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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAC Minutes 10Dec2013William 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 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: Patti Pinto, June Conant, Oshi Simsarian, Sharon Daun, Susan Osborne, Leila Kealoha and Elmer Solis. Rene Siracusa arrived at 3:08 p.m. and Farris Etterlee arrived at 3:12 p.m. Staff. Larry Brown, PCDP Project Manager Members of the public: 5 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA 1. Without objection the AC agreed to add the nomination and election of a chair and vice -chair for 2014 as item 96 under New Business. ANNOUNCEMENTS Larry announced that the new contact information sheets are provided to reflect the new AC Members should replace the one in their resource binders. 2. Larry announced that pending approval by the Mayor, the Director has approved the selection of Keiko Mercado as the new Puna CDP Community Planning Assistant. PUBLIC TESTIMONY Greggor Ilagan, Council Member for the 4th District, congratulated the newly appointed members of the PCDP AC. He also commented on his efforts to identify locations for additional bus stops and committed to work more closely with Marty Mimmack and the Mass Transit Subcommittee in the future. The Council Member also expressed his support for the Jerry Souza application for rezoning of his property in Pahoa. 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 & Patti 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 Members become more familiar with the scope and schedules of the various subcommittees. Rene moved to accept the revisions to the subcommittee assignments. Second by Elmer. The motion passed with 9 votes aye. 3. Communication No. 2013 -67: Connectivity & Emergency Response Subcommittee (CERSC) Report. In addition to the information provided in the written meeting minutes from the November 26 meeting of the CERSC, Marlene gave a brief outline of the work of the subcommittee over the past year and described the ongoing need and purpose of the CERSC. • Continue to analyze and prioritize the connectivity location data collected from the PREP Fair. • Continue the process of assembling the comments and recommendations from the PREP Fair and to continue vetting same in the community. • Begin planning the 2014 PREP Fair. • 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. 2 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. Patti nominated Oshi as Vice -Chair for the next year. Second by June. Oshi was elected Vice -Chair with 8 votes aye and 1 abstain (Rene). UNFINISHED BUSINESS PCDP Action High Priority List. For the benefit of the new AC Members, Farris led a discussion on the purpose of the Priority List and a review on the current condition of the list. He also reminded the AC that project update information needs to be regularly submitted to him so that the status of projects is more routinely available to the public. AC Members may accept the responsibility to champion projects lacking leadership over the next several months. Following updates to the List, a revised version will be posted in a more conspicuous location on the Puna CDP website. AGENDA REQUESTS FOR NEXT MEETING (January 14, 2014) 1. Mass Transit Master Plan CIP Funding Request 2. Mass Transit SC requests from their 12/10/13 report 3. Puna Community Certified Kitchen — Rene 4. Council Member Zendo Kern ADJOURNMENT: The Chair, without objection, adjourned the meeting at 6:16 p.m.