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Home My WebLink About2024-02-12 HCDP Meeting Packet Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 HĀMĀKUA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE 1 Wednesday, January 10, 2024 2 DRAFT Meeting Minutes 3 CALL TO ORDER 4 Planning called the Hāmākua Community Development Plan (HCDP) Action Committee (AC) 5 to order at 5:33 P.M. Quorum was established at this time. This meeting was held online via 6 Zoom, and in-person at the Kula’imano Community Center. 7 The YouTube video of this meeting can be found here: 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTZDDfQ0WPg 9 10 ROLL CALL 11 AC Members Present: Brad Kurokawa, Robert Nishimoto, David Meyer, Tawn Keeney, Richard 12 Bidleman 13 AC Members Present via Zoom: Mahealani Maikui 14 County Staff: Planners – Maryam Palma, Janice Hata & Kawelo Kalili 15 County Staff Present via Zoom: Bethany Morisson 16 Approximately 20 members of the of the public attended the meeting (10 in person and 10 via 17 Zoom) 18 County Officials: Council Member, Heather Kimball and Deputy Corporation Counsel, Sinclair 19 Salas-Ferguson 20 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 21 Planning read the announcements from the agenda [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 2:34] 22 Council Member Heather Kimball shared an announcement [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 23 2:50] 24 ELECTIONS OF COMMITTEE CHARIPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON FOR 25 2024: [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 14:53] 26 Comittee member Tawn Keeney motioned to nominate David Meyer for Chair, seconded by 27 committee member Richard Bidleman. Meeting was called to a recess due to technical 28 difficulties [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 27:45]. Meeting was brought back into session and 29 the motion passed by unanimous vote, aye. Committee member David Meyer accepts Chair 30 position. 31 Comittee member Brad Kurokawa motioned to nominate Mahealani Maikui for Vice Chair, 32 seconded by committee member Tawn Keeney. Motion passed by unanimous vote, aye. 33 Committee member Mahealani Maikui accepts Vice Chair position. 34 35 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/ CDP@hawaiicounty.gov Page 2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 36 Vice Chair Mahealani Maikui motioned to approve the December 13, 2023 minutes. Motion 37 seconded by committee member Robert Nishimoto. Motion passed unanimously [SEE 38 YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 33:00] 39 PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: 40 No public comments before agenda items.BUSINESS: 41 1. Permitted Interaction Group Reports – The following permitted interaction groups will 42 provide their reports: Waipiʻo Wahi Pana, Housing, and Lehua St. 43 This item was called to order at 6:13p.m. 44 Waipiʻo Wahi Pana PIG report by Committee member Kurokawa, Vice Chair Maikui, and 45 Council Member Kimball. Waipiʻo wahi pana PIG, Housing PIG and Lehua St. PIG dissolved 46 [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 35:35] 47 This item concluded at 6:20p.m. 48 2. General Plan Comments Discussion 49 This item was called to order at 6:22 p.m. 50 Jaerick Medeiros public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE STAMP 46:19] 51 Dante Orpiua public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 51:05] 52 Mezhu Lui public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 54:03] 53 Council Member Kimball discussed current Affordable Housing code Chapter 11. Committee 54 member Tawn Keeney suggested a broader discussion on Affordable Housing code [SEE 55 YOUTUBE STAMP 52:25] 56 Action Committee Members discussed submitting comments to the General Plan as a group. 57 Council Member Kimball suggests that all comments from the AC be submitted as a 58 complilation letter to the Director [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:02] 59 Mezhu Lui public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:18] 60 Committee members Nishimoto and Kurokawa discuss comments made to the General Plan 61 [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:20] 62 Jaerick Medeiros public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:24] 63 Committee member Tawn Keeney discusses comments made to the General Plan [SEE 64 YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:28] 65 Committee member Richard Bidelman motioned for AC to submit a letter by March 1, 2024 to 66 the Planning Director including all comments on Communication No. 2024-01 and any other 67 comments sent to Chair Meyer by January 19th. Motion seconded by comittee member Tawn 68 Keeney. Motion passed unanimously [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:36] 69 This item concluded at 7:15 p.m. 70 3. Status of Hāmākua Wildfire Plan & Status of Firewise Communities Initiative 71 This item was called to order at 7:18 p.m. 72 Mezhu Lui public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:40] 73 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/ CDP@hawaiicounty.gov Page 3 Marissa Haman public testimony Kamehameha School’s management areas near Kapehu Road 74 [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:41] 75 This item concluded at 7:24 p.pm. 76 Agenda item deferred to next meeting [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:39] 77 4. Emergency Routes Discussion 78 Agenda item deferred to next meeting [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:39] 79 5. Lehua Street Subdivision Sidewalk Funds Availability 80 Agenda item