2015-07-27 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes

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41 “We are working on engineering for the north face of landfill, we currently 42 have about 1 ½ to 2 years left in current face, expect another 8-10 years 43 from the north face so we have no plans to truck. The only exception would 44 be if there were unexpected problems (tsunami, earthquake) or to take 45 certain types of trash that need to go into a new cell to prep it or is required 46 to be in a lined landfill.” 47 3.Discussion of Agenda and Meeting Format Procedures. 48 John Mueller explained that when there are visitors who wish to speak, that 49 he wants to give them two minutes regarding items that are on the agenda. If 50 they would like to have a future agenda item, it would be appropriate for 51 them to voice this at the end of the meeting during the final statements from 52 the public time period. John suggested that the subcommittees have written 53 reports and that they are written and sent to Deanne one week prior to the 54 Action Committee meeting date. 55 The authors will have a two minute window to clarify and/or highlight their 56 report. After that, he explained that he wants the limit to be to one question 57 per person. 58 4.Joel Cohen lead a brief discussion for the Action Committee to 59 update/upgrade the email distribution list for the agenda. 60 Joel Cohen asked Deanne about the mailing list right now and how it matches 61 up. Deanne explained that there were only about two email addresses that 62 she did not have on her list. 63 The Action Committee continued to discuss with Deanne what information 64 she has and the ways she is able to distribute things due to confidentiality. 65 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 66 1.Subcommittee Reports 67 a.General Plan Comprehensive Review – Jojo Tanimoto, Joel Cohen, John 68 Mueller – 69 John Mueller suggested that until Puako and Kawaihae have their 70 community meeting, and the subcommittee is able to meet to review the 71 resulting information that this will not be on the agenda. 72 Joel Cohen asked Margaret Wille what her expectations are and if she 73 can give some guidance on what the county council is looking for. 74 Margaret explained that she has a proposal, which has lots of input from 75 the Action Committee, is coming forward on August 4. This document th 76 focuses on goals, policies, strategies, action plans, and funding. She 77 explained that this is the opportunity for council members to get in their 78 visions to the planning commissions and that it’s to give them a heads up 79 so they are not starting off in a direction that nobody is focusing on. This 80 is to give them some direction. She also added that they shouldn’t feel