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

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81 limited by the September deadline, and that they can continue to be 82 engaged as things go along. 83 Discussion continued about the Kawaihae and Puako subcommittee 84 meetings and the General Plan. 85 b.Long Term Education Planning – Joel Cohen 86 John Mueller explained that this subcommittee was created to be a 87 generating force for discussions with the state and community. John 88 wondered where they are to go from here, and brought up a possible 89 meeting between the three of them. Discussion continued between John, 90 Joel, and Roger about education and higher education, and the relation to 91 the General Plan. Eventually, the long-term education committee decided 92 to meet as a group in the upcoming month. 93 Other Reports 94 Liaison Reports: 95 1.Waikoloa – John Mueller had no report. 96 2.Puako – George Robertson explained that they are going to 97 meet with the consultant on the sewer cesspool replacement 98 plan at the end of August. There will be two meetings, one 99 with the folks at Puako, and a community meeting the 100 following weekend where they will lay out what the 101 consultant comes up with. Discussion continued about the 102 possibility of getting back on the CIP list for Planning. 103 3.Waimea/Waimea Community Association – Joel Cohen had a 104 written report from the recent Subcommittee meeting as part 105 of the materials distributed to the Action Committee. He 106 explained the main emphasis was that Duane Kanuha 107 attended the meeting. Joel also discussed the relocation of the 108 Waimea Farmer’s Market to Waimea Elementary and Middle 109 School beginning on August 1. st 110 4.Kawaihae/Homestead Community Association – Jojo 111 Tanimoto had a written report as part of the materials 112 distributed to the Action Committee. The report included two 113 questions regarding more funding for the Big Island, should 114 the AC be asking the county council? Jojo also brought up 115 updating the CDP. Discussion continued about whether or not 116 this should be put on the agenda. John Mueller explained that 117 if Jojo wants a discussion, then there needs to be a request to 118 put it on the agenda, and that there will need to be enough 119 information for the Action Committee to make an informed 120 decision. Discussion continued about the Action Committee 121 making changes to the CDP, but it may be best to address that 122 when the General Plan Review is complete. Roger agreed that