2014-43 VLRP Subcommittee Report 8Jul14

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Communication No. 2014-43 PCDP AC Volcano Long Range Planning Subcommittee Report- Submitted by AC member Sharon Daun 7-8-14 The current venue for the Volcano Long Range Planning Subcommittee meetings is Volcano's Kilauea Lodge conference room, with meetings held evenings on the second Monday of the month. Members voted Dan Taylor to chair subcommittee, and Vikki Milon to be Recording Secretary. To date we now have a Historic District Boundary Review Subcommittee, a Special District Overlay subcommittee, and an adhoc committee to edit the existing Volcano Long Range Plan draft towards a Final Draft for submission of a Final Printing to the County At the May meeting Dan led a review of the proposed Volcano Special District Overlay and map. Concerns were expressed surrounding community consensus due to the effect this would have on nearly every present and future resident of Volcano. The area of the overlay is considerably larger than the proposed Historic District. We also discussed revisiting an attempt to collaborate with bordering land owners and stewards Kam School/Bishop Estates,Volcano National Park and the 3 Mountain Alliance. Tim will address necessary diacritical marks' corrections. Pat Halpern led us in a review of the Historic District Boundary with 47 identified historic structures- printed maps were circulated, and then collected.The specifics about our historic district will not conflict with the PCDP. We're still pursuing potential funding sources needed to bring funding for a professional planner on board to move forward with the VLRP as was expressed in our letter to Mayor Kenoi. From the June 9 meeting two significant presentations are highlighted in this report- Boone Morrison's presentation on the VLRP proposed Historic District Design Guidelines, and Tim Tennison's presentation on the Special District Overlay. Boone presented extensive information about the proposed Historic District. He has prepared a Draft document including rationale and design controls. He referred us to the state Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E and the federal Secretary of the Interior Standards for Historic Preservation (1973). As Vice Chair of the Cultural Resources Commission, he reviews project impacts to historic properties in the state. In our case, the biggest problem will likely be commercial development. The process of establishing a historic district will be (1)to set the boundaries (2)to determine just what we would like to exclude from or add to the existing Hawaii County Code by looking at zones of activity and going through the County Council to have those changes applied to our historic district and (3)to work on specific Design Controls that we desire. Boone prefers to take the latter on due to his demonstrated expertise and credentials.