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KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1
ACTION COMMITTEE 2
COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI 3
DRAFT MINUTES 4
July 23, 2024 5
CALL TO ORDER 6
Chair Young called the Kona Community Development Plan (CDP) Action Committee (AC) 7
meeting to order at 2:47 p.m. A quorum was established with five members in attendance. This 8
meeting was held in person at the West Hawai’i Civic Center, C1 Conference Room and online 9
via the Zoom platform. 10
The full YouTube video of this meeting can be found here: 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oDJiDQ1k2Q 12
ROLL CALL 13
Members Present (in person): Charles Young (Chair), Nancy Pisicchio (Vice-Chair), and David 14
Hureta 15
Members Present (via Zoom): Heather Korotie and John Pelletier 16
Members Absent: Gary Jaster and Roselyn Molina 17
County Staff Present (in person): Jessica Lahip and Kawelo Kalili 18
County Staff Present (via Zoom): April Surprenant (Planning Department Long Range Division 19
Manager) and Deputy Corporation Counsel, Jean Campbell 20
There were approximately 12 members of the public in attendance (2 in person and 10 via 21
Zoom). 22
Chair Young read a Hawaiian proverb. “ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi. All knowledge is 23
not taught in the same school. One can learn from many sources.” [SEE YOUTUBE 24
TIMESTAMP 3:30] 25
APPROVAL OF MINUTES 26
Vice-Chair Pisicchio moved to approve the minutes of the May 21, 2024 meeting. Committee 27
Member Huerta seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Vice Chair Pisicchio 28
moved to approve the minutes of the June 25, 2024 meeting. Committee Member Huerta 29
seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 3:50] 30
KONA CDP ACTION COMMITTEE
Minutes of July 23, 2024 2
BUSINESS 31 32
1. Submitted letter to County Council – Discussion of submitted letter regarding the Kona Three, 33 LLC Rezone Application (PL-REZ-2022-000033). [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 6:40] 34
Chair Young discussed his submission of the letter to Council and his experience attending the 35
Council meeting to read the letter on behalf of the AC. The letter addressed the Cultural 36 Resources Commission (CRC) and issues of flooding and concurrency related to the Kona CDP. 37 Chair Young shared three highlights from the meeting. First, the Deputy Planning Director 38 indicated that the County has accepted the conditions proposed by the developer regarding the 39 decision to proceed with the project. Secondly, the developer asserted that the CDP does not 40
apply to their proposal because it is not within a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) area. 41 Lastly, the Leeward Planning Commission submitted a negative report, not due to a vote, but 42 because they ran out of time in their last meeting. The AC members discussed the process for 43 similar future actions and reached a consensus. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 7:10] 44
Daryn Arai provided public testimony. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 17:70] 45
Cheryl Tanguay provided testimony. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 18:31] 46
2. Inquiries to Department of Parks and Recreation – Discussion and potential decision 47
making regarding Old Airport District Park, Kealakehe Regional Park, and Nāpoʻopoʻo Park. 48
[SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 22:00] 49
Committee member Korotie updated the AC regarding submitted letters to Parks and Recreation 50 regarding Old Airport Park and Nāpoʻopoʻo Park. There has been no correspondence back from 51 Parks and Recreation. Heather plans to connect with Planning staff on how best to follow up 52
with the inquiries. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 22:25] 53 54 Committee member Pelletier has not gotten a response back from Parks and Recreation and 55 discussed the most recent update. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 22:58] 56 57
The AC discussed the next steps and agreed to add this item to the next agenda. [SEE YOUTUBE 58
TIMESTAMP 24:25] 59 60 3. Vote for a Permitted Interaction Group – Discussion and decision making on whether to 61
form a Permitted Interaction Group regarding a County Council Election Candidate Forum. [SEE 62
YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 26:43] 63
Vice Chair Pisicchio provided her rationale for requesting this item. The Corporation Counsel 64
advised the AC to take precaution for holding a forum for council candidates to provide their 65
positions on policies in the KCDP. This can easily be interpreted as a campaigning opportunity, 66
which is not permissible by the County. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 27:00] 67
KONA CDP ACTION COMMITTEE
Minutes of July 23, 2024 3
Vice Chair Pisicchio moved to form a Permitted Interaction Group to explore the possibility of 68
the Kona CDP AC to host a candidate forum before the general election. The motion was 69
seconded by committee member Pelletier. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 30:10] 70
Corporation Counsel explained in detail the procedure for forming a Permitted Interaction 71
Group. The AC discussed if creating a Permitted Interaction Group was feasible considering time 72
limitations. Vice Chair Pisicchio moves to withdraw her motion to form a Permitted Interaction 73
Group. Committee member Pelletier approves. Vice Chair Pisicchio and committee member 74
Pelletier will work together with Corporation Council to investigate the possibility of hosting a 75
candidate forum. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 31:35] 76
4. Tree City USA – Discussion and decision making if the Committee is interested in 77
researching how the County of Hawaiʻi could attain the Tree City USA designation from The 78
Arbor Day Foundation. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 40:20] 79
1. Committee member Korotie spoke about her interest in investigating the history and 80
possible implementation of the Tree City USA designation for Hawaiʻi County. The AC 81 discussed putting this item on the next agenda to give time for more research and 82 decision making relative to specific areas in the Kona CDP. Heather agreed to prepare 83 that for the next meeting. [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 40:40] 84 85 AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: [SEE YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP 44:25] 86 87 1. Tree City USA 88 2. Resources for the AC to Stay Updated with Other County Agencies and Notices 89 3. Discussion with the Chairman of the Cultural Resources Commission 90
4. Update for Kealakehe Regional Park, Nāpoʻopoʻo Park and Old Airport District Park 91 92 ADJOURNMENT 93
Committee member Hureta moved to adjourn this meeting. Vice-Chair Pisicchio seconded the 94
motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 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