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76 list down from 12 to the top 4 priorities for the Action Committee to focus on moving forward. 77 Ms. Gloor explained the exercise specifying that the different strategy categories are important 78 to look at when ranking the top 4 priorities. She clarified that this exercise is to approach 79 prioritization strategically based on what the type of action is, and who the implementer will 80 be. Ms. Gloor suggested that the Action Committee try and choose some priorities that the 81 committee themselves can have a direct role in implementing. 82 Chair Hoffmann asked what the implications are of choosing something as a priority. Ms. Gloor 83 responded that it means the Action Committee is saying they want to take an active role in 84 working on that goal, forming a group that can work on it, or possibly creating a subcommittee 85 to address the goal. Ms. Gloor also clarified that the priorities will be the main focus for the 86 Action Committee but that does not prevent AC members from working on other goals as well. 87 Committee Member Ah Sam proposed to group priorities into overarching themes and then 88 focus on progressing each category or theme. Ms. Ah Sam suggested possibly forming 89 subcommittees to address issues that community groups currently are not addressing. 90 The Action Committee discussed topics they believed were most important or relevant to the 91 North Kohala CDP. Steve Hoffmann and Richard Elliot commented on the urgent need for 92 affordable housing. Jack Olson stated that he believes affordable housing is crucial for 93 economic development and provides work force housing. Jeff Coakley stated that he would like 94 to see more creative collaborative efforts between the Action Committee and the community 95 to make some real progress on projects. He also stated that he believes affordable housing to 96 be the number one priority. Affordable housing was decided to be the first theme. Ms. Ah Sam 97 suggested that affordable housing be broken into subsections, i.g. agricultural housing and 98 family housing. Ms. Ah Sam proposed infrastructure and community facilities to be the second 99 theme with the top infrastructure priority being water. The priority is to increase water sources 100 either through wells or allowing water tanks and catchment systems. 101 Agriculture was discussed. Ms. Ah Sam suggested the formation of an agricultural 102 subcommittee to investigate the current state of agriculture in the community and what the 103 agricultural needs are within the community. She also suggested allowing the community to 104 define what agriculture means to the community and what is feasible for agriculture in North 105 Kohala, and then using that input from the community to inform a plan to preserve and further 106 agricultural pursuits within the community. Ms. Ah Sam stated that maintenance of parks is an 107 important issue to address that would fall under the infrastructure category. 108 Ms. Gloor suggested that the Action Committee should try to find ways to collaborate with 109 private entities. She stated that one of the gaps identified is that the County department lacks 110 grant writers. Grants are a tool that the County is not currently using effectively and this is a 111 possible tool to address the lack of funding. Mr. Coakley suggested that the Action Committee 112 invite grant writers to come and teach members of the community how to properly write 113 grants. Mr. Hoffmann stated that he would like to see the Action Committee working to get 114 more people from the community to attend the Action Committee meetings and get involved. 115 The Action Committee agreed that collaboration with the community should be a goal and 116 overarching theme for all priorities moving forward. Agriculture/economic development and 117 public access were also decided as two of the main themes to frame goals for the Action 118 Committee. www.hiplanningdept.com northkohala(Whawahcounty.Qov Page 3