HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-24 KCDP Minutes Final
1 Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
2 County of Hawaii
3 Minutes
4 Meeting Date: April 24, 2013
5 Call to Order 2:00 p.m.
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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., Elaine Fukushima,
12 Aaron Nagata, Chauncey Wong Yuen, Hiram Rivera, Matt Binder & Greg Ogin
13 2. Absent/Excused: Bo Kahui,
14 3. Planning Department: Terry Dunlap and Margaret Masunaga
15 4. Public in attendance: Jeff Zimpfer, Marnie Herkes, Fritz Harris-Glade,
16 Dru Kanuha
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
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19 Marnie Herkes offered her encouragement to the new members and challenged them to have fun
20 and to participate in all the activities of the Action Committee. Fritz Harris-Glade congratulated
21 Ken Melrose on his involvement with the Kona CDP and for all Kens hard work. Applause
22 followed.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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24 Minutes of the Meeting of March 27, 2012 were circulated. A motion to approve made by Keoki
25 Schattauer and seconded by Matt Binder. Amendment to line 83 to refer to minutes on 12/14/11
26 and to insert after Marnie Herkes, Action Committee may wish to re-visit Also, correct
27 spelling on Aaron Nagatas name on line 69. Minutes were unanimously approved.
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29 No amendments to the Agenda.
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31 Ken offered to review chapters 1-3 of the Kona CDP with the new Action Committee members
32 to discuss how we got here and in future meetings to discuss the actions of chapter 4 and
33 Chapter 5 for implementation of the CDP. The Action Committees role is advisory to the
34 Planning Director. It is not the role of the Action Committee to review individual applications.
35 Ken reviewed some history of the CDP, the Design Center, and the importance of the Action
36 Committee. Kens term as chair expires at the end of June 2013 and has been involved for over
37 7 years with the CDP which started in 2005. Ken discussed the importance of planning for
38 connectivity for the community which includes pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic. New
39 street designs as outlined in the Village Design Guidelines will ultimately help to create the new
40 village centers with pedestrian friendly streets. Also included in this new concept is the mixed
41 use concept allowing both commercial and residential in the same site which offers pedestrian
42 connections for residents within the commercial centers. New parks and open areas are now
43 being planned within Kailua-Kona with considerations for at new transit system.
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45 Terry mentioned that the County will be offering some training for the new members and will be
46 scheduling these sessions in the near future.
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48 Matt Binder offered comments on Smart Growth and that it is adopted nationally and should not
49 be modified by reinterpretation by the Planning Department. Discussion continued on this
50 subject.
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52 New members discussed how commercial development by big box users has increased while
53 the small mom & pop shops have decreased all without significant population growth. Greg
54 Ogin noted that we do not have the density to support all the small commercial centers.
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56 Ken also discussed tax increment financing and its benefits to the County as it is critical to
57 implementing the CDP. Taxes generated in Kailua-Kona would remain in Kailua-Kona. The
58 number is 870 million dollars to implement the improvements in the CDP and the Action
59 Committee needs to continue pressing for this money to fund these improvements.
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61 Matt noted that impact fees are not in place and the Action Committee wrote a letter to the
62 County Council that impact fees are critical in the implementation of these required
63 improvements.
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65 Discussion on how National Park is opposed to almost every project in their area. Kona Action
66 Committee needs to help the County to work with National Parks and groundwater issues.
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BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
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69 Planning Department is working on course corrections to allow the CDP to be implemented.
70 Discussion on how to integrate the CDP into the General Plan is taking place.
71 Keep Chapters 23 &25 on the agenda to permit future discussions as opportunities are presented.
72 Planning will present our work on Chapters 23 & 25 to the Action Committee as soon as the
73 Director has made her final decisions on these items. No date has been established.
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75 Discussion on the importance of Street Trees. A copy of the booklet presented to Public Words
76 will be brought to the next meeting of the Action Committee for discussion.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
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80 Ken advised the nominees that there are 5 subcommittees in the Action Committee:
81 1.Outreach
82 2.Economic Development
83 3.TOD subcommittee
84 4.Land Use & Environmental /Cultural
85 5.Transportation & Public Resources
86 Ken discussed that each member needs to be involved with a subcommittee. Please review
87 Chapter 4 of the CDP so that discussion can occur at the next meeting.
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89 Next meeting of the Kona CDP Action Committee is June 26, 2013.
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91 Motion to adjourn: Greg Ogin, Second by Matt Binder vote unanimous.
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