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KAILUA VILLAGE DESIGN COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
MINUTES
MEETING DATE: November 30, 2010
TIME: 5:15 p.m.
PLACE: Mayor’s Conference Room aka Hanama 1
75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740
ROLL CALL
1. Members Present: Cindy Coats, Paul Bleck, Nancy Burns, Stephen Herbert,
Ann Kern (5:22 p.m.), Shane Kitchens and Eugene Power
2. Absent and Excused: Riley Saito
3. Applicants:None/ not applicable
4. Planning Department:Bennett Mark, Rosalind Newlon and Noriko Sauer
5. Public: None attended.
Chair Coats welcomed those in attendance.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Review and Adoption of amended Rules of Practice and Procedures for the Kailua Village
Design Commission (“KVDC”).
Prior public notice of this meeting having been published in accordance with requirements
Chapter 91, Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS), presentation of this business item was
intended to constitute and did constitute the public hearing required by the Rules of
Practice and Procedure for the KVDC ("Rules") prior to adoption of any amendments
thereto.
Ms. Newlon reviewed for the Commissioners the various amendments to the draft Rules
which they had approved at the July 27, 2010 KVDC meeting, when amendment of the
Rules was last discussed. Those prior amendments included: re-titling the Chairman and
Vice-Chairman to Chair and Vice-Chair respectively, meeting time and place, order of
business, required attendance and absence notification protocols, and deletion of
(i) standing committeesand (ii) promulgation of petitions and memorials.
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The Commissioners then discussed the amended draft Rules, principally as to the use of
gender-specific pronouns therein ("he," "his" and "him"). Commissioner Herbert moved
for KVDC's approval and adoption of the proposed Rules with substitution of male and
female pronoun pairs ("he/she," "him/her" and "his/her") throughout the draft Rules in lieu
of the existing male-only pronouns. His motion was seconded by Commissioner Kern. By
roll call vote, the motion to approve and adopt with pronoun substitutions passed
unanimously (Chair Coats abstaining per procedural Rule).
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
There were none.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, at 5:40 p.m., it was moved by Commissioner Burns and
seconded by Commissioner Kitchens that the meeting be adjourned. Motion was unanimously
carried by a voice vote of all Commissioners in attendance.
Respectfully submitted,
Noriko Sauer, Secretary
A T T E S T:
Cindy Coats, Chair
Kailua Village Design Commission
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