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William P. Kenoi Duane Kanuha Director Mayor Bobby Command Deputy Director County of Hawai‘i PLANNING DEPARTMENT PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE  Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720  Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 Tuesday, January 13, 2015 DRAFT Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee ' (AC) to order at 2:59 p.m. in the Keaau Community Center. The following persons were present: Action Committee: June Conant, Sharon Daun, Farris Etterlee, Susan Osborne, Patti Pinto and René Siracusa. Leila Kealoha arrived at 3:06p.m. Elmer Solis and Oshi Simsarian were absent. Staff: Hans Santiago – PCDP Planner and Keiko Mercado – PCDP Planning Assistant. Members of the public: 6 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1.Patti announced that the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will be offering training beginning on January 24th and continuing for four consecutive Saturdays. The CERT program provides residents and businesses alike with the basics in how to properly prepare and respond to an emergency at home, at work or in the community. CERT training is a 27-hour certification course. If you are interested please contact the CERT coordinator at francescaHCCD@gmail.com. 2.Patti also announced that Greggor Ilagan and Danny Paleka are holding a series of community meetings this week and the first meeting was held on 1/12/15 in Mt. View and was well attended. The PCDP Action Committee has been invited to speak, explaining the intent and purpose of the PCDP AC and answer questions the public may have. 3.Patti announced that the CERSC has met with Warren Lee and there will be a report for the next AC meeting. PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Three people signed up to testify. One chose to testify at the start of the meeting and two chose to testify at the time of their agenda item. 1.Jon Olson testified on agenda items #5 and #9, Communication No. 2015-1 and Impact of the Lava. Regarding agenda item #5, the acquisition of land adjacent to Luquin’s, Jon feels that there is a need for more negotiation between the County and the land owner. In order to see this through there needs to be compromise. Given the current situation with the lava, the landowner may now be more willing to negotiate. Regarding agenda item #9, impact of the lava, Jon raised the question “what are we planning for?” Will the County change the density Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer