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Home My WebLink About2024-04-16 KCDP Meeting Packet County of Hawai‘i KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720 (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer planning@hawaiicounty.gov Mitchell D. Roth Mayor John Pelletier Gary Jaster Heather Korotie Vacant Charles Young, Chair Nancy Pisicchio, Vice-Chair Marisa Bankston David Huerta Roselyn Molina NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Kona Community Development Plan (CDP) Action Committee in accordance with the provisions of Section 92-7, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (HRS). This meeting will be held in-person at the location listed in this notice and by Interactive Conference Technology (ICT) through Zoom. DATE: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 TIME: 12:00 P.M. IN PERSON LOCATION: West Hawaiʻi Civic Center, B2 Conference Room 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 ONLINE/ZOOM: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsceytpjsrG3TH4F4zXYRXxY8mmSkl0ls NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The public may provide oral testimony at the meeting by joining Zoom or attending in-person at the physical location listed above. Although not required, to register in advance for oral testimony please contact staff at cdp@hawaiicounty.gov or (808) 961-8288. Pursuant to Section 92-3, HRS, interested persons who want to provide oral testimony may do so either at the time the committee takes public statements on the agenda, or at the time the specific agenda item is called. Please note that public testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes in length per agenda item. In addition, although not required, to ensure timely delivery of written testimony to committee members, it is requested that written testimony be submitted by 4:30 p.m. at least two business days prior to the meeting via email to cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. When submitting written testimony, please specify for which agenda item written testimony is being submitted. All written testimony will be a part of the public record. NOTICE REGARDING INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY (ICT): A meeting held by ICT shall be automatically recessed for up to 30 minutes to restore communication when audiovisual communication cannot be maintained with all members participating in the meeting or with the in-person location identified in this notice. The meeting may reconvene when either audiovisual communication is restored, or audio-only communication is established after an unsuccessful attempt to restore audiovisual communication. If it is not possible to reconvene the meeting as provided in this subsection within 30 minutes after an interruption to communication, the meeting will be automatically terminated. Page 2 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer planning@hawaiicounty.gov AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The Action Committee will consider approving the draft minutes for the Kona CDP Action Committee Meeting on March 19, 2024. III. PUBLIC TESTIMONY 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 portion of the agenda or just 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). IV. BUSINESS: 1. Kealakehe Regional Park Update – Committee member John Pelletier will provide update on Kealakehe Regional Park. 2. Overview of CDP Action Committee Purpose and Kona CDP Implementation Priorities for 2024 – Brief presentation by Planning Department staff on the background and purpose of the CDP Action Committee. Discussion to establish which implementation projects the committee will pursue in 2024 from findings in the Kona CDP document. 3. Draft General Plan 2045 Timeline – Update and Q&A by Planning Department staff. V. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: Action Committee members will discuss potential agenda items for the next meeting. VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. KOSN Update – Update on KOSN from Vice-Chair, Nancy Pisicchio. VII. ADJOURNMENT This agenda and all related documents are available in the Planning Department’s Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawaiʻi Public Documents Repository: hhttps://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/Browse.aspx?dbid=1&startid=9059&row=1&cr=1. These documents may also be requested from the Planning Department by calling (808) 961-8288 or emailing cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. 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 business days prior to the meeting. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, other reasonable modification, or language interpretation to access this meeting please contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 or cdp@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible, but no later than five business days prior to the meeting Page 3 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer planning@hawaiicounty.gov date, to arrange for accommodations. If a response is received after the five-business days deadline, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. “Other reasonable modification” refers to communication methods or devices for people with disabilities who are mentally and/or physically challenged. