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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
County of Hawaii
MINUTES
Meeting Date: March 24, 2010
Time: 2:00PM
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, Bo Kahui,
Mike Matsukawa, Ken Melrose, Janice Palma-Glennie(left at 3:04pm.), Robert
(Bob) Ward
2Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Bennett Mark (left at 3:04)
3Recorder: Angie Gee
4Public in attendance: Pat Moore (HELCO) (left at 3:30pm)
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
Pat Moore from HELCO has attended most of the CDP meetings around the island to keep
abreast of community information, how the implementation of the plan is going and to
improve communication between HELCO and the community group. Mr. Moore informed
the committee that he would be able to arrange for someone to come to speak about issues
should a need arise. Pat Moore disbursed brand new emergency preparedness handbooks
among some other publications and fliers from HELCO.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Minutes of the Meetings of February 24, 2010. Marni Herkes moved and Bob Ward
seconded to approve minutes. Ken Melrose asked if any discussion. There was none.
Motion carried unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
1. KCDP Implementation
Action Committee members each submitted a priority and alternative project from the
adopted Work Plan.
Ken Melrose’s priority is working with the Planning Department and the County
Administration to internalize the KCDP policies and implementation actions into
their operational structures.
Bo Kahui’s priority is the infrastructure to support Keahuolu/Laiopua as first TOD,
Manawalea and QLT and Kealakehe WWTP.
Regarding the Kealakehe Waste Water Treatment Plant Bo Kahui noted that
Laiopua 2020 has supported the County legislation and issued a letter to the federal
congressional delegation to support the County’s request for funding. Bo Kahui
suggested that (since this is a priority project from the CDP) a letter from the
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Action Committee to support the need to get money back and execute on the
sewage treatment plant and get also the transmission line funding for that. Ken
Melrose asked for a motion to authorize the Chair to sign a letter in support of the
Kealakehe wastewater treatment and trunk line funding to the Planning Director.
Marni Herkes moved and Fritz Harris-Glade seconded. Ken Melrose asked if all in
favor. Unanimous decision in favor.
Bob Ward’s priority is the Transportation Implementation Plan, Part A – Trans 6.
Implementation plan for arterial/collector network (mauka/makai collector roads),
multi-modal program and retrofitting Ali’i Drive.
Bob Ward identified the primary arterial/collector as Kuakini, north of Palani and
that there would be two phases, upgrading the existing portion and the extension
from Makala Blvd connects with Kealakehe Parkway. The next would be to widen
Kuakini Hwy from Hualalai Road going south from approximately where the
Parkway would come out. And a third would be a mauka/makai collector which is
the makai portion of Nani Kailua basically south of Coconut Grove.
Fritz Harris-Glade’s priority is the location and building of a new hospital.
Marni Herke’s priority is the building of the West Hawaii University Campus.
Mike Matsukawa’s priority is Outreach.
Janice Palma-Glennie’s priority is creating Open space network.
It was noted that all the priority projects and alternatives that the Action Committee
members identified were from various elements of the Plan.
The Action Committee discussed outreach efforts that the members can be doing to get the
“word out” to the community regarding the plan, the action committee and the sub-
committees. Since there are no funds for ads in the paper suggestions were made for
notices to go into the West Hawaii Today “Coming Up” section, attached to the tax bills
for all properties in North and South Kona and/or attached to HELCO billing statements.
Pat Moore suggested he receive an email request so that he could then look in the
possibility. However he warned that bill inserts usually run $5 to $6,000 and that’s for
reaching 60,000 residents and commercial, all customers on the island which would be
fairly costly.
Ken Melrose also asked for a motion to authorize Chair and Bob Ward to testify in front of
the Finance Committee related to Lako, Laaloa, the Makalei Fire Station, the Planning
Department budget with focus on the Design Center and Kealakehe wastewater treatment
plant improvements, consideration of multi-modal transportation and topics within the
priority projects (from above). Fritz Harris-Glade motioned and Marni seconded. Ken
Melrose asked if all in favor. Unanimous decision.
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2c. Land Use Environmental
Bob Ward notated everything is just for people’s reading. Couple issues do relate to the
zoning change discussion items where these are parcels where various different stages
there are some impacts related to the plan and it does get back into what was discussed
earlier
2d. Transportation
Bob Ward stated one of the things still left over from last time was item Trans 1.1a under
the current discussion items. Bob Ward motioned what is described in Trans 1.1a for
consideration. Marni Herkes seconded. Ken Melrose asked if any discussion. Ken
Melrose clarified with Bob Ward the stated motion to say that we ask the Planning
Director in cooperation with other department heads and State agencies to include these
segments and retrofit actions as part of ongoing planning actions and to this motion is
attachment of Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 (maps of last minutes.) Bob Ward approved the
modification to the motion and Marni seconded. Ken Melrose asked if all in favor.
Unanimous decision in favor. (6-0).
3. Planning Department Update
Clarification from the Department was given regarding the list distributed to the
committee. When applications such as O’oma come in it (as a direct to the State Land Use
Commission application and not processed by the County) it comes in as a correspondence
that needs to be responded to. The list is only applications that are going to be processed
by the County, either by the Planning Commission, the Planning Department or the County
Council. It didn’t come in to be processed by the department so it doesn’t show up on any
of the list that is captured for this information.
Ken Melrose stated that was an important point then for discussion with the Director
related to the Design Center.
The Action Committee also requested to be advised who the applicant contacts were for
the re-zonings noted in the Land use sub-committee report so we could "outreach" to them
directly on the KCDP since they probably do multiple applications annually.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next meeting April 28, 2010 – Mayor’s Conference Room – Hanama 1.
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Ken Melrose wanted to give head’s up to Bo Kahui to Chair the June 23 meeting since he
will not be available.
Marni Herkes requested that the Action Committee ask Rockney Freitas to come and talk
to the Action Committee on what was happening to the University of West Hawaii. Ken
Melrose suggested that Marni Herkes extend an invitation to him on behalf of the Action
Committee, to be able to attend in May.
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ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:18pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Angie Gee, Recorder
A T T E S T:
Ken Melrose, Chair
Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
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