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Home My WebLink About2019-06-18 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes - DRAFT Michael Yee Harry Kim Director Mayor Will Okabe Managing Director Duane Kanuha Deputy Director County of Hawai‘i PLANNING DEPARTMENT SOUTH KOHALA 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, June 1 8 , 2019 DRAFT Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Chair Kaneali‘i called the South Kohala Community Development Plan ( SK CDP) Action Committee (AC) meeting to order at 5:1 5 p.m. in the Waikoloa Village Association Banquet Room. The following persons were present: ROLL CALL Action Committee Members Present : Diane Kaneali‘i (Chair), Ruth Smith (Vice - Chair), Kevin McLaughlin, Julia Ann Alos, Pete Hendricks , Tristie Licoan , and William Sanborn. Action Committee M embers Absent - Excused: Mark Gordon Staff Planners : April Surprenant, Bethany Morrison, Christian Kay, Eric Cook, Hans Santiago, Heather Bartlett, Kamuela Plunkett , Keiko Mercado, Kevin Sullivan, LeAna Gloor, and Natasha Soriano . Hawai‘i Alliance for Community - Based Economic Development [HACBED] Contractors : Eden Jablon , and Keoki Noji. Members of the public : 11 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS : None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Vice - Chair Smith moved to approve the minutes of the Ma y 25 , 2019 meeting as submitted . Second by Committee Member Kimura . The motion to approve the mi nute s as submitted pa ssed with 7 votes aye, 0 vot es nay . BUSINESS: Committee Member Hendricks moved to reorder the agenda items to hear business items 2 and 3 first. Second by Committee Member Licoan . The motion to reorder agenda items passed with 7 votes aye, 0 votes nay. 1 . G e n e r a l P l a n C o m p r e h e n s i v e R e v i e w a n d M i n i S p e a k o u t W o r k s h o p Planner Morrison gave a brief presentation to provide an update about the General Plan comprehensive review process. In her presentation , she explained the history of the County’s community planning efforts. She explained that Community Devel opment Plans were created in Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 response to a call for a meaningful public role in planning. Through the General Plan update, the Planning Department hopes to further facilitate that goal. The General Plan comprehensive review began in 2015 and has since invo lved years of research, analysis, and intergovernmental coordination. Ms. Morrison explained various components of the draft plan which include a focus on sustainability, consistency with the island’s CDPs, and aligning layers of healthy, livable communiti es in an effort for a better future planning program. She oriented listeners by walking them through the table of contents for the plan and explaining the Mini Speakout session. The draft is planned for release in late July, early August with a review peri od before the revised plan goes forward for adoption in early 2020. The presentation, Communication Number 2019 - 1 2 may be viewed and downloaded from the following website: http ://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/doc/100708/Page1.aspx Following the presentation, planning staff took questions from participants. During the Mini Speakout session, Action Committee members and members of the public read the sample policies and prov ided input. REPORTS and OTHER PRESENTATIONS: 2 . W a i k o l o a I n t e r s e c t i o n a n d S e c o n d A c c e s s R o a d S u b c o m m i t t e e R e p o r t Committee Member McLaughlin provided a PowerPoint presentation which walked attendees through the overall content of the subcommittee ' s report. H e shared that data they had collected from speaking to various department heads including the Department of Public Works and the Police Department, which lend credence to the safety issues they have sought to explore. Mr. McLaughlin gave a history of devel oper obligations to make infrastructure improvements to the intersection. He stated that given the history of disregarding these obligations, they believe that developers cannot be relied upon to furnish these improvements. He added that they were recently surprised by a CIP appropriation added to the budget by Councilmember Richards for the planning, design, and construction of a roundabout. Committee Member Alos added that a developer named Waikoloa Highlands were required to contribute to the intersecti on improvements after a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR) found they would have a significant enough impact on traffic flow. They paid an engineer to draft blueprints of a roundabout which was submitted to the Department of Public Works. Ms. Alos had w orked to track down these blueprints in hopes that they could use them to save costs but to no avail. Committee Member Smith reported on the second portion of the report which explores the need for a second access road out of Waikoloa Village. She stated t hat the need for this alternate ingress/egress route has remained a top priority for many in the Waikoloa community for many years. She emphasized that the need for this access road becomes absolutely critical in the event of an emergency evacuation. This includes both evacuations out of the village (as in the event of a wildfire) or into the village if people on the shoreline need to move inland (as in the event of a tsunami). Ms. Smith explained that Hulu road was constructed in response to the major w ildfire event in 2005. She continued to state however that an evacuation has never been drilled and that the road would not accommodate school buses. She further stated that the data their subcommittee has collected has indicated greater future growth whic h will e xacerb ate the problem. She concluded that they believe the communities feelings are clear on the issue and that they now hope to illicit the Counties expertise and leadership to solve these issues. Committee members and members of the public engage d in a brief discussion and asked clarifying questions. No action on the report could take place until the following meeting, per the State’s Sunshine Law. www.hiplanningdept.com kona@hawaiicounty.gov Page 2 Community Member Jojo Tanimoto brought up her concern that the report does not discuss the Daniel K Inouye extension. Committee Member McLaughlin responded that they did an extensive amount of research on the topic but that the findings did not factor into the report. The final Waikoloa Intersection and Second Access Road Subcommittee report [Communica tion Number 2019 - 10 ] may be found and downloaded from the following website: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/doc/100628/Page1.aspx The subcommittee’s presentation sl ides [Communication Number 2019 - 1 1 ] may be found and downloaded from the following website: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/doc/100709/Page1.aspx The CIP appropriati on cited above [Communication Number 2019 - 13 ] may be found and downloaded from the following website: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/doc/100903/Page1.aspx BUSINESS (Continued): 3 . E l e c t i o n o f C h a i r a n d V i c e - C h a i r Mr. Plunkett asked the Action Committee’s permission to facilitate the election process. He gave each member post - it notes to write down their nomination suggestions. Committee Member Hendricks respectfully dec lined his nomination for chair, stating that he would like more time to acclimate to his role in the Action Committee before taking a leadership position. Chair Kaneali‘i was thereafter nominated through a vote of acclamation. Vice - Chair Smith moved to ele ct C hair Kaneali‘i for another year. Second by Committee Member Alos. Upon the motion to re - elect Chair Kaneali‘i a vote was taken. The motion passed with 7 ayes and 0 nays. Committee Members Hendricks, Sanborn, and McLaughlin respectfully declined their n ominations for vice - chair, due to a combination of wanting better acclimation first and/or feeling currently overcommitted. Committee Member Hendricks moved to elect Vice - Chair Smith for another year. Second by Committee Member Licoan. Upon the motion to re - elect Vice - Chair Smith a vote was taken. The motion passed with 7 votes aye, and 0 votes nay. PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8 pm when the Mini Speakout session ended. All Action Committee information can be viewed and downloaded from our website: h t t p : / / w w w . h a w a i i c o u n t y c d p . i n f o / s o u t h - k o h a l a - c d p www.hiplanningdept.com kona@hawaiicounty.gov Page 3