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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
County of Hawaii
MINUTES
Meeting Date: January 27, 2010
Time: 2:05PM
Place: Mayor's Conference Room, Suite 103
75-5722 Hanama Place
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
Roll Call:
1Members Present: Fritz Harris-Glade, Maralyn (Marni Herkes) Herkes, Bo Kahui,
Mike Matsukawa, Ken Melrose, Janice Palma-Glennie, Robert (Bob Ward) Ward
2County of Hawaii: Amy Self
3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Bennett Mark (arrived 2:14pm)
4Recorder: Angie Gee
5Public in attendance: Fred Housel
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
None.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Minutes of the pre-charrette TOD Honokohau Meeting of October 21, 2009. Marni Herkes
moved and Bob Ward seconded to approve minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Minutes of the Meeting of October 28, 2009. Bob Ward moved and Marni Herkes seconded to
approve minutes. Motion to approve with corrections was carried unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
1. KCDP Implementation:
There was a brief discussion regarding the North and South Kona vacancies on the Action
Committee.
1a. Proposed Draft Work Plan dated October 28, 2009.
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After a lengthy discussion, Bob Ward, Bo Kahui and Fritz Harris-Glade recommended each
committee and their chair or chair people come up with their priority on how they are going to
address what is in the work plan along with having the available resources to accomplish things.
There was a general agreement that there needs to be a focus of one or two of these priorities
within the sub-committees. Ken Melrose then asked to entertain a motion to adopt a work plan
with the addition of #6 to work with County agencies to understand the implication and the
actions of the CDP and to allow some flexibility with the Chair to rewrite the first paragraph, the
intro, before it is posted. Fritz Harris-Glade moved and Marni Herkes seconded. Ken Melrose
asked if all were in favor – Fritz Harris-Glade, Marni Herkes, Bo Kahui, Michael Matsukawa,
Ken Melrose and Janice Palma-Glennie in favor; Bob Ward opposed.
1b. Schedule of Meetings for 2010.
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All of the meetings dates for the Action Committee have been scheduled for the 4 Wednesday
of the month with the exception of November and December, which have been moved to the 3rd
Wednesday, and all meetings will be located at the Mayor’s Conference Room – aka Hanama 1.
Ken Melrose asked for a motion to adopt the meeting schedule. Marni Herkes moved and Fritz
Harris-Glade seconded. No other discussion. Motion was carried unanimously.
1c. Town Meeting on 2/9 at 6:00pm at Old Kona Airport
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The Action Committee is tasked with hosting/participating in a Town Meeting.
A Town Meeting has been scheduled for 2/9/10 at 6:00 pm. that the Action Committee has been
asked to participate in. Ken Melrose requested that the Action Committee select who will attend
and present at the Town Meeting and what the presentation should entail.
The Town Hall meeting overall topic is going to be Managing Kona's Growth. There will be
presentations from the Kailua Village Business Improvement District Board, Leeward Planning
Commission, Kona Community Development Action Committee, Forest City ‘s Proposed
Development (Kamakana Villages at Keahuolu) and Laiopua 2020. Each presentation will be
for 10 minutes with a brief question and answer period after.
Ken Melrose and Fritz Harris-Glade were selected as presenters for the Action Committee. The
Presentation would consist of a brief description of what has happened since the plan was
adopted: the AC formation, role, website, white paper, work plan, and conclude with an
invitation for participation. Exhibits would be the transportation maps CDP, some of the TOD
images from the Honokohau Charrette, and maybe the implementation matrix or the Village
Design Guidelines.
The White Paper would be printed out and available as handouts.
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#2 Sub-Committee Reports
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2a. Transportation and Public Utilities.
The report submitted is a summation of the various actions and information that have occurred or
been complied over the last couple of months listing current discussion items and future
discussion items.
Current request for information shows the status of whatever response is out there, at least as of
the time of printing. For example, there are varieties of actions for the Department of Water
Supply. The list includes the projects that Laiopua 2020, Department of Hawaiian Homelands,
private entities (Forest City) and the County are working on.
