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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
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County of Hawaii
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MINUTES
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Meeting Date: April 25, 2012
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Call to Order: 2:03 pm
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Place: Kona Planning Department Conference Room
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West Hawai‘i Civic Center
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County of Hawaii Planning Department, Bldg E, 2 Floor
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74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway
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Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
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Roll Call:
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1Members Present: Ken Melrose, Maralyn (Marni) Herkes, Matthew (Matt) Binder,
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Robert (Bob) Ward, Janice Palma-Glennie, Bo Kahui
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2Absent/Excused;, Fritz Harris-Glade
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3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado
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4Public in attendance: Peter Young, Michele Otake, Jeff Zimpfer
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
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None
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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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Minutes of the Meeting of December 14, 2011 were circulated. Marni Herkes motioned to
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approve and Bob Ward seconded. Unanimous approval given.
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At the request of the Members the Sub-Committee Reports would be heard first. Unanimous
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agreement was given for the request.
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BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
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1. Sub-Committee Reports
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Outreach
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Matt Binder opened for discussion the possibility of the Action Committee providing
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testimony and or discussion with members of the County Council regarding a motion
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passed during the last meeting regarding Impact Fees. The Action Committee requested
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that prior to any testimony or discussions with the County Council that the motion should
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be sent to them via letter thru the Planning Department. The Action Committee
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authorized the Chair to sign the letter. The letter should follow the language passed
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within the motion.
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Discussion then moved on to the need for ideas and issues to interest the media in
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covering the KCDP. The Committee members were asked to think of stories and once
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these ideas would be “fleshed out” they would need to be cleared/okay’d by the Planning
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Department before the media could be contacted. Possible stories include: start with CDP
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guiding principles, web-site navigation, Judiciary Site Location, TOD education, bike
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lanes, economics of south Kona, open space network, phase I of Ane Keohokalole,
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complete streets, Forest City/Kamakana Villages (1 KCDP TOD/Affordable Housing
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Project).
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The White Paper – Matt and Marni are working on updating.
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Discussion regarding the KCDP web-site and what is available and how to access the web-
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site. Staff confirmed that all text documents (such as the minutes and agendas) are
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accessible thru the Laserfiche link but any picture documents are still located on the
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KCDP web-site.
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Economic Development
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Sub-Committee provided updates on the activities of the Court House, University, the
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University Road, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce (and their sub-committees; energy,
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sustainability, health care, education, employment), new Hospital Site selection, Kona
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Judiciary site selection and the County’s Electric Car fleet.
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The sub-Committee was asked to connect/interact with organizations such as the Farm
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Bureau, or the other Ag Organizations. The importance of getting these interactions
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started are even more important in South Kona because of the impending changes with the
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University and Judiciary moving north.
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TOD Owner Coordination
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Staff Provided the Sub-committees with a list of TMKs located within the TODs.
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Discussing with the Department issues that have been occurring or applications within the
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TODs to identify the possible solutions.
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Land Use, Environmental & Cultural Resources
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Discussion occurred of how the Department addresses time extension requests for Change
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of Zone or Special Management Area Major Use Permits in relation to the implementation
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of the CDP. For time extension requests that need to go thru the public hearing process
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comments are made for what the CDP identifies or addresses. How institutionalized the
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CDP is within the Department?
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The Action Committee requested that the sub-committee report be forwarded on to the
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Planning and Administrative Permit Divisions of the Planning Department.
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Discussion with the Deputy Directors of the Finance Department and Planning
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Department to address the 98 K for possible use.
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Transportation and Public Facilities
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The sub-committee head discussed priority projects with the DPW Director Warren Lee; a
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comprehensive approach to the makai arterial parkway, a continuation of mauka-makai
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connectors, Ali‘i Drive Improvements addressed in a comprehensive plan, and advance
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preliminary planning for Ane Keohokalole full build-out for multi-modal/complete street
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design and construction.
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The Action Committee discussed the update of the Saddle Road improvements.
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Kamakana Villages broke ground on the makai end of Manawalea .
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The sub-committee discussed the need to integrate the Updated Figure Trans 4-2b –
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Official Transportation Network Map – for Bicycle and Pedestrian pathways into the
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design professionals and government officials thoughts and plans, “institutionalized”.
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2. Open Space Network.
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The Action Committee discussed the need to identify and quantify the Open Space definition
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in relation to the open space which is to surround the TODs. Another question to be
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addressed, for large TODs or multiple owners, is there to be open space to surround the
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individual owners planned areas or just the over-all TOD.
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The Land Use Sub-Committee asked staff to provide a set of maps similar to what was
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provided to the TOD Owner Coordination Sub-Committee. Staff requested that the sub-
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committee provide a list of what layers/information that the maps are to show and to what
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level the maps should be “drawn down to”.
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3. KCDP Implementation.
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
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None
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Next Meeting May 23, 2012 – Planning Conference Room – WHCC
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Possible Agenda Items: Nominations for Chair & Vice-Chair,
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Public Hearing Meeting at the WHCC Community Hale at 5:00 regarding the Budget on Tuesday,
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May 1
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ADJOURNMENT:
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Meeting adjourned at 4:05 pm
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Respectfully submitted,
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Deanne Bugado, Planner
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A T T E S T:
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Ken Melrose, Chair
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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
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