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<br />Mitchell D. Roth Zendo Kern <br />Mayor Director <br /> <br />Lee E. Lord Jeffrey W. Darrow <br />Managing Director Deputy Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />H ĀMĀKUA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE <br />Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961 - 8288 • Fax (808) 961 - 8742 <br /> <br />1 Tuesday , November 16 , 2021 <br />2 DRAFT Meeting Minutes <br />3 CALL TO ORDER <br />4 Chair Kurokawa called the Hāmākua Community Development Plan ( H CDP) Action Committee <br />5 (AC) to order at 5:06 P.M. Due to restrictions related to the COVID - 19 pandemic, this meeting <br />6 was held via the Zoom interactive video platform. <br />7 ROLL CALL <br />8 AC Members Present: Nicolette Hubbard, Tawn Keeney, Crystal Kua, Brad Kurokawa (Chair), Jeff <br />9 McKnight (Vice - Chair), Robert Nishimoto, Rh onda Pollard <br />10 AC Members Absent - Excused: Carol Ignacio <br />11 County Staff: Planners – Heather Bartlett and Alexis Ching <br />12 C ounty Officials: Council Member Heather Kimball [came in at 5:24 P.M.] <br />13 4 members of the public attended the meeting via Zoom. The meeting wa s also available for <br />14 synchronous viewing via the COH Planning Department YouTube Livestream . The livestream is <br />15 available at Hāmākua CDP Action Committee Meeting , November 16, 2021 - YouTube . <br />16 PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: One (1) member of the public provided oral testimony. <br />17 Oral Testimony : <br />18 Cory Hardin, representing herself, testified on the Additions to the Agenda item. Ms. Hardin <br />19 requested that the AC add a discussion of the H āmākua Institue to the agenda , or invite <br />20 Executive Director Dennis Flemming to the next AC meeting to respond to the concerns she <br />21 raised about funding sources for his organization . In her previous discussion with Mr. <br />22 Flemming, she expressed additional concern regarding biofuels and inquired about H u <br />23 Honua . <br />24 Chair Kurokawa responded that the AC is not an appropriate body to vet concerns about <br />25 other organizations and that such matters do not impact AC business. He also shared that he <br />26 had spoken to Mr. Flemming and that he would be invited to a future meeting to address <br />27 those concerns at his discretion . <br />Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 <br /> <br />