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HĀMĀKUA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1
ACTION COMMITTEE 2
COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI 3
DRAFT MINUTES 4
April 10, 2024 5
CALL TO ORDER 6
Chair David Meyer called the Hāmākua Community Development Plan (CDP) Action Committee 7
(AC) to order at 5:05 p.m. A quorum was established with six members in attendance. This meeting 8
was held in person at the Paʻauilo Gym Annex and via the Zoom online platform. 9
The full YouTube video of this meeting can be found here: 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivnqkzk5L-Q 11
ROLL CALL 12
Members Present (in person): Richard Bidleman, Tawn Keeney, David Meyer (Chair) and 13
Mahealani Maikui (Vice-Chair). 14
Members Present (via Zoom) Brad Kurokawa and Robert Nishimoto. 15
County Staff Present (in person): Janice Hata and Jessica Lahip. 16
County Staff Present (via Zoom): Maryam Palma 17
There were 0 members of the public in attendance. 18
APPROVAL OF MINUTES [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 2:40] 19
Committee Member Tawn Keeney motioned to approve the February 12, 2024 meeting minutes. 20
Vice-Chair Mahealani Maikui seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 21
Committee Member Richard Bidleman motioned to approve the March 13, 2024 meeting minutes. 22
Committee Member Tawn Keeney seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 23
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: 24
There were no public comments on the agenda items. 25
BUSINESS 26
1. Discussion of Implementation Priorities for 2024 27
This item was called to order at 5:11p.m. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 7:24] 28
Planning Department Staff Maryam Palma presented on the Hāmākua CDP Implementation 29
Priorities for 2024 and reviewed the results from the Google Form survey, which had been 30
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distributed to the AC prior to the meeting. There was a discussion among the AC members 31
regarding potential actions they were interested in pursuing. The AC also discussed whether a 32
Permitted Interaction Group (PIG) would be beneficial to the various implementation actions. 33
This item concluded 6:48 p.m. 34
2. Letter to the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization 35
This item was called to order at 6:48 p.m. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 1:44:34] 36
Committee Member Tawn Keeney led the discussion on sending a letter to the Hawaiʻi Wildfire 37
Management Organization (HWMO) regarding the Hāmākua Wildfire Preparedness Plan. 38
Committee Member Tawn Keeney made a motion to send a letter to HWMO as an Action 39
Committee. Chair David Meyer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 40
This item concluded at 6:54 p.m. 41
3. Draft General Plan 2045 Permitted Interaction Group 42
This item was called to order at 6:54 p.m. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 1:50:19] 43
Committee Member Tawn Keeney proposed to establish a Permitted Interaction Group (PIG) to 44
prepare AC comments on the Final Recommended Draft General Plan. Committee Members Tawn 45
Keeney and Brad Kurokawa volunteered to work together on preparing AC comments for the Final 46
Recommended Draft General Plan. 47
This item concluded at 7:03 p.m. 48
AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING 49
[SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 1:59:18] 50
1. Continue discussion on implementation priorities for 2024 51
2. Kolekole Bridge repair update 52
3. Possible presentation from Committee Member Robert Nishimoto 53
ANNOUNCEMENTS 54
[SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 2:04:30] 55
The Planning Department is currently seeking applicants for the Hāmākua CDP Action 56
Committee. 57
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ADJOURNMENT 61
Committee Member Richard Bidleman motioned to adjourn the meeting. Committee Member 62
Brad Kurokawa seconded the motion. An all-in-favor voice vote carried the motion unanimously. 63
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. 64
These minutes and all related documents are available in the Planning Department’s Hāmākua 65
Community Development Plan Action Committee folder via the County of Hawaiʻi Public 66
Documents Repository. These documents may also be requested from the Planning Department 67
by calling (808) 961-8288 or emailing cdp@hawaiicounty.gov. 68