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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-08-09 NKCDP Minutes Final NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES MEETING DATEAugust 9, 2010 TIME4:30 pm PLACEKohala Senior Center, Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaau, Hawaii 96755 ATTENDANCE 1.Members Present: Joe Carvalho, Marlene Ching, HermannFernandez, Susan Fischer,Ron Friman, Giovanna Gherardi, Collin Kaholo,Richard Liebmann,Bob Martin 2. Planning Department: Allen Salavea 3. Public Attendance:Toni Withington, Alan Axelrod, Kelly Pomeroy APPROVAL OF MINUTES–Minutes of June 14, 2010 meeting approved with corrections STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: none REPORTS TheLand Use Permit Activity Report was covered by Allen. Richard asked for clarification on the adult residential care home under AG zoning. Allen stated that he assumed this needs aspecial permit, Joe stated thatis requirement.Richard to look further into this question. Ron asked about the letter we received regarding Shoreline Public Access Plan. Allen stated this is managed by Larry Brown. We requested that Larry formalize the communication on future such projects and keepon this one. OLD BUSINESS Outreach at the Kohala County Fair: Joe needs us to pay him $11.00 for the booth application. Joe will not be able to attend the fair due to other commitments and Susan will work with Joe in the planning. He still needs volunteers for the booth. He will send out an email detailing the schedule and tasks that need to be completed. CIP Projects: Bob summarizedhis meeting with Pete Hoffmann. The form needed for applyingis currently unavailable and Bill 212 has not beenmade available in its final approved version on the COH website. The equine facility (item 6) will become eligible for consideration as soon as they secure the land. Zero Waste (item 3) is pending an environmental assessment. Road improvement (item 9) is in limbo. Hermann voiced concernsabout duplication of improvements requested at Mahukona Park. Kohala Preserve is already working with the Department of Parks and Recreation on certain improvements.The NKCDP AC does not want to submit a CIP project request for the same improvements.Giovanna assured him that our responsibility isto gather all pertinent data prior to taking action and to avoid duplication. OperatingGuidelinesfor NKCDP: Bob stated we are at the 90 day mark ofno response. A motion was made and unanimously approved that Bob and Joe setup a meeting with the Planning Directorfor September. Bob will follow through with this. 1 Proposed Website: Allen stated that the internal site is being moved from HCRC to the Planning Department. Joe agreed to support Allen with the website and Bob will be a back up support. Allen shared that it will be possible for community comments to be placed on the website;the procedure will need to bedeveloped. Ron suggested that we take pictures at the Fair and put them on the website, especially keiki photos. Joe and Ron will work this out and report back at our September meeting. Susan noted that affordable is spelled incorrectly and we need to send any corrections to Allen. All public documents that are presented at our meeting need to be given to Susan whohas taken on the role of our documentarian. She will scan and PDF the documents which will then be submitted to the website. Projected timeline for the website is December and definitely ready bythe January community meeting. Compiled Work Plans –Semi Annual Report: Allen stated the final printout will be 81/2 x 11 in size. He sees this as an informational brochure for the community and governmentalagencies. He is aiming for it to be ready for the community meeting in late January. Each subcommittee needs to finalize their work plans and document their accomplishments. The following timelinewas agreed upon: November 15 –all subcommitteescurrent work plans and summary of accomplishment submitted to Allen December 8 –reviewed at Action Committee meeting with sign off, final editing and approval December 15 –to the printer It was moved, seconded and unanimously approved that Bob will pen a message to be a key part of the report which will include the accomplishments of the Action Committee. He will have this ready at the November meeting for AC review. All subcommittees are responsible for sending changes to Allen as soon as they occur. NKCDP Subcommittee Reports Growth Management: Fencing has been installed at the school garden,the garden building will have a temporary roof, two small catchmentsunits are in and an 80,000 gallonreservoir is readyto be lined. Richard and other farmers have received an S.A.R.E. (Strategic Agriculture Research Education) grant to hire high school aged kids to work on local farms and gardens for a two year period –“growing farmers”. People have questioned the rezoning of 2 acre AG;they were concerned about what kind of a voicethe Growth ManagementSubcommitteehad in these issues. Giovanna stated we really need to educate