deferred to next meeting. [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:39] 81 6. Consideration of Public Access to Pāpaʻikou Landing Beach (Mill Road Beach) 82 Jaerick Medeiros public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:46] 83 Donald Rudny public testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:54] 84 Council Member Heather Kimball, AC members and community discussed subdivision and 85 public access to Pāpaʻikou beach [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:57] 86 PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 87 2:21:15] 88 1. Consideration of Public Access to Pāpaʻikou Landing Beach (Mill Road Beach) 89 2. Lehua Street Subdivision Sidewalk Funds Availability 90 3. Status of Hāmākua Wildfire Plan & Status of Firewise Communities Initiative 91 All other agenda suggetions should be emailed to Chair Meyer, Planning and Corporation 92 Counsel [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 2:16] 93 94 ADJOURNMENT: 95 Vice chair Mahealani Maikui motioned to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Committee 96 member Keeney. Motion passed with unanimous aye vote. The meeting was adjourned at 7:57 97 P.M. 98 These minutes and all related documents are available in the Planning Department’s Hāmākua 99 Community Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawaiʻi Public 100 Documents Repository. These documents may also be requested from the Planning Department 101 by calling (808) 961-8288 or emailing cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. 102 Communication No. 2024-02 Communication No. 2024-03 LEGEND (For Maps of the Mud Lane - Waipio - Honokaa Area): VIOLET LINE: Waipio Vally Rim proximate to Kukuihaele - 2005 General Plan proposes the County advocate to the State to build a Valley Rim Road for the Waipio Lookout to the Mud Lane entrance onto Highway 19 with multiple recreation or viewing areas. WHITE LINE: Mud Lane running from Kukuihaele Bypass Road to Highway 19 near Waimea. Also White is a side Jeep Road running from Mud Lane to the Old Waipio Lookout which the Hamakua CDP proposes for study as a pedestrian (?) bicycle access to a park on the Valley rim. RED LINE: Alternate access from Mud Lane to the Honokaa - Waipio Road. Cane Haul Road now gated. YELLOW LINE: Previous and Proposed Emergency access route from the Large Acreage Subdivision on the Waipio side of Mud Lane Mauna of the Eucalyptus Plantation to the Mauka Cane Haul Road and Honokaa. (Now blocked by private property ranching owner) BLUE LINE: Lower Cane Haul Road from Kukuihaele to Honokaa. There is a ‘bridge out’ on this Lower Cane Haul Road between Haina (below Honokaa) and Paauhau. The bridge on the Waipio side of the Power Plant below Honokaa I believe is intact but would need clearing. Communication No. 2024-04 LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT BY THE HAMAKUA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE FOR NOMINATION OF PROPERTIES TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION OF ACQUISITION BY COUNTY OF HAWAII This Letter is an expression by the Hamakua Community Development Plan Action Committee of concurrence toward the nomination of the Properties located at 27-920 Old Mamalahoa highway 27-870 Old Mamalahoa Highway and identiﬁed by Tax Map Key of 2-7-11:01 & 2-7-10:27, to the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Commissionfor consideration of acquisition by County of Hawaii. Each property is approximately 40 acresand owned by Na Aina Kai Botanical Garden (Kauai) and located in the Kawainui and OnomeaAhupua’a of the Big Island. It is found by this Hamakua CDP Action Committee that this nomination satisﬁes the intent of the Hamakua Community Development Plan in envisioning the collective goals of Hamakua’s future. Acquisition by the County of Hawaii of the properties identiﬁed, in service to the purposes and vision to which the PONC process is committed, also is found to serve those ideals which are inscribed in the Hamakua Community Development Plan. Those Ideals are described in the Introduction to the Hamakua CDP: Section 1.1.3: What does the Hamakua CDP do? — Protects coastal areas, agricultural land, and Mauka forests from development — Protects open space, areas with natural beauty, and scenic view planes — Guides the development of programs to strengthen protections for coastal and agricultural lands as well as open space and view planes — Preserves historic resources — Guides the restoration of historic sites and buildings, the retention of village and town character, and the documentation of oral, written and video histories — Guides the expansion of lands held in public trust — Ensures appropriate public access to the shoreline and Mauna forests — Guides the development of a regional network of trails — Guides collaborative stewardship and enhancement of coastal and forest ecosystems, cultural resources, agricultural lands, public access, and trails. This Hamakua Community Development Plan Action Committee identiﬁes that these foundational intentions of this Plan are remarkably well served by County of Hawaii acquisition toward the ideals embodied in the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Commission. This Hamakua Community Development Plan Action Committee enthusiastically endorses nomination of the properties described above to the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Commission process toward acquisition by the County of Hawaii. In service to the ideals of the Hamakua Community Development Plan, ________________, David Meyer, Chair, Hamakua CDP Action Committee Communication No. 2024-10