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy. If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. (Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i County 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 administrative 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 KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE 1 Tuesday, March 19, 2024 2 DRAFT Meeting Minutes 3 4 CALL TO ORDER 5 Chair Charlie called the Kona Community Development Plan (KCDP) Action Committee (AC) 6 to order at 12:06 PM. Quorum was established at this time. This meeting was held online via 7 Zoom, and in-person at the West Hawai’i Civic Center, B2 Conference Room. 8 The YouTube video of this meeting can be found here: 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjSPo58kLc 10 ROLL CALL 11 AC Members Present: Charles Young (Chair), Nancy Pisicchio (Vice Chair), and John Pelletier 12 AC Members Present via Zoom: David Huerta, Gary Jaster, Heather Korotie and Roselyn Molina 13 AC Member Left Early: Gary Jaster 12:59 P.M. & David Huerta 2:00 P.M. 14 Unexcused Absence: Marisa Bankston 15 County Staff: Planners – Janice Hata, Jessica Lahip and Kawelo Kalili 16 County Staff Present via Zoom: Maryam Palma 17 Approximately 7 members of the of the public attended the meeting 4 in person and 3 (via 18 Zoom) 19 County Officials: Deputy Corporation Counsel – Jean Campbell (via Zoom and left early 12:59 20 P.M.) 21 22 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 23 Committee member John Pelletier motioned to approve the February 6, 2024 minutes. Motion 24 seconded by committee member David Huerta. Motion passed unanimously. [SEE YOUTUBE 25 TIMESTAMP 5:17] 26 27 PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: 28 At 12:13 P.M., Chair Young called for statements from the public. There was 1 member of the 29 public in attendance to provide testimony: 30 Steve Holmes testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 7:28] 31 Janice Palma Glennie late testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 2:09:04] 32 Testimony closed at 12:25 P.M. 33 BUSINESS: 34 35 1. S.B No. 2058 Relating to Neighborhood Boards 36 This item was called to order at 12:26 P.M. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 20:00] 37 Vice Chair Nancy Pisicchio gives update on S.B. 2058. Senator Carol Rose deferred S.B. 2058 38 due to a problem with title. Vice Chair Pisicchio makes a motion to request to the Planning 39 Director to have an island wide CDP meeting, seconded by committee member Pellitier. Motion 40 passed unanimously. 41 This item concluded at 12:32 P.M. 42 43 2. Draft General Plan Comments Discussion 44 This item was called to order at 12:32 p.m.[SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 24:00] 45 Vice Chair Pisicchio speaks on the Draft General Plan and the Kona CDP trying to adopt TOD 46 policies. She also speaks of having 4 amendments to strengthen the Draft General Plan as it lacks 47 implementation mechanisms. 48 1st Amendment: Committee member Pelletier motions to propose amendment to table 6 on the 49 Draft General Plan by adding TOD and TND to the list of “GP Designation,” seconded by 50 committee member Korotie. Motion passes unanimously. 51 2nd amendment: Committee member Pelletier motions to amend Land Use Map 3 on the Draft 52 General Plan display the TOD’s and TND designations that have been identified on the Kona 53 CDP Land Use Map (figure 4.7), seconded by Vice Chair, Pisicchio. Motion passes unanimously. 54 3rd amendment: Committee member Pelletier motions to amend Land Use Map 3 on the Draft 55 General Plan newly proposed High Density Urban area above Old Airport instead be designated 56 as TODs, motion seconded by Vice Chair Pisicchio. Motion passes unanimously. 57 4th amendment: Committee member Pelletier motions that on page 43 on the Draft General Plan 58 to include more descriptive language defining TODs as mentioned in the Kona CDP, seconded 59 by Committee member Korotie. Motion passes unanimously. 60 Jean Thompson Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE STAMP 27:00] 61 This item concluded at 1:00 P.M. 62 63 3. Integrated Wastewater Management Plan Presentation [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 64 54:29 65 This item was called to order at 1:00 P.M. 66 Director, Ramzi Mansour from the County of Hawai’i Department of Environmental 67 Management gave a presentation on the Integrated Wastewater Management Plan via Zoom. 68 Committee members shared concerns on Cesspool Priority 1, 2 and 3 areas in Kona. In addition, 69 Chair Young shares concerns of natural resources, fish, and aquatic life. 70 Steve Holmes Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 1:42:45] 71 This item concluded at 2:01 P.M 72 73 4. Kealakehe Regional Park Update 74 This item was called to order at 2:00 P.M. 75 Member Pelletier gives update on Kealakehe Regional Park update. He reached out to the 76 Department of Parks and Recreation on status of EA but has not been able to get response. 77 Committee member Pelletier makes a motion to invite Department of Parks and Recreation to the 78 next Kona CDP AC meeting to give an update on Kealakehe Regional Park, seconded by Vice 79 Chair Pisicchio. 80 This item concluded at 2:15 P.M. 81 82 AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 2:11:40] 83 Committee discussed agenda items for the next meeting. 84 Vice Chair Pisicchio to give update on KOSN 85 Parks and Recreation to give presentation/update on Kealakehe Regional Park 86 87 ANNOUNCEMENTS: [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 2:13:50] 88 The Planning department provided a couple announcements. 89 Janice from the Planning Department provided an update on the Draft General Plan. Jean 90 Campbell is the new Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Kona CDP Action Committee. 91 92 ADJOURNMENT: 93 Committee member Pelletier motioned to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Chair 94 Young, Motion passed with unanimous aye vote. The meeting was adjourned at 2:21 P.M. 95 These minutes and all related documents are available in the Planning Department’s Kona 96 Community Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawaiʻi Public 97 Documents Repository. These documents may also be requested from the Planning Department 98 by calling (808) 961-8288 or emailing cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. 99