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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />NORTH KOHALA NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN <br />ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES <br />Monday, July 11th, 2016 at 5:00 pm <br />North Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala, HI 96755 <br />ATTENDANCE <br />1. Members Present: John Winter, Faye Yates, Lani Eugenio, Richard Elliott, and <br />Jack Hoyt. <br />2. Members Absent: Lehua Dircks and Benjamin Ney <br />3. Public Attendance: Lee and Julie Miller, Toni Withington, Carter Collins, <br />David Tarnas, Jerry Kremlow, Howard Keck, Kuulei Perez, Lynda Wallach, <br />Susan Wells Fischer, and Margaret Wille. <br />4. Planning Department Present: Rosalind Newlon and Terry Dunlap. <br />CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:02 PM by John Winter. <br />(Change in order of meeting agenda for presentations). <br />IV. BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE: <br />A. Update on the General Plan Comprehensive Review: The Planning Director <br />initiated a comprehensive review of the General Plan in 2015. <br />April Surprenant and Ron Whitmore of the Long Range Division of the County of <br />Hawaii Planning Department provided an update of the General Plan <br />Comprehensive review and said information is available on the Planning <br />Department website, www.cohplanningdept.com, by selecting the General Plan <br />tab. The comprehensive review of the GP is focused on things within the <br />county's jurisdiction. The review process started in 2015. The director will <br />forward recommendations to the County Council in three years, in 2018. There <br />are 5 phases of the GP review, and the department is in the 2nd phase now, <br />which includes background research and scenario planning, comparing the GP <br />with the CDPs, and forecasting. The Planning Department website has Phase I <br />results from the gathering of initial comments. It was announced that <br />workshops will be held August 23rd and August 25th for Action Committees and <br />other technical experts. The meetings will be held in Waimea and Pahoa. <br />A discussion followed by the Action Committee about the investigatory <br />subcommittee formed earlier this year to provide comments to the director for <br />consistency of the GP to the CDPs. Ms. Surprenant said the department is <br />comparing the CDPs to the GP and may be incorporating CDP policies into the <br />GP, as part of the comprehensive review of the GP. <br />B. Guest speaker, Mr. Jay Ignacio, of Hawaii Electric Light, provided information <br />on a proposed second (back-up) transmission line to serve North Kohala, and <br />Hawaii Electric Light's plans for a clean energy future. <br />