the public about our role in rezoning. Richard stated the current subcommittee has an AGgrowth focus versus growth management. Richard and Hermann will establish a process to investigate land use issues. Allen will send them the monthly Land Use Permit Activity Report two weeks earlier which will aid Hermann and Richard to contact/interface with the landowners. Future agendas will include a report from Growth Management under the Land Use Report. Allen received several suggestions regarding the content and format of the report;he will take these into consideration and report back at the next meeting.Hermann will emailSusan the information that was circulated regarding the Union Mill rezoning application. Public Access: A letter has been sent to the Mayor encouraging him to purchase the 3 remaining lots at Kaiholena using supplemental grantand land trust money in addition to the Open Space Fund. Greg Mooers, the plannerrepresenting the landowner ofKohala Shoreline LLC makai of Kohala Ranch wants to rezone the land from RS-15 to AG 3 creating a 12 lot subdivision. An archeologist will review the archeological sites with the help of the subcommitteetoinsure that theyare identified so that house pads 2 and the public access trail can be placedaway from these cultural sites. This is amajor breakthrough on the part of a developercontacting and collaborating with the community.The county needs to be notified that Kapalama Heiau is on land owned by Pacific Plains Company, LLC, at Kapanai’a. The existingKapalama Heiau needs preservation along with the public access trail. Bob noted that there seems to be more collaboration going on between the community, landowners and the subcommittee, he will include this in his message for the annual report. Infrastructure: Giovanna with assistance from Toni will review all data related to Mahukona and Kapa’a Parks and present a summary of this data to the Action Committee. The data gathering will include whatcommitmentsthe Kohala Preserve has made with the County to do at Mahukona and Kapa’a parks.Regarding the boat ramp, Giovanna thanked the committee members for their input and she will review all available documents/sources to compile a list of pros and cons. She will gather data from the Army of Corp of Engineers and the County P&R regarding funding of the study of a boat ramp in North Kohala. The subcommittee hastakenonimproving the restrooms at Keokea, Kapa’a and Mahukona and will be gathering pertinent baseline data. Ron presented a report of the Keokea Park assessment visit with Bob Fitzgerald. Some improvements have been made. The subcommittee has sent aletter (thanks to Toni Withington) to the DWS acknowledging the replacement water reservoir on Kynnersley Roadand commenting on the improvements listed in the Environmental Assessment. This triggered a discussion regarding the protocol for subcommittee writing letters. It was agreed that subcommittees could write letters to department heads, Helco, etc. The agreed upon protocol -subcommittee pen a letter, send tothe Chair for review and post his approval,send outtheletter noting the specific subcommittee and the individual signing it should use their PO Box. It was moved, seconded and unanimously approved thatthe Chairwill be responsible for signingall letters going to the Mayor, the Planning Director and the County Council. Affordable Housing: Susan shared information about the recent meeting promoting scenic values of Kohala. Workplans for the CDP Viewplane Protection Program investigative subcommittee were distributed. Planners from the State DOT scenic byways program would like to help Kohala get a designation of a scenic-historic corridor initially along Akoni Pule Highway and eventually including the Kohala Mountain Road. Bob commented that he is not sure the community wants the scenic byways with its focus on tourism.Susan needs us tohelp her identify people in the community who would be interested in the ViewPlane Protection work. Hermann asked how a viewplane plan might interact with AGland, referring to the example of tall windbreak trees of Kohala Nursery blocking neighboring views. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: Toni Withington talked about the collaboration of the community with the archeologist hired by Kohala Shoreline LLC before his report is written as a major breakthrough in cooperation. She also said Kako’o has written aletter to the Planning Department and the State Historic Preservation Division regarding the identification of Kapalama Heiau on Kapanai’a subdivision land. NEXT MEETING Date: Monday, September 13, 2010 Place:Kohala Senior Center 3 Time:4:30 pm to 6:30pm Agenda: Land Use Activity Report –Allen, Hermann and Richard Operating Guidelines -Bob Website –Allen Photographs from the fair for the website –Joe and Ron Annual Report –Allen Subcommittee Reports Proposed design for the community meeting –Giovanna ADJOURNMENT–there being no further business, it was moved, seconded and unanimously approved the meeting be adjourned at 6:35 pm. 4