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<br /> <br />Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee <br />1 <br />‘ <br />County of Hawaii <br />2 <br />MINUTES <br />3 <br />Meeting Date: October 24, 2012 <br />4 <br />Call to Order: 2:10 pm <br />5 <br />Place: Kona Liquor Conference Room. Bldg B, 2nd Floor <br />6 <br />West Hawai‘i Civic Center <br />7 <br />74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway <br />8 <br />‘ <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br />9 <br />Roll Call: <br />10 <br /> <br />1Members Present: Ken Melrose, George (Keoki) Schattauer Jr., Maralyn (Marni) <br />11 <br />Herkes, Bo Kahui (left @ 3:50), Robert (Bob) Ward, Janice Palma-Glennie <br />12 <br /> <br />2Absent/Excused:, Fritz Harris-Glade, Matthew (Matt) Binder <br />13 <br /> <br />3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, BJ Leithead Todd (left @ 3:50) <br />14 <br /> <br />4Public in attendance: Laura Dierenfield, Robert Freitas Jr., (the following attendees <br />15 <br />left @ 3:50) Peter Young, Steve Bowles, David Barnes, Jeff Zimpfer, Jon Jokiel, <br />16 <br />Kaleo Manuel, Britt Craven, Imiola Lindsey, Ken Kawahara, Riley Smith, LeeAnn <br />17 <br />Crabbe, Dru Kanuha, Race Randle, , Kyle Chock, Jim Heid, Jim Greenwell, Roger <br />18 <br />Harris, Quirino Antonio, <br />19 <br />PRESENTATIONS <br />20 <br />National Park Service <br />21 <br />Jeff Zimpfer and Jon Jokiel, rangers from the National Park Service provided the Action <br />22 <br />Committee an overview of the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. The discussion <br />23 <br />provided information on the establishment of the park, the biological and cultural resource of the <br />24 <br />park, activities currently taking place in the park and external threats to the park’s biological and <br />25 <br />cultural resources. Many of the programs and services are structured based on the document <br />26 <br />“The Spirit of Kaloko-Honokohu.” The document can be found on the web-site <br />27 <br />www.nps.gov/kaho. <br />28 <br /> <br /> <br />Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park is an area of cultural and natural significance <br />29 <br />in North Kona comprising the makai portions of the Kohanaiki, Kaloko, Honokohau and <br />30 <br />Kealakehe ahupuaa. <br />31 <br /> <br /> <br />The park contains two ancient Hawaiian fishponds, wetlands, more than 185 anchialine <br />32 <br />pools, coral reefs and archeological sites. <br />33 <br /> <br /> <br />The park is being developed as a living park with activities that are based on real Hawaiian <br />34 <br />cultural programs and activities to allow local and visitors alike to experience and learn <br />35 <br />about the Hawaiian culture and way of life. <br />36 <br />Questions and Comments include: <br />37 <br /> <br /> <br />Results of the Water Quality monitoring that has been/is being collected by the Park – the <br />38 <br />trend analysis – it was requested that those analysis be shared. It was further suggested <br />39 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br /> <br />