HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-11-20 KCDP Minutes Final
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Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
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County of Hawaii
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Minutes
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Meeting Date: November 20, 2013
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Call to Order 2:00 p.m.
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Place: Kona Planning Conference Room. Bldg. E, 2 Floor
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West Hawaii Civic Center
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74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway
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Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
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Roll Call:
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1. Members Present: George (Keoki) Schattauer Jr.,
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Hiram Rivera, Bo Kahui, Greg Ogin, Elaine Fukushima,
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Douglas Payne and Ken Melrose, Aaron Nagata
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2. Planning Department: Bennett Mark & Terry Dunlap Margaret Masunaga (Corp. Counsel)
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3. Public in attendance: Marnie Herkes, Janice Palma-Glennie, Chelsey Jensen, Jeff Zimpfer,
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Mana Purdy, Kawena Lopez and Bill Moore
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The meeting was called to order by the chair, Greg Ogin and introductions of AC members occurred.
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
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Jeff Zimpfer, Environmental Protection Specialist, spoke on the National Park and the quality of fresh
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water and its protection. The National Park has funded scientific investigations for 15 years and
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begain discussions 6 years ago about protecting the flow of fresh water through the park. On
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September 13, 2013, a petition was filed by the National Park to seek States assistance in managing
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fresh water as land uses change around the park. Salt water intrusion into the fresh water is one of
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the main concerns. On October 16, 2013, the Commission on Water Resources Management
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extended the review period for the petition until December 2014. This will allow time to clarify
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the basics for the petition. A request to share additional information at a future meeting of the KCDP
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AC and to request any questions be submitted to the National Park so that those items can be
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addressed.
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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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1.Minutes were revised as noted. Approved as noted.
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2.No amendments to the Agenda.
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3.Tape recordings of public meetings were addressed in a memo from Mr. Bill Brilhante, Corp.
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Counsel indicating that taping and videoing of public meetings is permitted. Greg Ogin offered
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his apology to anyone who was confronted on this issue.
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4.Bo Kanui spoke on the letter to the Chief Justice concerning site selection and the effect of
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critical habitat. Bo felt that a sense of urgency was lost to keep the Judiciary on site. Greg
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noted that as the Action Committee is advisory to the Planning Director, it is still the Directors
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choice to send or not to send any letter. Ken agreed with Bo, that the delay cost the sending of
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the letter and the impact it could have had. Ken felt that we should seek another way to
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communicate in items of importance.
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BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
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Greg noted that the Planning Director is sick and will not be making his presentation on the Kona CDP.
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Discussion on the Capital Improvement Funding (CIP) for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. Ron Whitmore
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brought to my attention that we submitted a rather lengthy list last year for the CIP and that there are
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many more projects that the 9 pages submitted and approved for the appropriation list. The original list
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also included many other projects for the 2014-2015 year budget which this action committee agreed to
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highlight as their submission for the next CIP. A motion was made by Douglas Payne and seconded by
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Elaine Fukushima to add the items listed on the 2014-2015 budged be submitted as the new projects for
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the CIP list. The motion was approved unanimously.
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Bo brought up that the Mayor has agreed to bond $500,000 the Kealakehe Regional Park and $9,000,000
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for the Kailua District Park Phase I.
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A motion to send a representative to the County Council to support the CIP recommendations from the
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KCDP AC was made by Bo Kahui and seconded by Ken Melrose.
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Bobby Command commented on Kealakehe Parkway will need to completed by the County and not the
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State of Hawaii. Bill Moore also commented that Kealakehe Parkway and the problem with the upper
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section and sedimentation issues.
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Planning will be scheduling meetings with members of the action committee to discuss the CIP and how
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to continue working on the next level: funding.
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STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
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Janice Palma-Glennie commended on the top guiding principle of the Action Committee: Protect Konas
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natural resources and culture. She also discussed: open space plan, trails, greenbelts and their
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requirements and roads with their needed interconnections.
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Marnie Herkes spoke on keeping the clock going on the CIP items and to add to them as needed. The
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importance of the new Action Committee to work with Planning to achieve the goals.
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A question about the work by the prior action committee for the open space plan. Ken commented that
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the plan was never completed by the sub committee and that Planning did not engage in the project.
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Bo Kahui announced his retirement from the Action Committee. Ken mentioned how honored he was to
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have served with Bo and everyone said they would miss him.
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The next meeting of the KCDP AC is January 29, 2014.
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