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NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES
MEETING DATE February 11, 2013
TIME 5:02 pm
PLACE County Facility (former Bank of Hawai‘i Building), 54-3888
Akoni Pule Highway, Kohala, Hawaii 96755
ATTENDANCE
1. Members Present: Joe Carvalho, Collin Kaholo, Hermann Fernandez, Frank Cipriani, Jon
Adams and Susan Fischer.
2. Members absent: Christopher “Keone” MacKillop and John Winter
Also present was Project Manager Rosalind Newlon from the Office of the Hawai’i County
Planning Department.
3. Public Attendance: Toni Withington, Jojo Tanimoto, Jesse C. Wells, Lynda Wallach and
Council Member Margaret Wille.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: None.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS:
1. Minutes of the January 14, 2013 meeting were deferred until the next AC meeting.
REPORTS
1. NKCDP AC SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Growth Management: Hermann Fernandez reported that the Subcommittee
reviewed one application which was a consolidation and resubdivision submitted by
Surety Kohala for 14 lots. Hermann presented a vicinity map and aerial photograph
with proposed location of the 14 lots.
b. Public Access: Joe Carvalho provided the following updates for Public Access
activities in support of Strategies 2.1, 2.4 and 2.5: at Hapu’u, public access education
is being used to help steward the land; at Halelua, property owner is agreeing to a
grant of easement for coastal property; at Kauhola Lighthouse a community survey
was done by Maikai Ka Makani O Kohala Board of Directors to get more input on the
management/stewardship on the property – a community meeting is scheduled for
April 16 to discuss the results; and there are plans to plant naupaka at Upolu Airport.
c. Parks and Water Improvement – Toni Withington reported that the Subcommittee
has decided on a new name of Water, Parks and Roads. Toni reported that the
Subcommittee met with people from the Rural Water Program and they will be
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scheduling a meeting for March 4 to solicit comments about water problems. The
Subcommittee is focusing on water problems associated with leaks and spaghetti
lines in support of Strategy 4.5.
d. Power, View Planes and Erosion Control – Susan Fischer reported on the
comments that have been received to date concerning the new LED streetlights, in
support of Strategy 4.8; she said that two comments stated that they were located
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too far apart and the lighting did not cover, so more were added. Another comment
requested information on who pays for streetlights, and Susan said if it is a private
road the developer pays, if the internal roads are dedicated to the County, the
County pays, and the State pays along State roads.
e. Affordable Housing – Collin Kaholo said that the Subcommittee is looking at one
site right now for affordable housing that is state-owned property that is used by the
county. Collin said that they are trying to get a developer interested in the site.
f. Agriculture: Frank Cipriani said there was no subcommittee meeting last month
and provided a brief update of the projects that they were working on which included:
strategically sited agricultural lands; the aquaponics program along with the ATTOL
program for students age 16 and up; and Frank said that they are looking into the
USDA farm to school program which offers funding opportunities and is seeking
interest from local farmers in support of Strategies 1.4 and 1.5.
NEW BUSINESS:
2. DISCUSS PROCEDURE FOR NKCDP AC CORRESPONDENCE (10 Minutes) - The
NKCDP AC Members will discuss the procedures for preparing and sending
correspondence. There was a written statement presented from John Winter that the
AC correspondence be addressed to intended recipients and cc’d to the Planning
Director. A discussion followed on the current procedures for AC correspondence
which requires that the AC correspondence go through the Planning Director. A
suggestion was made to add the names of the AC members onto the letterhead.
Planning department staff member, Rosalind Newlon, said that she would look into that
for the AC members.
3. REVIEW 2013 IMPLEMENTATION WORK PLANS DEVELOPED BY THE NKCDP AC
SUBCOMMITTEES - this time was tabled until the next AC meeting.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: Toni Withington said in response
to the AC correspondence that there were delays in one letter that was presented last June
and that letters take longer than week to be mailed out and said that the Action Committee
needs to be able to respond faster. Council Member Margaret Wille said that the agricultural
subcommittee should move to where the people are and that she would like to see them
disseminate information on agritourism or issues that are coming up on state level that are
specific to agricultural sustainability and other issues that are important. Jojo Tanimoto
thanked the AC members for tonight’s meeting. Toni Withington said that the AC members
should start to discuss recommendations in the NKCDP to suggest updates to Planning
Department codes to address growth management. Ms. Wille said more should be done to
look at consistency with the NKCDP.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member Wille said that they are working on trying to get
videoconferencing available in North Kohala at this site and that they added
videoconferencing to the Kau District.
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AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
NEXT MEETING:
Date: Monday, March 11, 2013
Place: County Facility (Former Bank of Hawai‘i Building), 54-3888 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala,
HI 96755
Time: 5:00 PM
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Jon Adams made a motion and Joe
Carvalho seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting which was unanimously approved.
The meeting adjourned at 6:31 pm.
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