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APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Committee Member Palacat-Nelsen moved to approve the minutes of the February 21, 2018 meeting as submitted. Second by Vice-Chair David. Committee Member Rabin requested that the minutes be amended to include discussion about hosting meetings in South Kona under item 5: Discussion of 2018 AC Meeting Dates and Goal Setting. Committee Member Palacat-Nelsen moved to amend his motion to state the words “to include South Kona” on page 6 under the discussion about meeting dates. Second by Vice-Chair David. The amendment to the motion passed unanimously with 7 votes aye, 0 votes nay. The motion to approve the minutes as amended passed with 7 votes aye, 0 votes nay. REPORTS and OTHER PRESENTATIONS: 1. Kailua Village Redevelopment Subcommittee Report Discussion and Action. Chair Young requested moving this agenda item to the end of the meeting in anticipation of the late arrival of the Chair of the Kailua Village Redevelopment Subcommittee Barbara DeFranco. Committee Member DeFranco was not able to attend and this item was ultimately postponed to be addressed at the next meeting. BUSINESS: 2. Communication Number 2018-08: Kona CDP Amendments Subcommittee Report: Response and Discussion. Chair Young requested that with the complicated nature of the report they discuss the most complicated topics first. He asked the Chair of the Kona CDP Amendments Subcommittee Shane Palacat-Nelsen to facilitate discussion. Committee Member Palacat-Nelsen asked Action Committee members to suggest policies or topics in the report for discussion. The Action Committee opted for general group agreements rather than formal motions to aid this discussion. The Kona CDP Amendments Subcommittee Report [Communication Number 2018-08] shows the policy language used for this discussion and provides context necessary to understand the discussion summary. The Mayor’s Office’s proposed amendments shown in red in the communication are referred to as the “original proposed amendments”. Policy PUB-4.2: South Kona Water System. For this policy the subcommittee recommended maintaining the word “shall” instead of the original proposed amendment to change it to “should”. Committee Member Rabin recommended to the Action Committee deleting the entire policy from the CDP. He explained that he felt the issue of sprawl in South Kona would be better solved by way of stricter zoning regulations than by restricting County water. Additionally, he felt that restricting water would be a detriment to farmers in the area. See also Committee Member Rabin’s letter regarding this issue [Communication No. 2018-09]. Committee Member Palma-Glennie responded that the policy was originally drafted in response to requests from the South Kona community to limit water availability in order to deter development in the area.