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Home My WebLink About2023-09-12 KCDP Meeting PacketMitchell D. Roth Mayor Zendo Kem Director Lee E. Lord Managing Director Jeffrey W. Darrow Depuly Director West Hawai"i Office 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole I lwy Kai lLta-Kona, Hawai•i 96740 Phone (808) 323-4 770 Fax (808) 327-3563 County of Hawai'i PLANNING DEPARTMENT East Hawai' i Office IO I Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawai•i 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPM ENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Kon a Action Committee in accordance with t he provisions of Section 92-7, Hawai'i Revised Statutes. DATE : Tuesday, September 12, 2023 TIME: 5:00 P.M. LOCATION: West Hawai'i Civic Center Planning Department Confe rence Room 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Building E 2nd Floor Ka ilua-Kona, HI 96740 ..._., .-...:::, ....., '-'-' V) ,-., -0 I V, ~ <;? N N This meeting w ill be held by Interactive Conference Technology {ICT) t hrough Zoom. The public may provide verbal testimony at t he meeting by joining Zoom or att ending in-person at t he physical location list ed above. To register for verbal t estimony please contact staff at cdp@hawaiicounty.gov or (808) 961-8288. Zoom registration link: https ://www .zoomgov.com/ meeting/ register /vJ lt dO-pqjM vG-yXGfY7Ep8oM bch R8R4vKY If internet connection is lost, the public meeting will be automat ically recessed to restore communication. If lost connection exceeds 30 minutes, the meeting will be terminated. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ANNOUNCEMENTS AGENDA • Kana CDP Action Committee Welcome New M embers • The Action Committee is seeking a volunteer Secretary to take meeting notes and collaborate with t he Plan:njng Department accordingly. Any interested parties should email cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov Hawai ·; County is an Equal Opportunity Pro1"ider and Employer planning@•hawaiicounty.goi· c·, C (-- ,:-- ... .. ·' Page 2 • General Plan Update PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: The public may provide verbal testimony at the meeting by joining the Zoom meeting or attending in-person. Please register to testify by contacting cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. Comments may be made either during the public comment port ion of the agenda or j ust prior to the relevant business item. With discretion of the Chair of the CDP Action Committee, comments may be limited to three (3) minutes in length per agenda item. Written testimony may be submitted via email at cdp@hawaiicounty.gov or in person at the Hilo or Kona Planning Department, up to two (2) business days prior to this meeting (see the Notice Section below). APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The Action Committee will consider the draft minutes for the Kana Action Committee Meeting on July 25, 2023. BUSINESS: 1. Chapter 5.3 Implementation Matrix: Discussion to initiate a status update of the items within the matrix. Consider top priority community actions the AC may want to move forward and the potential creation of respective permitted interaction groups. The matrix can be found on pages 163 -172 of the Kana CDP. 2. Kealakehe Regional Park: Discussion and potential creation of a permitted interaction group to follow and support this project. 3. Permitted Interaction Groups (PIG): The existing groups will provide updates, reports, or discussion and may vote to close any PIGs as needed. o Community Outreach i. Open nominations o Flood Mitigation and Erosion Control o Kana Open Space Network (KOSN) i. Nomination of Nancy Pisicchio o Public Access, Open Space, Natural Resources (PONC) 4. Action Committee Meeting Strategy: The Action Committee will discuss meeting cadence schedule, logistics, and format of future meetings such as if they should be all in-person or hybrid zoom/in-person. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: Action Committee members will discuss potential agenda items for the next meeting. ADJOURNMENT This agenda and all related documents are available in the Planning Department's Kona Communit y Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawai'i Public Documents Repository: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/fol/9059/Rowl.aspx. These document s may also be requested from the Planning Department by calling (808) 961- 8288 or emailing cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. '"' .. ,,,; Qef.. ""'""'w.planning.hawaiicounly.gov Hawai ·; Coun1y is an Equal Opportunily Provider and Employer planning((1 hawaiicounty.go" Page 3 NOTICE: The purpose of the public hearings is to afford all interested persons a reasonable opportunity to be heard on the above items. A person desiring to submit oral or written testimony shall indicate their name and whether the testimony is on their behalf or as a representative of an organization or individual. Written testimony can be submitted via email or hard copy. Hard copies should include an original and nine copies and be submitted no later than 4:30pm two days prior to the hearing date. