HomeMy WebLinkAboutAC Minutes 10Dec2013 DRAFTWilliam 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, December 10, 2013
DRAFT 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 3:02 p.m. in the Kea "au Community Center. The following persons were
present:
Action Committee:
Staff. Larry Brown, PCDP Project Manager
Members of the public: 5
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA *1h,
Jerry Souza application for rezoning of his property in Pdhoa.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
June moved to approve the minutes of the November 12, 2013 meeting as submitted. Second
by Elmer. Rene made a friendly motion to correct the spelling of "cemetery" under item f)
on page 3 of the draft minutes. Second by June. The motion to approve the minutes as
Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
amended passed with 9 votes aye.
Insofar as the spelling of "cemetery" in the draft minutes was correct in the first place, the friendly
motion to amend the spelling is ignored in the final minutes.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Introduction of New AC Members. Larry introduced Susan Osborne, Leila Kealoha and
Elmer Solis, the newly appointed PCDP AC Members.
2. AC Member Subcommittee Assignments. Larry provided a brief outline of the current
subcommittees of the PCDP AC and the current Member assignments to each, as identified
below, including new Members so far.
Budget: Patti, Farris, Oshi & June
Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan: Oshi, Elmer i
Mass Transit: Sharon & June
Connectivity & Emergency Response: Patti, Sharon, Farris & Susie
Mt. View Village Center Plan: Patti & Sharon
Subcommittee assignments may change as the new XMksbecome more familiar with the
scope and schedules of the various subcommittees.
• Next CERSC meeting will be at 5:00 p.m. on January 28 at the Kea`au CC.
4. Mass Transit Subcommittee (MTSC) Report. Marty Mimmack provided a several copies of
an information packet from the MTSC that included subcommittee meeting notes from the
November 21 meeting, a written report to the AC and a draft table of contents for a proposed
Mass Transit SC Action Plan. Marty then read his written report to the AC.
5. Communication No. 2013 -68: Comments on Souza Change of Zone Application. The AC
considered a draft letter submitted by the Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan Subcommittee
(PRTCPSC) providing comments to the Planning Director on the pending application
submitted by Jerry Souza to amend the State Land Use Boundary for his property (TMK: 1 -5-
07:061) from Agricultural to Urban and to change the County zoning from Agricultural (A -la)
to Commercial Village (CV -20). The applicant, Jerry Souza and his planning consultant,
Sidney Fuke, were on hand to respond to AC questions.
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Elmer moved to approve the PRTCPSC letter as written. Second by June.
Farris moved to amend the last two sentences in the letter so they clearly stood out as
recommendations for additional information that the Director should require. Second by
June. The motion to amend passed with 9 votes aye.
The motion to approve the letter as amended passed with 9 votes aye.
6. Nomination and election of Chair and Vice -Chair for the PCDP AC.
Oshi nominated Patti as Chair for the next year. Second by Rene. Patti was elected with
9 votes aye.