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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-04-30 KCDP Minutes Final 1 2 Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee 3 County of Hawai‘i 4 Minutes 5 Meeting Date: April 30, 2014 6 Call to Order 2:00 p.m. nd 7 Place: Kona Planning Conference Room. Bldg. E, 2 Floor 8 West Hawai’i Civic Center 9 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway 10 Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 11 Roll Call: 12 1. Members Present: George (Keoki) Schattauer Jr., Hiram Rivera, Greg Ogin, Douglas Payne 13 Elaine Fukushima and Ken Melrose 14 2. Planning Department: Duane Kanuha, Bobby Command, Bennett Mark, Terry Dunlap and 15 Keola Childs. 16 3. Public in attendance: Jeff Zimpfer, Peter Young, Bill Moore, Roger Harris, LeeAnn Crabbe 17 Kanani Aton, Janice Palma-Glennie, Reggie Lee, Mana Purdy, Ross Wilson, Jr., Janet Milleu, 18 Alex Leonard, Jane Clement, Mac McInnis, Bill Wong, Jen Johansen, 19 20 The meeting was called to order by the chair, Greg Ogin and introductions of AC members followed. 21 22 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 23 1. Janice Palma-Glennie - Support NPS petition to create Keauhou aquifer designation 24 2. Jeff Zimpler: Environmental Protect Specialist at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park 25 on the Keauhou aquifer 26 3. Peter Young representing QLT Kaloko Makai on the Keauhou aquifer 27 4. Roger Harris representing Palamanui / University of Hawaii on the Keauhou aquifer 28 5. LeeAnn Crabbe representing Queen Liliuokalani on the Keauhou aquifer 29 Copies of all above referenced testimonies can be requested from the Planning Department 30 31 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 32 1.Minutes were amended on line 119 ( Kuakini)and then unanimously approved as amended 33 2.No changes to the agenda. 34 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 35 1. Action to oppose the National Park Service (NPS) petition to designate the Keauhou 36 Aquifer 37 a. Discussion points from Ken Melrose 38 Will the NPS withdraw its petition on the Keauhou Aquifer and work with the spirit of the · 39 community? Jeff Zimpler answered on behalf of the NPS, no, we will not withdraw it. 40 Ken referred to the CDP and the terms listed on the part of the community · 41 NPS petition is premature. · 42 Ken proposed that the motion that was distributed be amended to eliminate the reference · 43 to the County Council as the action committee’s work goes through the Planning 44 Department so strike the reference to the County Council 45 Ken proposed to oppose the NPS petition and that a water resource plan be established. · 46 This could be handled by a sub-committee or representative until it’s resolved. 47 Motion was seconded by Hiram Rivera · 48 Discussion included: · 49 1.Douglas Payne noted that improvement of wastewater treatment should be 50 included 51 2.Ken Melrose said it is included as part of the motion 52 3.Elaine Fukushima asked about discussion about this designation during the early 53 meetings of the general public. Ken said that NPS was present at the early 54 meetings but that these concerns were not addressed by NPR. 55 4.Elaine questioned that if this petition goes forth, then the public has a reduced say 56 on what will or can happen to the aquifer 57 b. Greg Ogin called for the vote for the amended motion: the vote was unanimous to approve 58 A copy of that motion is attached to the minutes. · 59 2. Concurrency 60 a. Presentation by Hiram Rivera with the following discussion: 61 No mechanism to deal with concurrency roads that can not be built · 62 If Queen Kaahumanu is funded, but is not constructed, then new zoning is not permitted · 63 Until the road is underway or maybe even finished and new construction is basically 64 stopped. If other highways or streets can or have been built that impacted traffic that 65 Queen Kaahumanu would have handled, then would restrictions on Queen Kaahumanu 66 be eliminated or assigned to another street? 67 Small landowners can not afford to build entire road systems · 68 Future growth and progress depend upon construction of new residences. · 69 The CDP encourages growth so the issue on concurrency needs to be resolved. · 70 b. Greg Ogin noted that today only discussion will occur and any actions would need to happen 71 at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the KCDPAC. 72 c. Comments from not only the action committee but also attending public were encouraged. 73 Janice Palma-Glennie stated small and large landowners were not to be responsible for \ · 74 direct funding of infrastructure rather a funding program is required for these 2 75 improvements. How many projects are already approved, but not built? 76 Stay on the vision of the CDP with two issues being primary: first was to protect our · 77 natural resources especially our coastline and to deal with concurrency for infrastructure 78 to be in place for build out. 79 Hiram asked what do we do in the mean time if roads can not be built? Do we hold up · 80 all construction for say 20 years while we wait for roads that have problems being built 81 to be completed? We need to do something to blend improvements with development. 82 Douglas Payne said that the plan lacks instruction as to what happens if items designated · 83 can not occur? Doug recommends that the County amend the CDP to address the 84 process that deals with situations where roads that can not be build or delayed for many 85 years. Keoki agreed with this process. 