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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-08-2014 Public Access Subcommittee Meeting Notes North Kohala Community Access Group Meeting Notes January 8, 2014 (Old Courthouse 4:30pm) Participants: Toni Withington, Carter Collins, Jack Hoyt, Susan Fischer, Charlie Anderson, Keith Wallis, Aric Arakaki, Ralph Galan, Joe Carvalho, Ted Matsuda. Akoakoa Point (Bird Cave) Joe will arrange with Aldridge a walk thru sometime this month. Hapu'u – Kapanaia This corridor is #3 on the PONC list for public purchase and will be nominated to the Land Legacy Commission this year as an option to get matching funds for public purchase. There are 4 land owners with 7 parcels Pacific Plains, Misty Kai, Charlie and Lisa Anderson, Hon Family Trust. · We should ask the County Council to move a resolution to purchase these parcels. There are 3 parcels on the Anderson property that are listed for public purchase. The one with 22 acres contains the Hale O' Kaiili Heiau site and is most important to · preserve. Halelua Ted will follow up with Fred Cachola to contact the State Historic Preservation to peruse marking of Ohau Heiau on the ground. Kauhola Lighthouse There was a clean-up of the area in December Jeff Coakley is organizing an ocean resource conservation group Upolu Airport - East end of the runway The NK CDP Action committee sent a letter of recommendation on the access plan to the Planning Director. The landowners proposed this access plan because the 2002 settlement with the county and previous landowner Surety is in the middle of the property that is seldom used as opposed to this one. The landowners (EWM) will go back to the original access plan of the 2002 settlement if the community doesn’t want this new access plan. We need to see the access agreement with other clubs and landowners. Kaiholena Lot F Purchase Contract sent to Ala Kahakai Trail Assn. from EWM. ATA VP Alan Brown currently reviewing the contract The Ala Kahakai Trail association is still pursuing final funding for public purchase. Kiiokalani Ahupua'a (Black Point) Some people of the community and the access group did a walk thru with the landowner and planning department personnel. The new home is 15' above the mauka edge of the Ala Loa (Jeep road). We should write a letter of recommendation to accept this access plan. Kohala Kai. The grant of easement (GOE) document is still in the County Council finance committee. The Ala Loa that was traded in the 1930's was legal, but the Ala Loa is still physically and conceptually there. The state Na Ala Hele wrote an abstract that says this was legally traded. Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail offered to send a letter to EWM to accept an easement from EWM for the Ala Loa/jeep trail. This is proposed so as to bring a closure to the issue of the preservation of the original route of the Ala loa as it passes through the Kohala Kai project. Charlie Anderson agreed to hand carry the letter. Councilwoman Margaret Wille is meeting with all sides of the issue to report to the County Council in Feb. Access Group Interfacing with the Action Committee and the County If 2 people from the action committee are in a meeting discussing CDP items, they are considered a subcommittee and the other people in the room are a standing committee. The standing committee must be sworn in and comply with the sunshine law. If 2 people from the action committee are in a meeting with other people discussing a specific item, they are considered an investigating committee, therefore not applicable to the sunshine law. It was suggested that there may be other structural forms for continuation of CDP subcommittees. New Items We should stress that the county, state, federal, landowners, and community keep the communications lines open to address permits and proposals on land issues before the 11th hour. Next Meeting Wednesday February 5, 2014, 4:30pm in the Old courthouse.