2015-03-23 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes

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42 their internship programs and policy of hiring local. The Action Committee 43 was very appreciative of their work and relationships they are building. 44 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 45 1.Meeting minutes from January 26, 2015 - Joel Cohen made a motion to 46 approve the minutes, and John Hoover seconded that motion. The motion 47 was carried unanimously. 48 2.Meeting minutes from February 23, 2015 - Joel Cohen made a motion to 49 approve the minutes, and Kit Roehrig seconded that motion. Motion was 50 carried unanimously. 51 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 52 1.Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Members: District 1 – 53 Valerie Poindexter and District 9 – Margaret Wille 54 Margaret Wille brought up water issues and discussed that there are 55 overlaps that she’s been following on the new proposed enterprise zones. 56 She brought up the issues of watersheds, buffer zones, increased elevation in 57 some of these areas. She also brought up the input for the General Plan by 58 June 6, 2015 and her suggestions on how to properly review and provide th 59 input and findings. She also brought up her work with the South Kohala 60 traffic safety committee and pushing for a regional transit hub beyond the 61 post office. 62 2.Subcommittee Reports 63 a.Long Term Education Planning – Joel Cohen – no updates. 64 b.General Plan Comprehensive Review – Jojo Tanimoto, Joel Cohen, John 65 Mueller – The subcommittee included their report to the attached 66 packed with the agenda and previous meeting minutes. 67 Jojo discussed the differences of each community and the need to ensure 68 they are making recommendations as a whole, without focusing on 69 regional issues. 70 c.Discussion in regards to creating a transit circulation project 71 subcommittee – Jojo brought up the problem of traffic congestion in 72 Waimea. She asked if there were any thoughts on creating a 73 subcommittee, and that item was set aside until there is further 74 discussion. 75 d.Other Reports – 76 i.Liaison Reports – 77 1.Waikoloa –John Mueller had his report attached to the 78 meeting documents. 79 2.Puako – John Hoover had no updates.