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Home My WebLink About2020-12-15 HCDP Minutes DraftMitch Roth Mayor Zendo Kern Director Jeff Darrow Deputy Director County of Hawai l i PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAMAKUA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • lot Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 1 2 Tuesday, December 15, 2020 3 DRAFT Meeting Minutes 4 5 CALL TO ORDER 6 Long -Range Division Staff member Keiko Mercado, serving as a non-voting Chairperson, called the 7 Hamakua Community Development Plan (RCDP) Action Committee (AC) to order at 4:05 p.m. Due to 8 restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, this meeting was held via the Zoom interactive video 9 platform. 10 ROLL CALL 11 Action Committee Members Present: Brad Kurokawa, Jeff McNight, Nicolette Hubbard, Rhonda 12 Pollard, Crystal Kua, and Tawn Keeney. 13 Action Committee Members Absent -Excused: Carol Ignacio and Robert Nishimoto 14 Planning Department Staff: April Surprenant (Long -Range Division Manager); Planners: Bethany 15 Morrison, Keiko Mercado, Eric Cook; Community Engagement Specialist: Kara Bocher 16 Council Members: Heather Kimball 17 Members of the public: Members of the public observed the meeting via the YouTube livestream. The 18 livestream is available at haps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLdxvYrD-&feature=youtu.be 19 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None 20 ANNOUNCEMENTS: None 21 PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: 22 There was no public testimony provided at this meeting. 23 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 24 This was the first official meeting for the Hamakua CDP Action Committee, so there were no previous 25 meeting minutes to approve. 26 REPORTS AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS: None. 27 BUSINESS: 28 1. Orientation and Functional Overview of Action Committee Roles and Processes: Long -Range 29 Planning Staff member Keiko Mercado provided an overview of the Action Committee roles 30 and processes. Ms. Mercado walked AC members through the duties and respective kuleana of Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 31 both the Action Committee Members and Planning Department Staff. Ms. Mercado also 32 provided information and insight on topics around different spheres of influence and the role 33 these spheres play in taking collective action. Ms. Mercado also provided a walkthrough of the 34 distinctions and differences between Standing Subcommittees, Investigatory Subcommittees, 35 and Community Partner Groups who may work in conjunction with the Action Committee but 36 function autonomously and independently of the Hamakua CDP Action Committee. 37 The PowerPoint Presentation can be viewed and downloaded from the Hdmdkua CDP Action 38 Committee Website via the following link: haps://www.howoiicountycdg.info/hamokuo- 39 cdp/meeting-records-and-information/2020-meetings 40 2. Election of Chair and Vice Chair: Ms. Mercado presented the formal roles of Chair and Vice 41 Chair and opened the floor up to Action Committee for discussion and nominations for the 42 position of Chair. 43 Action Committee Member Nicolette Hubbard moved to nominate Brad Kurokawa for the 44 position of Chair. Action Committee Member Jeff McNight seconded the motion. The motion to 45 nominate Brad Kurokawa as Chair of the Hdmdkua CDP Action Committee passed with 6 votes 46 aye and 0 votes nay. 47 Ms. Mercado re -opened the floor for discussion and nominations for the position of Vice Chair. 48 Action Committee Member Jeff McNight moved to nominate Town Keeney for the position of 49 Vice Chair. Action Committee Member Nicolette Hubbard seconded the motion. 50 Action Committee Member Town Keeney moved to nominate Robert Nishimoto for the position 51 of Vice Chair. Action Committee Member Crystal Kua seconded the motion. 52 Discussion ensued in which Tawn Keeney expressed that he was unable to serve as the Vice - 53 Chair at the current time and expressed his support for Robert Nishimoto to be elected. Ms. 54 Mercado called for a vote on the motion to nominate Tawn Keeney for the position of Vice 55 Chair. 56 The motion to nominate Town Keeney for the position of Vice Chair was rejected with 3 votes 57 aye and 3 votes nay. 58 Discussion ensued relative to the fact that Robert Nishimoto was not present. Long -Range 59 Planning Staff member Bethany Morrison advised that a vote could be taken without Mr. 60 Nishimoto being present and that planning staff would reach out to him post meeting to see if 61 he was interested in accepting or declining the position. If he chooses to decline, the position 62 of Vice Chair would be revisited at the next Hamakua CDP meeting. Ms. Mercado then called 63 for a vote on the motion to nominate Robert Nishimoto for the position of Vice Chair. 64 The motion to nominate Robert Nishimoto for the position of Vice Chair passed with 6 votes aye 65 and 0 votes nay. 66 3. Recapitulation of the Comprehensive General Plan Review and Update Process: Long -Range 67 Planning Staff member Bethany Morrison gave a presentation outlining and summarizing the 68 General Plan Update process. Ms. Morrison provided a walkthrough of the Comprehensive 69 General Plan process and shared insight on the public engagement process, collection of public 70 comments, and how that community feedback was evaluated and incorporated into the draft 71 General Plan in the update process. https://www.hawaiicountycdl).iiifo/ ham akug a)',hae aHeountV.go Page 2 72 Ms. Morrison also provided an overview of the process that was used to evaluate, compile, and 73 incorporate the common goals across Community Development Plans into the updated version 74 of the Draft General Plan. She shared with the Action Committee that all public testimony from 75 the public review period is available for review online on the General Plan Update Website. 76 Please use the following link to visit the General Plan Update Website and review public 77 testimony: haps://www.plannin.hawaiicounty.ov/bid-island-vision/community- 78 planning/general-plan/comprehensive-review-process 79 The PowerPoint Presentation can be viewed and downloaded from the Hdmdkua CDP Action 80 Committee Website via the following link: haps://www.howaiicountycdg.info/hamokuo- 81 cdp/meeting-records-ond-information/2020-meetings 82 4. County and Community Co -learning Series (C2CLS) Communication Tool: Long -Range Planning 83 Staff member Kara Bocher provided an overview of the new County and Community Co - 84 learning Series (C2CLS) - a virtual communication and educational series that focuses on 85 improving the interface between community and its local government, specifically around 86 community development. 87 Ms. Bocher explained that this new co -learning communication tool is intended to foster 88 Community and County collaboration as well as build capacity of the Action Committees and 89 serve as a platform for information sharing. The County and Community Co -learning Series 90 would likely be launched after the second quarter of 2021. 91 AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: 92 1. Confirmation of Robert Nishimoto's nomination as Vice Chair 93 ADJOURNMENT: Action Committee Member, Brad Kurokawa, moved to adjourn the meeting. Action 94 Committee Member, Crystal KUa, seconded the motion. 95 The motion to adjourn the meeting passed with 6 votes aye and 0 votes nay. 96 The meeting was adjourned at 5:34 PM. 97 98 All Action Committee information can be viewed and downloaded from our website: 99 httD://www.hawaiicounlycdp.infolhamakua-cdp 100 101 https://www.hawaiicountycdp.iiifo/ ham akua a)',hae aHeounty.go Page 3