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<br />Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawaii <br /> <br />MINUTES <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: October 27, 2010 <br /> <br />Time: 2:33 pm <br /> <br />Place: Mayor's Conference Room, Suite 103 <br /> <br /> 75-5722 Hanama Place <br /> <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br /> <br />Roll Call: <br /> <br />1Members Present: Maralyn (Marni) Herkes, Mike Matsukawa, Ken Melrose, Robert <br /> <br /> <br />(Bob) Ward, Janice Palma-Glennie <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2Absent/Excused: Fritz Harris-Glade, Bo Kahui, <br /> <br /> <br />3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Allen Salavea, BJ Leithead Todd, Bennett <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mark <br /> <br /> <br />4Public in attendance: Riley Smith, Don Goo, Peter Young, Hazel Beck, Frank Weber, <br /> <br /> <br />Michele Otake, Michael Riehm, Brenda Ford, Brian Cooke <br /> <br /> <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA <br /> <br /> <br />None <br /> <br /> <br />ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS <br /> <br /> <br />Minutes of the Meetings of September 22, 2010 were circulated. Bob Ward motioned to approve <br /> <br />and Marni Herkes seconded. Unanimous approval given. <br /> <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />1. Kona Economic Strategy 2010. <br /> <br /> <br />Don Goo of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Architects (WATG), provided a presentation to <br /> <br />the Action Committee regarding an alternate economic strategy for the Visitor Industry In <br />  <br />Kona. <br />  <br />Need to look toward addressing the mid-market visitor industry <br />  <br />Need to look outside of the traditional “box” <br />  <br />Need to focus on the residents. Need to create a place that will create a new visitor <br />  <br />industry that emphasizes residents and visitors living in the same community-village. <br /> <br /> <br />Need to develop programs for residents that visitors can participate in. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Don’t focus on profit – if you focus on what you do profit will follow. <br /> <br /> <br />2. KCDP Implementation. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A review of the priorities of the Action Committee will be postponed for a future meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />3. Village Design Guidelines. <br /> <br /> <br />The Action Committee reviewed and discussed the draft Village Design Guidelines (VDG) <br /> <br /> <br />as calibrated by PlaceMakers, LLC. There is an Executive Summary that has been provided <br /> <br /> <br />tm; <br />šE <br /> <br />