plan is being updated and that an updated inventory of structures in Waimea is being <br />compiled. She added that no changes in design intent are contemplated at this time. The <br />Waimea section of the South Kohala Community Development Plan is not being incorporated <br />into the Waimea Design Plan at this stage and therefore no conclusions concerning sidewalks <br />and complete streets are being considered as of now. The revised Waimea Design Plan will be <br />submitted to the Planning Department for review while it is still in draft form. Ms. Inaba also <br />advised the members that the developer of the Magoon property next to the Carter Professional <br />2 <br /> <br />