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NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES
Monday, July 8, 2013, 5:00 pm
North Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala, HI 96755
ATTENDANCE
1. Members Present: John Winter, Hermann Fernandez, Frank Cipriani, Susan Fischer,
Christopher Keone MacKillop, Collin Kaholo, Faith Yates and Joe Carvalho.
2. Members absent: Jon Adams.
Also present were Rosalind Newlon from the Office of the Hawaii County Planning
Department and Margaret Masunaga from the Office of Corporation Counsel.
3. Public Attendance: Megan Solis and Ron Gonzales.
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm by Chair, John Winter.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS. None.
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
1. Minutes of the Meeting of June 10, 2013.
Minutes of the June 10, 2013 meeting were reviewed and discussed by the AC
Members. A motion to approve the minutes was made and seconded, and were
unanimously approved with changes submitted by the AC members.
2. Report by Planning Department regarding NKCDP AC request for website (including
Facebook) and posting of documents.
Rosalind Newlon reported that per the direction of the Planning Director, the use of
Facebook is only for developing CDPs, such as Hamakua and Kau. Rosalind also
noted that the Facebook pages are managed by Planning Dept. staff, are not interactive
sites, and they are for posting information only. Rosalind said that as far as posting of
documents on the CDP website, ADA accessibility is the main issue.
REPORTS
1. NKCDP AC SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
Growth Management - Hermann Fernandez reported on the EWM variance
a.
application and said that they will pave a 20-foot road with 15-foot wide grass
shoulders on the internal roads of the subdivision. Next, Hermann reported on the
Moreno consolidation/subdivision of two lots. Hermann also noted that one of the
subcommittee members mentioned at the last meeting that they would like to request
that the AC Chair be notified of the new Special Management Area applications that
are submitted to the Planning Department for North Kohala District.
Public Access - Joe Carvalho reported that there was a preliminary draft
b.
management plan prepared for the Kauhola Lighthouse site; at Upolu airport, east
end of runway there will be a parking lot and additional access is being worked on; at
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Kaiholena, 2 lots have been purchased by the State legacy fund which makes a total
of 5 out of 6 lots that have been purchased. Joe Carvalho said there is a group
trying to raise funds to purchase lot F and that $103K is needed. Joe Carvalho said
that at Latitude 20, south of Paoo, there are efforts to purchase one lot and that the
next step is stewardship.
Parks and Water Improvement John Winter said that the subcommittee cancelled
c.
its last meeting and that he had nothing new to report.
Power, View Planes and Erosion Control Susan Fischer reported discussion
d.
continued on erosion control at Upolu Point and more detailed discussion about ways
to get visual information out to the community, mostly centering around some kind of
website.
Affordable Housing Collin Kaholo said that the subcommittee is trying to contact
e.
owners of a property for a Habitat for Humanity project.
Agriculture- Frank Cipriani reported that there were two new requests for Important
f.
Agricultural Lands (IAL) information and that he would like to get assistance in
streamlining the IAL designation process. Frank said that the strategic agricultural
lands project, the Biofarms proposal, was submitted to DLNR. Frank said is trying to
match up TMKs for the test wells he is researching. Franks said that the high school
aquaculture project is ongoing. Frank also said that they are still trying to apply for
the $300 grant for soil testing.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: None.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
NEXT MEETING:
Date: Monday, August 12, 2013
Place: North Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala, HI 96755
Time: 5:00 PM
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, a motion was made and seconded to
adjourn the meeting which was unanimously approved. The meeting adjourned at 6:00 pm.
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