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Home My WebLink About2013-03-25 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee 1 County of Hawai‘i 2 MINUTES 3 Meeting Date: March 25, 2013 4 Call to Order: 5:05 pm 5 Place: Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior Center) 6 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway 7 Waimea, Hawai‘i 96743 8 Roll Call: 9 1Members Present: Michael (Mike) Fischer, Christopher (Kit) Roehrig, John Hoover, 10 Fran Tabor, Roger Harris, John Mueller, Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto, Margaret Horwatt 11 (left @ 6:51), 12 2Absent/Excused: 13 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado 14 4County of Hawai‘i: Margaret Wille (Left @ 5:10 returned 5:40 15 5 Public in attendance: Roger Keller. Pat Moore, Susan Fischer, Avravio Prietto (Public 16 left at 5:51) 17 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 18 None 19 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 20 Minutes of the Meeting of February 25, 2013 were circulated. Mike Fischer motioned to approve and 21 Roger Harris seconded. Unanimous approval given. 22 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 23 Presentation by Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. (HELCO): 1. 24 HELCO provided the Action Committee with an Energy Overview and status of projects to support 25 the grid system in North and South Kohala. 26 Discussion Points/Issues/questions 27  Providing reliable power for the residents of North Kohala is one of the main project goals. 28 Because right now a problem along the single line affects the entire North Kohala District 29 (24 miles) originally built in 1953. 30  Planned outages will usually take 4-10 hours for maintenance and repair work 31  Will be planning 2-3 outages in the near future to do some needed maintenance. 32  For the proposed projects need to go through the Environmental Assessments, getting 33 easements, going through and gaining public input at various stages of the development of 34 the projects. 35  HELCO was advised that the Department of Hawaiian Homestead Lands input should also 36 include reaching out to the Homestead Associations (the beneficiaries) as well as the 37 administration. 38 Page 1 of 4  Possibility of getting a back-up generator built in North Kohala was discussed but it was 39 pointed out that the public was not in support of having a generator therefore it is not being 40 contemplated right now. 41  Alternative power sources such as wind and solar have provided fluctuating power to the 42 grid and a study is being done for a battery storage which could provide stability and 43 reliability to the grid. 44  Existing contracts for getting power from alternative energy sources tie the cost for power 45 to the cost of fossil fuels. 46  There is an over-abundance of solar generated power to the system. 47 2.SKCDP Implementation. Action Committee will continue ongoing review of SKCDP Goals, 48 Policies and Actions & discuss roles & responsibilities. 49 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Planning Director, BJ Leithead Todd or a. 50 authorized representative. 51 No Discussion 52 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Member, Margaret Wille b. 53 i.Status of the Kona CDP Court Case and the potential impact of the case with regards to 54 all other CDPs. 55 ii. Status of various initiatives in the House and Senate that affect the County and the 56 County’s authority (privatize and eliminate localize government). 57 Presentation of legal opinion (Bill Brilhante) c. 58 i. No Presentation 59 Informational Brochure for the SKCDP AC Use d. 60 i.The AC reviewed the draft informational brochure developed by AC Member Margaret 61 Horwatt. The AC indicated support and approval for the draft. The brochure was drafted 62 to allow the subcommittee to “personalize” the brochures for each communities utilization. 63 ii. Staff indicated that the brochures could be posted on the website once “finalized” 64 Committee Appointment and Liaisons e. 65 i.Mike Fischer provided the AC with a brief explanation of what the difference is between 66 being a subcommittee member and a liaison. 67 ii.Membership of the subcommittees and liaison groups – at any meeting of the subcommittee 68 or liaison groups no more than 2 members of the AC shall be present so that they would not 69 be in danger of violating the sunshine law. 70 iii.SubCommittee 71 1)Waikoloa – Michael Fischer/John Mueller (includes being the Waikoloa Association 72 liaison group) 73 2)Kawaihae- Josephine Tanimoto/John Mueller 74 3)Puako – John Hoover/Michael Fischer (includes being the Puako Association liaison 75 group) 76 Page 2 of 4 4)Waimea – Christopher Roehrig/Margaret Horwatt 77 5)District-Wide – Fran Tabor/Roger Harris 78 iv.Liaison Groups 79 1)Traffic Safety Committee – Josephine Tanimoto/Margaret Horwatt 80 2)Waimea Community Association – Fran Tabor/Margaret Horwatt 81 3)Lalamilo Farm Association – Fran Tabor 82 4)Department of Hawaiian Home Lands – Josephine Tanimoto 83 Committee Budget Proposal: f. 84 i. The draft budget is not yet ready for discussion. The AC indicated that they did not wish 85 for the draft budget to be on the agenda in the future. 86 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). g. 87 i.Status of the Mayor’s CIP budget – Discussion of what steps could be taken to get fund 88 CIP project which is not on the Mayor’s CIP budget. 89 Project that the AC is tracking 90 1)Puako Wastewater Treatment Study 91 2)Waikoloa Community Center and & Regional Park 92 3)Waimea Sidewalk and Bikeways 93 Discussion of Update Issues/Suggestions for the SKCDP/General Plan h. 94 i.General discussion by the AC for what the process is and a request was made for 95 clarification for the process was made. AC was also reminded that additional information 96 will probably be given at the AC training in April. 97 3.Sub-Committee Reports. 98 a.Permit Activity Comments from Action Committee – 99 i.No Report 100 b.Waikoloa 101 st i.Bus Service initiated March 1 and ridership has been strong – no free ridership offered for 102 the general public but students and seniors are free. 103 ii.Paniolo Avenue Extension – ground breaking target has been pushed back to June. Not sure 104 if the road will be built to complete street standards. 105 iii.Aina Lea Gulch, at end of Hulu Street, continuing to do some work with some water line 106 installation. The developer is looking to do/participate in, some long range water planning 107 (that will help their project) for the area. Suggestion that the District-Wide Subcommittee 108 iv.Skate Board Park is still being built – ramps are in place, plans have been finalized, and the 109 County has given approval for the plans. Fundraising is going on for the construction. 110 c.Kawaihae 111 Page 3 of 4 i.Meeting held at the National Park - minutes distributed (to be posted under the 112 subcommittee on the web) 113 Puako d. 114 i.Wastewater Treatment Study update – The Community Association will be submitting a 115 resolution to the County Council to fund the study. 116 ii.Makai Watch briefing – the program has been initiated with staff providing monitoring and 117 education activities. 118 Joint Discussion with Puna CDP AC e. 119 i.Minutes will be distributed to the AC from the last meeting. 120 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 121 Margaret will distribute a newsletter that is generated by her office through Chair. 122 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 123 Combined AC Training – 4/11/13 124 Next Meeting April 22, 2013 – Puako 125 ADJOURNMENT: 126 Meeting adjourned at 7:10 pm 127 Respectfully submitted, 128 Deanne Bugado, Planner 129 A T T E S T: 130 John Hoover, Chair 131 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee 132 Page 4 of 4