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transmitted to the Planning Director. He then turned the floor over to Hans who provided the <br />AC with the necessary framework to begin discussing their prioritization of actions and <br />objectives. Hans spoke to the fact that the Puna CDP Action Committee had generated priority <br />lists in the past and that this particular effort initially emerged from the Puna Community <br />Leaders meeting that was held in Pahoa, November 2016. He reiterated that while going <br />through the prioritization process, AC members should focus on the larger picture of the PCDP <br />and Puna as a whole, rather than just looking at the needs of individual communities. <br />Prior to today's meeting, AC Members were asked to submit a list of 3-5 priority items. These <br />items were organized in an Excel table for easy sorting. The table displays the PCPD section <br />relating to the submitted item, specific language of the submitted priority, AC comments, <br />number of AC members who submitted each item, whether the item is an action or objective, <br />and each items strategy type. Hans reviewed the four Strategy Types which were provided to <br />the AC in a handout: Aspirational Policies, County Policies, County Actions, and Other Non - <br />County Actions. <br />The table was split up by PCDP Section and printed on large format sheets. The sheets were <br />hung around the room, each AC Member was given 5 red dots and was asked to place their red <br />dots on the action items they feel are the most important for Puna. There were a total of 23 <br />items to consider and each AC member had the option of selecting up to five different items or <br />choosing to place multiple dots on one item. The end goal was to narrow the initial 23 action <br />items down to the top five. Also reiterated was the understanding that action items which did <br />not end up at the top of the AC's priority list could still be worked on if or when opportunity <br />presented itself. Action Committee members asked clarifying questions and engaged in a short <br />discussion before proceeding to place their votes <br />During a 10 minute recess staff tallied the voting results and sorted them from highest number <br />of votes to lowest. With the initial voting results projected up on a screen, April Surprenant, <br />led the Action Committee through an in-depth discussion regarding the selected action items <br />and potential ways of moving forward. <br />After a considerable amount of valuable discussion, the AC agreed upon the top 6 action items <br />and did not need to entertain a second round of voting. The six action items determined by the <br />AC as top priorities are as follows: <br />1. 13 votes <br />3.1.2d — Create new village/town centers as necessary, in or near presently underserved <br />subdivisions, beginning with those experiencing higher rates of population growth so <br />residents of those areas will have community activities and more convenient access to <br />services, and <br />3.1.3d — Facilitate land use entitlements and financing for the development of new <br />village/town centers by: <br />1) Creating a regional town center plan for each village/town area as prescribed in <br />Section 5.2.1, and <br />2) Providing loan guarantees or making grants to community associations or <br />partnerships for the development of necessary infrastructure for the village/town <br />center. <br />www. cohplanninQdept.com puna(Whawahcounty.Qov Page 2 <br />