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William P. Kenoi BJ Leithead Todd
Director
Mayor
Margaret Masunaga
Deputy Director
County of Hawai‘i
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE
Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
DRAFT Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Dan Taylor called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee
(AC) meeting to order at 3:06 p.m. in the Kea´au Community Center with the following persons
present:
Action Committee: Barbara Bell, Madie Greene, Keikialoha Kekipi, Patti Pinto, Oshi Simsarian, and
Dan Taylor.
Excused Absent: Farris Etterlee & René Siracusa
Unexcused Absent: Frank Commendador
Staff: Larry Brown, PCDP Project Manager.
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Members of the public: 8
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.Dan announced that Madie would be chairing this meeting of the PCDP AC.
2.Larry presented Barbara with a lei and a Certificate of Appreciation from the County of
Hawaiʻi signed by Mayor Kenoi in gratitude for her three years of service on the Puna CDP
Action Committee.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Barbara moved to approve the minutes as corrected of the October 9, 2012 meeting. Second
by Dan.
Motion passed with 5 votes aye and 1 abstain (Keiki)
NEW BUSINESS
1.Communication 2012-47: Aguinaldo 4, LLC Rezoning Application (REZ 12-159).
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Aguinaldo described the project he proposes to develop in the property being the subject of the
rezoning application and responded to questions from the AC.
Jon Olson and Robin Stetson articulated the support of the Pāhoa Regional Town Center Plan
Steering Committee (PRTCPSC) for the kidney dialysis and geriatric clinic being proposed as
well as the issues and concerns with the project location.
Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Dan moved to authorize the AC members (Dan, Madie, René and Oshi) to receive the
PRTCPSC comments & recommendations letter on the subject application and to
prepare and submit a recommendation letter to the Planning Director on behalf of the
entire AC. Second by Barbara.
Motion passed with 5 votes aye and 1 abstain (Keiki)
2.Pāhoa Regional Town Center Plan.
Jon Olson reported to the AC on the progress of the PRTCPSC and responded to questions
from the AC.
The second public input meeting on October 23 resulted in generally favorable
comments on most of the ideas generated by the Working Groups
Working Groups are being consolidated into a single group to begin work on drafting
plan elements.
3.Communication 2012-44: Mauka Subdivision Connectivity Location Criteria.
Public Testimony:
Patrice Macdonald testified against inter-subdivision roadway connectivity for
Hawaiian Acres.
Barbara moved to table Communication 2012-44 until the next AC meeting. Second by
Keiki.
Motion passed with 6 votes aye.
4.Communication 2012-45: Draft Environmental Assessment for Hawaii Natural Energy
Institute Electrolyzer-based Hydrogen Production System.
Barbara moved to file Communication 2012-45. Second by Patti.
Motion passed with 5 votes aye and 1 abstain (Keiki)
5.Communication 2012-46: Draft Comments on the B.T. Kuwahara, LLC Rezoning (REZ
12-155) and State Land Use Boundary Amendment (SLU 12-33) Applications.
Barbara moved to approve the comment letter to the Planning Director. Second by Patti.
Motion passed with 6 votes aye.
6.Communication 2012-41.1: Draft Comments on Environmental Assessment (EA) for
Pahoa Village Road Shopping Center and Related Roadway Improvements, Island of
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Hawaiʻi, TMK (3) 1-5-007:6, 69 & 70.
Patti moved to approve the comment letter to GK Environmental, LLC. Second by
Barbara.
Motion passes with 6 votes aye.
7.Mountain View Long Range Plan.
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Patti reported on the outcomes of the October 18 community meeting that was held to explore
the community interest in initiating a grass roots village center planning effort for Mt. View
and on subsequent actions in furtherance of that effort.
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71 attendees at the 10/18/12 meeting
44 of those attendees signed up to participate in the process
Started to compile an email list and set up a Yahoo Group website
First working group meeting held on November 8 to discuss possible village center
boundaries and to identify the Mt. View village service area
8.Volcano Long Range Plan.
Dan handed out a written Summary for Volcano Long Range Plan dated November 8, 2012.
He also described the proposed Volcano planning area the relationship of the village to the
surrounding forest and national park reserve areas. Drafters are currently in the process of
surveying the community to determine level of consensus for the plan.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1.Communication No. 2012-42.1: PCDP Action Priority List Revised.
Oshi explained the changes to the AC Priority List based on the input received at the October
meeting and responded to several questions asked by other Members. Members offered several
additional changes to the List that were discussed and agreed to.
Dan moved to accept the List with the agreed to changes as well as those from the
previous meeting shown in red. Second by Barbara.
Motion passed with 6 votes aye.
AGENDA REQUESTS FOR NEXT MEETING (December 11, 2012):
a.Puna mauka subdivisions connectivity
b.Aguinaldo rezoning comment letter report from PRTC subcommittee
c.AC chair and vice-chair nominations for the next year
d.Action Committee Priority List – What next?
e.Hara property acquisition support letter to PONC
ADJOURNMENT:
Dan moved to adjourn the meeting. Second by Patti.
Motion passed with 6 votes aye.
Meeting adjourned at 5:52 p.m.
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