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or ot her accommodation due to a disa bility, contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 as soon as possible, and no later than five (5) working days prior to the meeting date. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice may be made available in alternate/accessible formats. If you are a lobbyist, you must register w ith the Hawai'i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. (Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai'i Cou nty Code). A lobbyist means, "any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administ rative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials." (Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai'i County Code). Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720. KONA CDP ACTION COMMITTEE www planning h,1waiicountv.go" Hawai "i Co1111ty is a11 Equal Opportlmi(v Prorider a11d Employer planmng'a ha"aiico~ Mitchell D. Roth Mayor Lee E. Lord Managing Director Zendo Kern Director Jeffrey W. Darrow Deputy Director County of Hawai‘i PLANNING DEPARTMENT KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 Tuesday, July 25, 2023 1 DRAFT Meeting Minutes 2 CALL TO ORDER 3 Committee Member Charles Young started the Kona Community Development Plan (KCDP) 4 Action Committee (AC) meeting at 5:16 P.M. This meeting was held online via Zoom, and in‐5 person at the West Hawaiʻi Civic Center Planning Department Conference Room. A quorum was 6 not established until 6:12 P.M. which is when the meeting was officially called to order. 7 The YouTube video of this meeting can be found here: 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJqh9S8cIlU 9 ROLL CALL 10 AC Members Present: Shirley David, Kari Kimura, Janice Palma‐Glennie, Charles Young and 11 Roselyn Molina (arrived at 6:12 P.M.) 12 AC Members Absent‐Excused: Shane Palacat‐Nelsen, Marisa Bankston and David Huerta 13 County Staff: Planners – April Surprenant, Maryam Palma, Kim Tanaka and Courtney Vincent 14 County Officials: Deputy Corporation Counsel, Suzanna Tiapula 15 Members of the public: 14 16 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 17 Planning staff provided a brief update regarding recruitment for the Kona CDP Action Committee 18 [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 8:24] 19 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 20 This item was taken out of order and was addressed when quorum was established. Committee 21 Member Shirley David moved to approve the May 16, 2023 minutes. Motion seconded by 22 Committee Member Kari Kimura. Motion passed with 5 votes aye, 0 votes nay. [SEE YOUTUBE 23 TIME STAMP 1:01:10] 24 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/ CDP@hawaiicounty.gov Page 2 BUSINESS: 25 1. Permitted Interaction Groups (PIG): 26 The existing PIGs presented their updates and discussion: 27 o Flood Mitigation and Erosion Control – Community member Sue Aronson presented an 28 update for this PIG [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 14:53] 29 o Kona Open Space Network (KOSN) – Committee members David, Kimura and Palma‐30 Glennie provided a report and updates from their last meeting [SEE YOUTUBE TIME 31 STAMP 23:58] 32 o Public Access, Open Space, Natural Resources (PONC): [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 33 28:26] 34 o Community Outreach: [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 37:40] 35 2. Action Committee Meeting Strategy: [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:10:30] 36 PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:20:10] 37 1. Explanation of the Ka Paʻakai Analysis 38 2. Governor’s Emergency Proclamation relating to Housing 39 3. AC Attendance 40 ADJOURNMENT: 41 Without objection, Committee Member Young adjourned the meeting at 6:38 P.M. [SEE YOUTUBE 42 TIME STAMP 1:24:33] 43 These minutes and all related documents are available in the Planning Department’s Kona 44 Community Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawaiʻi Public 45 Documents Repository. These documents may also be requested from the Planning Department 46 by calling (808) 961‐8288 or emailing cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. 