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Home My WebLink About2024-04-24 Ka'ū CDP Meeting Packet County of Hawai‘i KAʻŪ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720 (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 Mitchell D. Roth Mayor Jesse Ke Ka’ohinani Mokuhali’i Leina’ala Enos Babette Morrow Jason Masters, Vice Chair Pernell Hanoa, Chair Catherine Williams Kaweni Ibarra Vacant NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Kaʻū 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: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 TIME: 5:30 P.M IN PERSON LOCATION: Pahala Community Center 96 Kamani Street #1149 Pahala, HI 96777 ONLINE/ZOOM: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscemrrzwjGgyr3wG8KMgjfmFJBFohqB4 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 § 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 or in person at the Hilo or Kona Planning Department. 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. AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The Committee will consider approving the draft minutes from February 28, 2024. III. PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON AGENDA ITEMS: Pursuant to § 92-3, HRS, interested persons who want to provide oral testimony may do so now, or at the time the specific agenda item is called. Public testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes in length per agenda item. IV. BUSINESS: 1. Election of Committee Chairperson for 2024. 2. Testimony to Windward Planning Commission – Discussion and decision making if and how the committee will provide testimony to the Windward Planning Commission regarding the pending SMA application by Black Sands Beach, LLC (PL-SMA-2023-000046). 3. Overview of CDP Action Committee Purpose and Kaʻū 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 based off findings from the Kaʻū CDP document. V. AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: Action Committee members will discuss potential agenda items for the next meeting including revisiting topics from meetings that did not have a quorum. VI. CHAIRPERSON ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. VII. ADJOURNMENT This agenda and all related documents are available in the Planning Department’s Kaʻū Community Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawaiʻi Public Documents Repository: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?dbid=1&startid=88959 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 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. KAʻŪ CDP ACTION COMMITTEE Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 KAʻŪ CDP ACTION COMMITTEE 1 COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI 2 MINUTES 3 February 28, 2024 4 5 CALL TO ORDER 6 Vice-Chair Hanoa called the Kaʻū Community Development Plan Action Committee (AC) 7 meeting to order at 5:08 PM. This meeting was held in-person at St. Jude Church and online via 8 Zoom. Quorum was established at this meeting. 9 The YouTube video of this meeting can be found here: 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_IBS8Q7OEg&t=6s 11 ROLL CALL 12 AC Members Present (in person): Vice-Chair Pernell Hanoa, Babette Morrow, Catherine 13 Williams, Jesse Ke and Jason Masters 14 AC Members Absent-Excused: Kaweni Ibarra, Kaʻohinani Mokuhaliʻi, and Leinaʻala Enos 15 County Staff: Maryam Palma, Jessica Lahip, and Kawelo Kalili 16 County Officials: Deputy Corporation Counsel, Suzanna Tiapula 17 Members of the public: 8 in person and 13 via Zoom 18 APPROVAL OF MINUTES [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 3:42] 19 Committee Member Morrow made a motion to approve the August 23, 2023 minutes. Motion 20 seconded by Committee Member Masters. Motion passed with 5 votes aye, 0 votes nay. 21 Committee Member Morrow made a motion to approve the November 8, 2023 minutes. Motion 22 seconded by Committee Member Masters. Motion passed with 5 votes aye, 0 votes nay. 23 PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: 24 Michelle Galimba Public Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 34:40] 25 Bruna Mings Public Testimony Via Zoom [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 37:23] 26 John Replogle Public Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 39:39] 27 Guy Enriques Public Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 46:46] 28 Ronald Ebert Public Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:35:02] 29 Karen V Public Testimony Via Zoom [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:40:24] 30 Gwen Sorensen Public Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:43:37] 31 Sophia Hanoa Public Testimony [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:54:23] 32 BUSINESS: 33 1. Election of Committee Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for 2024 [SEE YOUTUBE 34 TIME STAMP 12:24] 35 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/ CDP@hawaiicounty.gov Page 2 Committee Member Williams made a motion to nominate Committee Member Hanoa for 36 Chairperson. Motion seconded by Committee Member Ke. Motion passed with 5 votes 37 aye, and 0 votes nay. 38 Committee Member Morrow made a motion to nominate Committee Member Masters for 39 Vice-Chairperson. Motion seconded by Committee Member Williams. Motion passed with 40 5 votes aye, and 0 votes nay. 41 42 2. Mass Transit Agency Updates on Multimodal Transportation Plan – Presentation by 43 Hawaiʻi County Administrator Victor Kandle [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 44 21:21] 45 Victor Kandle unable to attend meeting. Presentation postponed for a future meeting. 46 47 3. Drafted Mahana Bay Coastline Access Letter – Discussion and decision making on 48 whether to submit the drafted Mahana Bay Coastline Access letter to the Planning 49 Department’s Director [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 22:22] 50 Committee Member Morrow and Committee Member Masters formed a PIG to do research 51 and drafted a letter to Director Kern regarding their recommendations and concerns for 52 Mahana Bay. 53 Committee Member Morrow made a motion to submit draft letter with edits based on 54 testimony to Planning Director, Zendo Kern. Motion seconded by Committee Member 55 Williams. Motion passed with 5 votes aye, and 0 votes nay. 56 57 4. Hawaiian Language Immersion School Update – Presentation by Raylene Moses 58 [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:00:56] 59 Raylene Moses provided a presentation and update on starting a Hawaiian language 60 immersion school in Kaʻū. ʻO Kaʻū Kākou was named as a partner to help sponsor and 61 administer the early education program. The idea is to have a prekindergarten classroom, 62 which would be the initial component of this effort. The vision is to eventually have a 63 Hawaiian language immersion campus in Kaʻū. Kahuku Ranch was named as a potential 64 location. 65 66 5. Update on North Kohala Advisory Group [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 1:07:40] 67 Committee Member Morrow discussed the North Kohala Advisory Group, a former Action 68 Committee administered by the County, to inform fellow committee members of how they 69 operate. Planner Maryam Palma further discussed the differences between the North 70 Kohala Advisory Group and the Action Committee. Ms. Palma noted that she is working 71 on providing a refresher orientation with all Action Committees. 72 PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING [SEE YOUTUBE TIME STAMP 73 2:00:17] 74 1. Pahala Water Bottling facility discussion 75 2. Discussion with planning department about processing of development plans and 76 concerns from the public about public notification of upcoming projects 77 3. Solar Farms 78 4. Punaluʻu Testimony 79 5. General Plan Update 80 6. Egress/ingress Green Sands regarding Policy 1.18 Section 5.7.2 81 www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/ CDP@hawaiicounty.gov Page 3 ADJOURNMENT: 82 Committee Member Masters made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Committee 83 Member Williams. Motion passed 5 ayes; meeting adjourned at 7:12 PM. 84 These minutes and all related documents are available in the Planning Department’s Kaʻū 85 Community Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawaiʻi Public 86 Documents Repository. These documents may also be requested from the Planning Department 87 by calling (808) 961-8288 or emailing cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. 88