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COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: May 20, 2019 Re: Comm.No. 281
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawai`i
TIME: 1:01 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 281, reports as follows:
Communication No. 281,transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim on May 2, 2019, submitted for the
Council's review his nominee to the South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee,
Karen Anderson of Waikoloa. It noted that Ms. Anderson is a business consultant and former Director of
the Nature Conservancy in Washington State, in addition to previous work as an engineer in various
capacities with the Boeing Company and Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Anderson is the co-founder of
Zeno Math, a non-profit education service organization dedicated to assisting economically
disadvantaged students in the study of mathematics. Ms. Anderson has been a resident of Hawai`i
County for the past six years and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from the College of Wooster, Ohio
and both a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master in Business Administration from the
University of Washington. Currently, Ms. Anderson is a volunteer for the Waikoloa Community
Association, Hokuloa Church in Puako, and at Hawai`i Preparatory Academy.
Appearing before Your Committee via videoconferencing from Waimea was Ms. Anderson and from
the West Hawai`i Civic Center was Mayoral Deputy Managing Director Barbara Kossow. Ms. Kossow
introduced Ms. Anderson to the Council and Ms. Anderson followed by discussing some of her
philosophy surrounding her solution-focused approach, combining engineering with community
planning for long-term outcomes to meet the greatest needs.
Council Members Rebecca Villegas and Herbert M. "Tim"Richards thanked Ms. Anderson for her
willingness to serve and bringing her talents and skills to the South Kohala Community Development
Plan Action Committee. Planning Chair Ashley Kierkiewicz also commented in favor of the
appointment and called for the vote.
The vote was taken on the motion to move this measure to Council with a positive recommendation and
passed unanimously with nine "ayes."
Planning Chair Ashley Kierkiewicz notified Ms. Anderson that she was not required to appear at the full
Council meeting on June 4, 2019.
Pursuant to Article 3, Section 16-5 of the Hawai`i County Code, Community Development Plan Action
Committees shall consist of nine members with a primary residence in the area covered by the
Community Development Plan, and shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Council.
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PC-23 Page 2 May 20,2019
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Communication No. 281,
and recommends confirmation of the appointment of Karen Anderson to the South Kohala Community
Development Plan Action Committee.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID X COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
EOFF X
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KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
LEE LOY X
POINDEXTER X ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ, CHAIR
RICHARDS X PC REPORT NO.: 23
VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: JUN019