47 1 of 2 September 8, 2023 Report to Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee From the Kona Open Space Network Subcommittee Chair: Kari Kimura, Members: Shirley David, Janice Palma-Glennie, Mary Metcalf, Lele Kimball, Nancy Pisicchio Kona Open Space Network Kickoff Event August 29, 2023 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Maka’eo County Pavilion at Old Kona Airport Lead Consultant: Jacobs Engineering, Project Leader Kristen Nishimura Lead Agency: County of Hawaii Planning Department, Project Leader Natasha Soriano 80 – 100 people attended the Kickoff Event Press Release: The County of Hawaii’s Planning Department has officially kicked-off its project for the Kona Open Space Network (KOSN) Plan and has hired Jacobs Engineering Group as the lead consultant. The KOSN is a community-initiated goal of the Kona Community Development Plan to create public open space including connections between parks, neighborhoods, and historic sites, while retaining green areas for drainage/flood control, trees for shade and carbon absorption, and a system of on and off-road pedestrian and bicycle trails that encourage healthy active lifestyles. A special mahalo goes to the Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee and its KOSN sub-committee for stewarding this project through the years. Since 2015 the sub- committee has outlined the visions and goals of this plan and helped to draft the scope of this project. On August 29, 2023, the KOSN sub-committee and the Planning Department will host an open house at Makaʻeo County Pavilion at the Old Kona Airport from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The presentation will include a history of project, an outline of the scope, next steps, and examples of successful open space networks. We invite everyone to come and learn more about the project and how you can get involved in the planning process. A project website will be coming soon. E kanu i ka huli 'oi hā' ule ka ua. Plant the taro stalks while there is rain. Do your work when opportunity affords. KOSN Update Report Communication No. 2023-11 2 of 2 Kickoff Event Program: 1. Welcome - KOSN sub-committee, Kari 2. Project history - KOSN sub-committee, Kari 3. Benefits of open space - Natasha/Kristen 4. Open Space Examples - Natasha/Kristen 5. Rough Project timeline - Natasha/Kristen 6. Introduction of website, how to get involved - Natasha/Kristen 7. Q&A - KOSN sub-committee to help proctor, Natasha and Kristen to answer questions Brief history of the Kona Open Space Network • 2005 - 2008: Kona CDP is developed with extensive community input and adopted by County. The Open Space Network is a key cornerstone of the Kona CDP. • 2010 - 2013: AC members begin researching successful OSN programs, data and mapping needs, possible funding sources, Kona open space opportunities, etc. AC recommends County prioritize the KOSN in the County CIP Budget, which remains a top AC recommendation in the CIP Budget going forward. • 2014 - 2017: AC requests Planning Department's support in moving forward the KOSN project. AC forms Subcommittee which includes public members and PD support. KOSN Subcommittee develops and submits its formal report to the AC. Report includes KOSN Vision and Goals with initial focus on Kona urban core and recommends hiring a consultant to solicit community input and develop the KOSN plan. • 2018 - 2019: AC recommends allotment of funds in County CIP budget to hire a KOSN consultant. Funds are appropriated by County in 2018-2019 CIP budget. Planning conducts research and works with Subcommittee to develop a Scope of Work for hiring a contractor. • 2020 - 2022: COVID 19 and high priority Planning projects pauses progress on hiring a KOSN consultant. Subcommittee meets with and obtains Mayor Roth's support for moving forward the KOSN project. • 2023: Planning hires the consultant Jacobs Engineering Group to work with the Kona community and develop the KOSN plan. Next Steps: The Kona Open Space Network Subcommittee will support the Consultants and the Planning Department in execution of the Contract: Public Outreach, Methodology Development, Design, and an Implementation Plan. The Kona Open Space Network Subcommittee will be part of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee to the Project. All are encouraged to visit the temporary website: https://rb.gy/362c4