HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-27 KCDP Minutes Final
1 Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
2 County of Hawaii
3 Minutes
4 Meeting Date: February 27, 2013
5 Call to Order 2:00 pm
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6 Place: Kona Planning Conference Room. Bldg. E, 2 Floor
7 West Hawaii Civic Center
8 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway
9 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
10 Roll Call:
11 1. Members Present: Ken Melrose, George (Keoki) Schattauer Jr., Maralyn (Marni)
12 Herkes, Janice Palma-Glennie, Fritz Harris-Glade
13 2. Absent/Excused: Bob Ward, Bo Kahui, Matt Binder
14 3. Planning Department: Terry Dunlap, Keola Childs, Rosalind Newlon
15 4. Public in attendance: Jeff Zimpfer, Jane Clement, Tina Clothier, Peter Young,
16 Karen Eoff, Laura Dierenfield
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
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18 Karen Eoff provided public comment in support of public acquisition of the open zoned portion
19 of Ooma.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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21 Minutes of the Meeting of January 23, 2012 were circulated. A motion to approve made by
22 Marnie Herkes and seconded by Fritz Harris-Glade received unanimous approval. No
23 amendments were proposed to the agenda.
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BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
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26 Presentation by the Planning Department to discuss proposed amendments to Chapters 23
27 (Subdivision Code) and Chapter 25 (Zoning Code).
28 Issues centered around how to incorporate Village Design Guidelines (VDG) in both the
29 Subdivision and Zoning Codes.
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31 Planning Department made a presentation on street trees with a discussion to follow. A motion
32 to preparing a memo to the Planning Director supporting the concept of Street Trees as utilized
33 in the Village Design Guidelines was made by Fritz Harris-Glade and seconded by Marnie
34 Herkes was unanimously approved to send a letter to the Planning Director.
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36 A discussion on Ooma Beachside Village concerning a proposed motion prepared by Janice
37 Palma-Glennie was discussed. The motion is: The Kona CDP Action Committee supports and
38 encourages the County of Hawaii through its open Space Network Program to acquire the top
39 ranked acquisition priority being the 217 acre open zoned parcel TMK: (3) 7-3-09: 004 at
40 Ooma. This action is consistent with Policy LU-1.5 for Enhanced Shoreline Setback, Policy
41 LU-1.6 for a 17 mile Protected Coastline, Policy ENV-1.5 for Sensitive Resources, Policy ENV-
42 2.1 Open Space Network Program and Policy ENV-3.1 for Acquisition Priorities. This motion
43 does not reflect this groups opinion regarding the mauka parcel. Motion was made by Janice
44 Palma-Glennie and seconded by Fritz Harris-Glade. The vote was 4 yes and 1 no, the motion is
45 approved to send a letter to the Planning Director.
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47 Discussion on the General Plan included:
48 Updates occur every 5 years
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49 Reinforce concurrency issues
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50 General Plan to follow the Official Transportation Network Plan adopted by the KCDP
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51 Water protection (watershed)
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52 Smart Growth
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53 Island wide and not based on any one community. General Plan to follow the Public
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54 Facilities plan of the KCDP.
55 Use the General Plan to enforce the Open Space portion of the CDP and remove the open
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56 zoned portion of Ooma from the Urban zone on the LUPAG map.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
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60 Announcement: Matt Binder is moving outside of the Kailua-Kona area and will be resigning
61 his position on the KCDP Action Committee. Since Matt is currently the vice chair, a
62 replacement on an interim basis is needed. A motion by Ken Melrose, seconded by Fritz Harris-
63 Glade to assign Keoki Schattauer as vice chair was made and unanimously approved.
64 Outreach Report
65 Open space network is lacking a plan. The question is what do we need to do to get it
66 done? Marnie recommends that we need to define open space
67 in order to keep the context. No motion was offered.
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69 Economic Development
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70 Marnie noted that the Governor promised that University of Hawaii project in West Hawaii
71 would become a reality and the Governor sees a great future for everyone with this project.
72 Also, a discussion about benefits for public private partnerships as it pertains to Hospitals.
73 Employment figures are healthy. Board of Land and Natural Resources should be making a
74 recommendation on the contested case hearing for the thirty meter telescope (TMT) proposal on
75 Mauna Kea.
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77 Ken Melrose indicated that Mauna Kea Management Committee has asked him to serve on the
78 Design Review Committee for the thirty meter telescope (TMT).
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80 TOD Sub-Committee: no new discussions. Ken hopes we can have new discussions on the
81 improvement district for Kailua-Kona.
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83 Land Use, Environmental & Cultural Resources
84 Bob Ward provided a list with new items underlined. This was presented by Janine Palma-
85 Glennie. New volunteer for the sub-committee is Keoki Schattauer.
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87 Transportation Report
88 Bo Kahui was not present at this meeting. Ken Melrose will help by serving on the
89 transportation committee for an interim term. Bid for the mauka section of Laaloa street opened
90 and was they were substatially under budget. Hopefully this will open funding for additional
91 improvements.
92 Ken discussed different ways to fund all the roadways needed in town. Several connections
93 would make huge differences to the overall traffic bottlenecks.
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95 Planning Department commented that Alahou Street was under review by the County of Hawaii
96 for possible dedication and improvements to eventually open the street to Henry Street.
97 Janice Palma-Glennie noted that many people feel that building all the roads is not necessarily
98 the best possible approach as it opens land for development.
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100 Next meeting of the Kona CDP Action Committee is March 27, 2013.
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102 Next agenda to include: General Plan Comments, preliminary amendments to Chapters 23 & 25.
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104 Motion to adjourn: Fritz Harris-Glade Second by Keoki Schattauer vote unanimous.
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