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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
County of Hawaii
MINUTES
Meeting Date: August 25, 2010
Time: 2:07 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: Laura Aquino, Tom Yamamoto, Race Randle, Kashmira Reid
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
None
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Minutes of the Meetings of July 28, 2010 were circulated. Marni Herkes motioned to approve
and Bob Ward seconded. Unanimous approval given.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Scenic Byway Program.
Kashmira Reid of Lyon Associates provided the Action Committee with an overview on the
National Scenic Byway program, the Hawaii State Scenic Byway program and the Hawaii Island
program.
Lyon Associates were originally contracted by the State to assist in the development of the
State’s Scenic Byway Program as well as to work on the pilot project which was selected to be
the “Kona Scenic Corridor.” Their contract has been modified to be a resource and support for
the state and potential applicants in going forth with Scenic Byway applications.
There are two Scenic Byways in process for Kona, the “Kona Scenic Corridor,” as well as the
other Corridor being worked on “Ali‘i Drive.” The “Kona Scenic Corridor,” as been recognized
by the State as a Scenic Byway with their focus on the Historic quality of the corridor and they
are now working on their Corridor Management Plan, a key component to the National Scenic
Byway application. The “Ali‘i Drive” Corridor has submitted an application for consideration
by the State to be a Scenic Byway with their primary focus on the Archaeological sites along the
corridor, a meeting on the status of this will occur within a few days. The two Corridors will not
be competing against each other as they are focusing on different “intrinsic qualities.”
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2. Kamakana Villages at Keahuolu.
Race Randle, Forest City Hawaii, provided the Action Committee a project overview, Permit
timelines and a status report on the Kamakana Villages at Keahuolu project. The permitting
process will start up again in September with the State Land Use. The project will be coming in
for the 201H exemption approval and the County’s TOD Project District Rezoning.
The project is going for LEED Silver certification, however, there are outside elements that
might affect this designation (such as the State limiting the number of accesses to Palani Road
and Ane Keohokalole. Total project build out is for over 2,000 dwelling units. The hope of the
plan is that whatever comes out will reflect the goals which is to protect the land, provide
housing choices, provide recreational activities and commercial activities in a mixed use
connected and sustainable community
There are also efforts to make sure that the project works with the neighboring property plans for
interconnectivity as well as compatible uses.
Concerns Expressed:
The Open Space buffer required for a TOD does not seem to be incorporated into the
plan along the property lines.
3. Elections.
Action Committee will elect the Chair and Vice Chair.
Chair
Janice Palma-Glennie nominated Ken Melrose. With no other nominations the Action
Committee unanimously elected Ken Melrose as Chair for a term of 1 year.
Vice Chair
Marni Herkes nominated Bo Kahui and Janice Palma-Glennie nominated Mike Matsukawa.
During the discussion by the Action Committee Bo Kahui yielded the nomination. The Action
Committee unanimously elected Mike Matsukawa as Vice-Chair for a term of 1 year.
4.KCDP Implementation.
Action Committee will continue ongoing review of KCDP Goals,
Policies and Actions & discuss roles & responsibilities
Question was asked if these meetings could be conducted by teleconference to be able to
be include members who may be off island. Clarification from Corporation Counsel –
Amy Self – Office of Information Practices has said “no” because the public cannot
verify that the person on the telephone is in fact the board member. Videoconferencing is
permitted, but the County has no such capability on other islands.
5. Financial Plan
Ken Melrose provided an update on the discussions held recently with Dave Freudenberger and
Roy Takemoto. They are going to use tables from the draft Background Report to identify only
those public facilities needed to serve each scenario. Ultimately, the Background Report will be
revised to maintain the phasing (Phases I, II, and III) for the land uses/future development, but
phasing will be removed with respect to the infrastructure and a new table at the end of the
document will be created to show the infrastructure packages related to each Scenario.
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6. Sub-Committee Reports
Outreach
Newsletter – articles can be written that will go thru Deanne Bugado to Hunter Bishop to include
into the County’s Newsletter.
Economic Development
NELHA – Japanese investors will be doing a site visit for a possible investment project;
the Airport’s commercial expansion plans may be on hold and NELHA is looking at
having a building on their land to house the approximate 15 Federal/State offices that are
currently housed at the Airport proper; Hazel Beck is working with the existing tenants
on their marketing efforts and to transition from being a start-up business to commercial
level operation
Judicial Building site selection is still in process and there are a number of possible sites
in the Kealakehe area being considered.
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HCC at Palamanui – the Road Contracts and MOU is still being worked on. The 1
phase of the campus will be for nursing and culinary classes. The SEIS for the Campus
is still awaiting approval from the Burial Council.
Will be looking at the impacts of relocating the businesses out of South Kona and Kailua.
Chamber of Commerce will be producing a “white paper” addressing how to revive the
visitor industry
Kailua merchants are trying to keep going until the Christmas Season.
Land Use, Environmental & Cultural Resources
Forwarded on to the county a list for consideration of other Open Space Network
programs that could be utilized to develop one here.
Base GIS maps are needed to start to develop the Open Space Network.
Transportation and Public Facilities
Meeting with Warren Lee to be scheduled to go over the transportation chapter of the
KCDP to review, prioritize to incorporation into the CIP list
Ane Keohokalole Highway grading has reached Palani.
5. Planning Department Update
Clarifications made for some of the items on the project list and how the Design Center
comments.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ken Melrose: Next Meeting September 22, 2010 – Mayor’s Conference Room – Hanama 1
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Possible Agenda Items for next meeting: Hamakua Health Center, Inc.; Cost of Government
Commission Letter, Finance Plan Rockney Freitas
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 4:53 pm
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