86 Bill Wong stated that a new tax base is needed to construct this new infrastructure. · 87 More discression is needed: everything can not be black and white. Small land owners 88 can not afford to build out these expensive road sections for smaller projects. 89 Hiram stated that some of these road sections will never be built. We need to address this. · 90 LeeAnn Crabbe discussed concurrency requirements on the Queen ‘s property its impacts. · 91 Ken Melrose: · 92 1.Policy on connectivity is the issue not concurrency. Concurrency is too complex. Too 93 may places where roads can not be built. Concurrency is driving County decisions. 94 2.Blending is necessary to simplify the map and deal with concentrated development 95 surrounded by open space. 96 3.The Action Committee should take the lead to amend or fix the changes necessary to 97 make the CDP truly functioning. Small projects need help to move forward. 98 4.The Action Committee needs to lead the charge to deal with these problems and work 99 with the County to make the necessary amendments to allow the CDP to move forward. 100 5.Craft a plan to help the County and the State to resolve the transportation situation. 101 6.Focus on arterials rather than connectors 102 Doug Payne stated that the Community needs a financing plan as a tool for a solution. · 103 Ken Melrose stated that concurrency is not intended to be a moratorium. We have too · 104 many pieces to deal with concurrency. Find our way out of this conundrum. 105 Douglas Payne brought up that Palani Road is not within the concurrency map. · 106 Hiram said the roads need to be reviewed as part of the total picture and its reality. · 107 Doug Payne said that what if the property owner proposed how their development could · 108 go forward with some improvements without total build out. There needs to be a way for 3 109 the small property owners to proceed without having to wait for all the roads to be 110 complete. 111 Ken said it’s a financing plan issue for concurrency. The plan needs to help the County go · 112 after the pieces we need to be more workable. 113 Doug Payne spoke on the need for a financing plan to be the tool to make the roads a · 114 reality. The costs for the private developer are too great for them to finance the public 115 road system for the entire area. The roads should have priority based on community needs. 116 Perhaps a plan to allow the property owner and the County to work out a plan for 117 contribution to the road connectivity needs towards concurrency could be a possibility. 118 Ken Melrose said we need to work with Planning and Public Works to resolve this · 119 situation so that development can continue. The concurrency map has too many projects. 120 Hiram discussed existing zoning from page 4-45 of the KCDP which references items that · 121 must comply with the CDP including concurrency. Also the Zoning code, section 25-2-46 122 also addresses concurrency. This section deals with rezoning to a higher density. Doug 123 said that in 4-32 of the KCDP it states that this does not invalidate existing zoning. This is 124 a problem in that there seems to be conflicts between the two documents. 125 Roger Harris said that you can not require a person to pay for improvements beyond the · 126 impact of his development. He should only be responsible for his pro-rata share. The 127 concurrency is a moratorium. 128 Hiram, how do we move forward with these problems? This needs to be worked out a the · 129 County level. We are stuck and we need to work it out. 130 d. Recommendations to proceed from here 131 Doug Payne recommends that ad hoc sub-committee be established to deal with this issue. · 132 Combine transportation and land use sub-committees to create the new ad-hoc sub- · 133 committee, 134 Doug Payne made a motion to create an ad-hoc sub-committee to research concurrency · 135 and the motion was seconded by Elaine Fukushima. All in favor. 136 Members are: Doug Payne, Hiram Rivera, Keoki Schattauer and Elaine Fukushima. 137 Several members of the public also volunteered. · 138 TOD subcommittee will meet to discuss National Park topic. Keoki Schattauer · 139 volunteered to also serve on this committee. 140 e. Report on Transportation and Public Facilities. Meeting with Warren Lee, Public Works 141 Director, meeting where Street Improvement Projects – Kailua-Kona were discussed. 142 Doug’s committee report includes the following four items: 4 143 1. Recommend that the Kona CDP Action Committee supports the proposed Public 144 Works Department list of street improvement projects for Kailua-Kona. 145 2. Recommend that the Kona CDP Action Committee request that the county and state 146 elected officials, support the expediting of the planning, right-of-way purchase and 147 construction of the widening of State Route 11 between Henry Street and Kamehameha 148 III Road, while continuing to support the Ali‘i Highway project. 149 3. Recommend that the Kona CDP Action Committee request that the County and State 150 identify the Route 11 widening project as only “Route 11 between Henry Street and 151 Kamehameha III Road” in order to clarify the project funding descriptions. 152 4. Recommend that the Kona CDP Action Committee request that the County 153 immediately finance the Kona CDP Financing Plan update with current County funds. 154 e. Doug Payne requested that items #1 thru #4 ABOVE be a motion for the next agenda. 155 f. Keola Childs complemented Warren Lee’s presentation which indicated that the Public 156 Works Department is working on the issues at hand. 157 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC 158 Janice Palma-Glennie on Open Space Network Plan and alternate transportation 159 160 Motion to adjourn by Ken second by Elaine 161 5