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Home My WebLink AboutAC Minutes 12Nov2013William P. Kenoi Mayor County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961 -8288 • Fax (808) 961 -8742 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Duane Kanuha Director Bobby Command Deputy Director Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee (AC) meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Kea "au Community Center and asked Madie Greene to assume the role of chairperson in conducting the meeting. The following persons were present: Action Committee: Madie Greene, Patti Pinto, June Conant, Oshi Simsarian, Sharon Daun, Dan Taylor, Farris Etterlee, Keikialoha Kekipi and Rene Siracusa. Staff. Larry Brown, PCDP Project Manager Members of the public: 6 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA - None ANNOUNCEMENTS Larry presented Certificates of Appreciation from Mayor Kenoi to Dan Taylor, Madie Greene and Keikialoha Kekipi acknowledging their four years of service on the Puna CDP Action Committee. 2. Pattie reminded the members of the social get- together at her house on Sunday, November 17 to bid farewell to Dan, Madie and Keiki. PUBLIC TESTIMONY 1. Stephanie Bath testifying on the minutes of the October 8 meeting stated that her testimony at that meeting included a request that the AC include a 2014 -15 CIP Budget request to conduct a feasibility study for connecting mauka subdivisions and did not include mauka -makai references as indicated in the minutes. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Rene moved to approve the minutes of the October 8, 2013 meeting as submitted with the corrections shown in red. Second by June. Motion passed with 8 votes aye and 1 abstain (Keiki). Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer NEW BUSINESS 1. Connectivity and Emergency Response Subcommittee (CERSC) Report. No representative of the CERSC appeared to report. 2. Communication No. 2013 -66: Mass Transit Subcommittee (MTSC) Report. Marty Mimmack distributed a limited supply of the MTSC report dated November 12, 2013 and read the report to the AC. 3. Communication No. 2013 -64: Increase Bicycle Carrying Capacity on Buses in Puna to Four. Oshi introduced her suggestion for this General Operating Budget request and the completed budget request form. Rene moved to approve the budget request to increase the bicycle rack capacity from two to four on Puna buses. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. 4. Communication No. 2013 -65: Request from the Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan ( PRTCP) Steering Committee to approve and transmit to the Planning Director the two ordinances and one resolution establishing the Pahoa Village district. Mark Hinshaw, Charlie Maas and Larry responded to questions from the AC regarding the proposed legislation. Charlie explained that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was being drafted which is intended to articulate the working framework by which the local review committee and the county will interact. Oshi moved to approve the PRTCP Subcommittee request. Second by Dan. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Public Testimony: Hannah Hedrick requested that the AC provide a means to include the CERSC funding request for a connectivity feasibility study for upper Puna subdivisions. 1. Communication No. 2013 -59: Recommendations of the Budget Subcommittee for discussion and action by the AC. a) Community Planning Assistant: Patti introduced this general operating (GO) budget request to include $20,000 in the Planning Department's FY 2014 -15 budget to fund a contract for a community planning assistant (CPA) to assist with the work of the Puna CDP AC in implementing the PCDP. It was pointed out that "manager" was misspelled in the 3rd sentence of the 2nd paragraph under 96 on the request form. Rene moved to approve the CPA budget request with noted spelling correction. Second by Keiki. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. b) Volleyball System for Mountain View Gym: Patti briefed the AC on this GO budget request to include $5,714 for the purchase of a portable volleyball system for the Mt. View Gym. 2 Rene moved to approve the Mt. View Gym volleyball equipment budget request. Second by Sharon. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. c) Puna Regional Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Fair: Patti introduced this request for $8,000 to help fund the planned 2014 PREP Fair. It was suggested that the scheduled date of the 2014 PREP Fair probably ought to be less definite in the budget request and that adding "tentatively" just before "scheduled" in the description section would provide for a change in date, if necessary. June moved to approve the PREP Fair funding request with the amendment to include the word "tentatively" before "scheduled" in the first sentence of #5. Second by Rene. Motion passed with 7 votes aye and 2 abstain (Oshi and Sharon). d) Emergency 911 Phone at Kehena Beach Area: Farris introduced this GO budget request for $5,000 to purchase, install and maintain an emergency 911 phone at the parking area off Hwy. 137 above Kehena beach. Keiki moved to approve the Emergency 911 phone for Kehena request. Second by Rene. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. e) Post Office Road Extension: Oshi presented the Post Office Road extension project that would provide for an alternate connection between Pahoa Village Road and the new Pahoa Park. This roadway would also open up additional lands within Pahoa for commercial development. This $2,161,000 CIP budget request includes funding for land acquisition, design & engineering for a ped/bike friendly roadway and construction. Oshi moved to approve the Post Office Road extension CIP budget request. Second by Farris. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. f) Cemetery Road Shoulder Improvement: Rene introduced her CIP budget request for $10,000 to improve the shoulders at one location on Cemetery Road where a rock outcrop on one side and a low spot on the other makes it difficult for vehicles to safely navigate this spot on the one -lane roadway. Rene moved to approve the Cemetery Road shoulder improvement CIP budget request. Second by Patti. Motion passed with 6 votes aye, 1 nay (Dan) and 2 abstain (Sharon & Farris) g) Highway 137 Biking & Walking Path Feasibility Study: Farris introduced his $35,000 CIP budget request to fund a biking & walking path feasibility study for the Highway 137 corridor. Several spelling errors on the Financial Impact Statement were noted for correction. Farris moved to approve the Hwy. 137 biking /walking path feasibility study CIP budget request. Second by Keiki. Motion passed with 9 votes aye. h) Highway 137 Scenic Turnouts: Farris introduced his CIP budget request for $85,000 to plan, design and construct improvements at two locations on Highway 137 between Pohoiki and Kehena where remnant roadway segments from the roadway realignments could be converted into safer scenic turnouts. Farris moved to amend the planning funds for the project from $5,000 to $25,000. Second by Rene. Motion passed with 7 votes aye and 2 abstain ( Keiki & Sharon). Farris moved to approve the CIP budget request to improve the makai road remnants as scenic turnouts as amended. Second by June. Motion passed with 7 votes aye, l nay (Keiki) and 1 abstain (Sharon). i) Highway 132 Shoulder Repair, Widening & cleaning: Oshi explained the problem to be addressed by this CIP project request. Oshi moved to approve the CIP budget request to repair and widen the shoulders of a portion of Hwy. 132. Second by Farris. The motion passed with 6 votes aye, 1 nay (Dan) and 2 abstain (June & Sharon). 2. Communication No. 2012 -49: PCDP Action High Priority List. Public Testimony: Stephanie Bath asked the AC to be more receptive to input and request from the subcommittees and to start using the PCDP AC Fact Sheet prepared by Hannah Hedrick overlay projects to improve effectiveness. Farris reminded the AC that each member needs to keep him informed of updates to the Priority List in order for it to be effective. Rene noted that Hawaiian Beaches should be changed to Hawaiian Shores under 911 in the list. Patti questioned whether the Kikala- Ke6kea New Park Development project should be on the AC Priority List and questioned how it got on the list. Corrections to the list should be forwarded to Farris. AGENDA REQUESTS FOR NEXT MEETING (December 10, 2013): 1. Mass Transit CIP requests for FY 2014 -15 Budget 2. Connectivity Mapping Data — CERSC 3. Council Member Zendo Kern ADJOURNMENT: The Chair, without objection, adjourned the meeting at 5:06 p.m. F1