Clarification was provided for the inclusion of proposed innovative programs such as
Greenroads as a program that the sub-committee might want to analyze for potential use by this
county
It was pointed out that one of the first issues that the sub-committee is looking at is how the
actual plans that are being developed for various roadways identified in the CDP are not
following the route proposed by the CDP. Therefore, the transportation maps will need to be
modified. Discussion occurred regarding how to articulate the differences between the maps
from the CDP and the maps that the Transportation Sub-Committee is submitting for
consideration.
The County has come up with an Amendment Process – briefly, the Action Committee, County
Council, the Planning Department or the Public can propose amendments. The proposed
amendments will go through (depending where it starts) the Action Committee, Planning
Department and County Council for public meetings. The same process of Amending the
General Plan.
Bob Ward moved for the next meeting agenda motion to advance Tran 3.6 to be agendized.
Fritz Harris-Glade seconded. Ken Melrose asked if any discussion. There were no discussions.
Ken Melrose asked if all in favor. Motion was carried unanimously.
Ken Melrose stated to focus the next meeting on transportation aspects and the STIP and CIP
priorities and the map.
Proposal was made for the Action Committee to consider motion Trans-1.1a which is a series of
steps and implementation stages that the County collectively with the State can come up with
essentially what creates a non-motorized transportation corridor with essentially 10 segments
includes Palani Road segment, all four segments of Ane Keohokalole, the paralleling four
segments of the Queen Kaahumanu project and the link on University Drive that would connect
them and it would basically would create a loop.
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Bob Ward commented updated Transportation project list, which is just latest information
available from County/State. Quickly, there is one change - Item #15 Queen Kaahumanu, Phase
2 RFP, the third one, bids, has been readjusted due to some changes in the legislation impacting
contracts to February 22 not February 9.
2b. Land Use
Discussion revolved around the State Land Use Amendment Application for the Ooma
development. It was emphasized to the Action Committee that they are not a permit review
committee and therefore the application would not be coming before them for comment.
Ken Melrose asked for the motion that asks the Planning Department to internally to be sure that
the Ooma application be reviewed by the Design Center before its recommendation is made to
the State Land Use Commission. Fritz Harris-Glade moved and Bob Ward seconded. Ken
Melrose asked if all in favor. Fritz Harris-Glade, Marni Herkes, Michael Matsukawa, Ken
Melrose, Bob Ward were in favor; Janice Palma-Glennie stated “undecided” – no.
2c. Economic Development.
Fritz Harris-Glade is the chair of the sub-committee. In addition, they are actively going out to
get people involved in the sub-committee (invitations have also gone out to Laverne Omori,
Deputy Director of the Economic Development Department of the County).
The initial meeting of the sub-committee was held in December and the minutes have been
passed out. Members of the sub-committee were discussed and the AC made suggestions for
other possible participants.
One of the issues that the sub-committee is looking into is the impact to the Kailua area of the
county moving to the new Civic Center.
An update to the report submitted was made to inform the AC that at a recent County Council
the County passed a motion to have the Mayor meet with the Governor regarding the possibility
of having the County take over the ports and harbors.
4. Planning Department Update.
No Comments were made regarding the List of Applications Submitted to the Department.
5. Action Committee Guidelines.
Corporation Counsel has requested changes to the Operating Guidelines to bring them in
compliance with the County Charter and Sunshine Law Requirements.
Ken Melrose asked for a motion to approve the corrections. Bob Ward moved and Fritz Harris-
Glade seconded. Motion was carried unanimously.
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
None.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ken Melrose notified the committee the next meeting will be on Wednesday - February 24, 2010
at the Mayor’s Conference Room (Hanama Conference Room, Suite 103).
Councilman Kelly Greenwell has put together a park committee. Meeting coming up evening
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February 22 at 6:00 p.m. at Old Kona Airport Park. State, County and Federal parks.
ADJOURNMENT:
Ken Melrose asked for a motion to adjourn. Fritz Harris-Glade moved to adjourn the meeting;
Bo Kahui seconded. There being no further business, Ken Melrose adjourned the meeting at
4:14 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Angie Gee, Recorder
A T T E S T:
Ken Melrose, Chair
Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
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