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SUB -COMMITTEE REPORTS: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. The next Kona CDP meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at the West Hawaii Civic Center - Building B, Department of Liquor Control Conference Room. 2. Mr. Childs briefly spoke to the legal issues involving the Missler case that the County is currently addressing. He informed the Action Committee that the County is in the process now of finding the best course of action to address the issue and that he cannot state any opinions on behalf of the County at this present time. He noted it may be a topic the Planning Department could address at a Kona Action Committee meeting at a future point in time. AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING: 1. Committee Member Rabin suggested additional topics of discussion for discussion in the future. These included adding Ahupua'a signs along the highway, expansion of water resources to South Kona to support agriculture in that area, the facilitation of community gardens, getting rid of Roundup as a pesticide on roadways, and increasing solar infrastructure in the district. 2. Committee Member Rivera suggested an item for the agenda to look at the plan for the Action Committee for the next year, to gain a better sense of direction. A reference was made to the letter written in 2016 by then Action Committee Chair Rivera to the Director regarding how the Action Committee should move forward through three actions ["items"] Lines 160 — 165 of the April 271h 2016 minutes: "The three items include; 1) Providing guidance to the Department if there is a question with whether or not a proposed project, or specific component thereof, is consistent with the applicable section of the KCDP, 2) Providing guidance if there is a disagreement with respect to the applicability of the KCDP between the Department and a developer, and 3) Providing guidance with respect to interpretation of any applicable Goal, Objective and/or Policy." A Committee Member responded that the context of this referenced letter was that the Kona CDP may not have been understood as an ordinance to the Planning Director at the time and may therefore be an item to revisit under a different understanding of legal parameters. 3. Discussion about the potential Blue Zones presentation mentioned earlier. 4. Expansion of the conversation about social media outreach. ADJOURNMENT: Chair DeFranco adjourned the meeting at 4:48pm. All Action Committee information can be viewed and downloaded from our website: http://www.hawaiicountycdp.info/north-and-south-kona-cdp www.cohplannin,-dept.com kona(ahawahcountu,-ov Page 7