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Harry Kim Michael Yee Mayor Director Duane Kanuha Deputy Director County of Hawai‘i PLANNING DEPARTMENT KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center  101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Phone (808) 961 - 8288  Fax (808) 961 - 874 2 Tuesday, March 12 , 2019 Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Chair Young called the Kona Community Development Plan ( K CDP) Actio n Committee (AC) to order at 2 :00 p.m. in t he West Hawai‘i Civic Center Community Hale . The following persons were present: ROLL CALL Action Committee Members Present : Charles Young (Chair), Shirley David (Vice - Chair), Barbara DeFranco , Doug Payne , Janice Palma - Glennie, Kari Kimura, and Shane Palacat - Nelsen. Action Committee M embers Absent - Excused: Hiram Rivera and Franz Weber. Staff Planners : Bethany Morrison, Kamuela Plunkett , and Heather Bartlett. Members of the public : 1 0 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS: At the start of the meeting Vice - Chair David offered an ‘ ōlelo no‘eau to the Action Committee. He pāo'o ka i'a a'ohe kāheka lehei'ole ' ia . " There is no sea pool that a pāo‘o does not leap into " [This ‘ōlelo no‘eau acknowledges that an active person is found everywhere, Vice - Chair David relat ed those in attendance to the pāo‘o fish as active members of the community] 1. C hair Young will address the Action Committee as a follow - up to topics raised in their January meeting. At the January KCDP meeting, the Action Committee moved to authorize Chair Young to draft a letter to the Planning Director requesting updates on the committee’s priority projects. Chair Young explained his preference for face - to - face conversation rather t han drafting letters. He updated the AC on his recent meeting with staff in which they discussed the status of the Action Committee’s priorities. He said it was insightful to talk to staff and learn about the limitations Planning Staff and the County overa ll has in accomplishing these projects. He offered to bring other concerns from members to Planning Staff to collaborate on solutions as requested by the AC body or individual members. They additionally discussed the benefits of creating Community Partners hip which can have up to 2 members and does not trigger limitations from the state Sunshine Law. Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1