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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
County of Hawaii
MINUTES
Meeting Date: September 22, 2010
Time: 2:10 pm
Place:Mayor's Conference Room, Suite 103
75-5722 Hanama Place
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
Roll Call:
1Members Present: Maralyn (Marni) Herkes, Bo Kahui, Mike Matsukawa, Ken
Melrose, Robert (Bob) Ward, Janice Palma-Glennie
2Absent/Excused: Fritz Harris-Glade,
3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado
4Public in attendance: Susan Hunt
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
None
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Minutes of the Meetings of August 25, 2010 were circulated. Marni Herkes motioned to
approve and Bob Ward seconded. Unanimous approval given.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Hamakua Health Center, Inc.
Susan Hunt presented to the Action Committee a presentation titled “Health Impact
Assessment in Community Planning and Policy Development” and provided the Action
Committee with an overview of the Health Centers around the State. The subject matter of
the presentation discusses the social determinants of health, which are the economic and
social conditions that influence the health of individuals, communities and jurisdictions as a
whole. They determine the extent to which a person possesses the physical, social, and
personal resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations, satisfy needs, and cope with
the environment. The resources include but are not limited to conditions for early childhood
development; education, employment, and work; food security, health services, housing,
income, and income distribution; social exclusion; the social safety net; unemployment and
job security. The presentation also highlighted the health disparities of Hawaii County.
The Action Committee discussion ensued focusing on how land use planning can improve
health. All agreed the decisions made in the KCDP are moving in the right direction with
pedestrian friendly villages, jobs closer to homes and closer knit communities.
Website: www.unnaturalcauses.org
2.
Old Kailua Airport Park Master Plan.
The Action Committee discussed a comment letter to the Department of Parks and Recreation
Motion made
regarding the Old Kailua Airport Park Master Plan Environmental Assessment (EA).
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by Bob Ward to allow Chair and Transportation sub-committee head to draft a letter of
support for the EA that was developed with a great deal of community input and is an
important component of the Kona Community Development Plan and the Kailua Village
TOD core and that we ask them to accommodate the extension of Kuakini along the
alignment of the Community Development Plan and make provisions for the inclusion of
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transit and for the multimodal greenway connection with Kealakehe Regional Park, 2 by
Marni Herkes. The motion was modified to include the other discussions items not included
in the original motion. Unanimous approval given.
Discussion items for inclusion in comment letter
Location of Transportation Terminal
Location of State’s Baseyard onto Queen Liliuokalani Trust (QLT) land?
Re-alignment of Makaala Boulevard thru the Swing Zone which is located on QLT
land?
Extension of Kuakini Highway
Integrate multimodal access to the Park
Limit the demolition of the existing runway to areas outside the proposed roadways,
parking and pathways
Greenway connection to Kealakehe Regional Park
Consolidate an administration and public information center for the Federal, State,
County and Private park administration
3.
Cost of Government Commission.
Action Committee discussed the request by the Cost of Government Commission for comments.
Comments for discussion:
Move focus from downstream to upstream projects (increase the culture and recreation programs)
Function Consolidation – Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMT), Cooperative Purchasing of Supplies
(such as asphalt)
Identify the duplication of services/programs by the State and County (baseyards, transportation
maintenance, park maintenance/administration)
Dedicated department to write grants for federal, state and private funds for programs and
services. That all departments can utilize, rather than having each department try to write the
applications on their own.
Increase permit fees for services and applications. Even having some cost for bus services.
Restart the arborist commission and hire an arborist to oversee the maintenance of landscaping
around the island. There seems to be overlapping of services, administration that appears to
cause more harm and cost.
GIS upgrades, especially upgrading the band-width
ITS (intelligent transportation systems) utilization.
Utilization of peer loans for the sharing of programs and services that the county is starting to
initiate.
Increase efforts to recoup monies resulting from fines (such as violations)
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Motion made by Bob Ward to allow Chair to draft a letter of response to the Cost of
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Government Commission that incorporates the discussion comments, 2 by Marni Herkes.
Unanimous approval given.
4. KCDP Implementation.
Status of the VDG - . The SmartCode project that we have been working on using the
Civic center and surrounding Honokohau village development as a pilot project is
moving forward. Corporation Counsel has determined that the code and accompanying
master plan for Honokohau Village developed through the community design and
charrette process we did in October 2009 need only be approved by the Kona CDP
Action Committee and it will be available for use by the property owners surrounding the
civic center. This will allow those landowners the ability to create a village that is in
tune with the desires and goals set forth in the Kona CDP. The KCDP AC will be
reviewing the VDG next month (October) and the following month (November).
5. Financial Plan
Ken Melrose provided an update on the discussions held recently with Dave Freudenberger.
They have incorporating the TOD information into the growth model and are set to proceed.
6. Sub-Committee Reports
Outreach
Will provide an update in November
Economic Development
Will invite Don Goo to make a presentation on his paradigm shift for tourism and
economic development document.
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Motion made by Bo Kahui and 2 by Bob Ward to have the Chair sign a letter of support
for the Kona Heritage Mamalahoa Highway Scenic By-way Program grant application.
Unanimous approval given.
Land Use, Environmental & Cultural Resources
Janice Palma-Glennie made a motion to forward the land-use sub-committee reports to
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the Planning Division for consideration and Bob 2. Unanimous approval given.
Transportation and Public Facilities
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Marni Herkes motioned and Bo Kahui 2 to have the Chair draft a letter of support to the
State’s Department of Transportation for the improvement of the intersection to include a
full cross at Kaiminani and Queen Kaahumanu that would support the master plan’s
secondary entrance into the airport and the primary entrance into NELHA that promotes
the broader circulation and NELHA.
5. Planning Department Update
Clarifications made for some of the items on the project list and how the Design Center
comments.
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ken Melrose: Next Meeting October 27, 2010 – Mayor’s Conference Room – Hanama 1
Possible Agenda Items for next meeting:, Finance Plan, VDG, Priority Projects Review
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 4:41 pm
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