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Home My WebLink About2013-05-20 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee 1 County of Hawai‘i 2 MINUTES 3 Meeting Date: May 20, 2013 4 Call to Order: 5:07 pm 5 Place: Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior Center) 6 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway 7 Waimea, Hawai‘i 96743 8 Roll Call: 9 1Members Present: John Hoover, John Mueller, Christopher (Kit) Roehrig, Roger Harris, 10 Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto, 11 2Absent/Excused: Fran Tabor 12 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado 13 4County of Hawai‘i: 14 5 Public in attendance: Pete Hoffmann (left at 6:55), Joel Cohen, Gail Byrne Baber. 15 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 16 Joel Cohen – Waimea resident and considering applying to be a member of this committee. 17 Gail Byrne Baber – from the County’s Open Space Commission - provided a synopsis of the process of 18 the commission and stated that the nomination period closes in June. Provided the committee with 19 hand-outs and CD’s regarding the Open Space Commission. Information can be found regarding this 20 commission at the following addres: Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation 21 Commission ( 22 http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/Weblink8/Browse.aspx?dbid=1&startid=13770) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 23 Minutes of the Meeting of March 25, 2013 were circulated. Kit Roehrig motioned to approve and 24 Roger Harris seconded. Unanimous approval given. Minutes of the Meeting of April 22, 2013 were 25 circulated. Kit Roehrig motioned to approve and John Mueller seconded. Unanimous approval given. 26 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 27 1.SKCDP Implementation. Action Committee will continue ongoing review of SKCDP Goals, 28 Policies and Actions & discuss roles & responsibilities. 29 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Planning Director, BJ Leithead Todd or a. 30 authorized representative. 31 No Discussion 32 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Member, Margaret Wille b. 33 No Discussion 34 Presentation of legal opinion (Bill Brilhante) c. 35 No Presentation 36 Committee Budget Proposal d. 37 Page 1 of 4 Jojo Tanimoto Moved to forward to the Planning Department a proposed budget for the 38 committee operations. Roger Harris seconded. Unanimous approval given. 39 Priority Projects of SKCPAC e. 40 Former Action Committee Member Margaret Horwatt drafted a list of projects that the Action 41 Committee and its’ Subcommittees have been working on. The Chair asked each of the 42 committee members to look at the list and update the status and relate to the goals listed in the 43 CDP. The committee members were also asked to update the reference information of matrix to 44 action items from CDP. 45 For those projects that are not in the CDP the committee is asked to identify projects for 46 amendment to CDP and General Plan. 47 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). f. 48 The budget are still being discussed between the County Council and Administration, further 49 updates will be forthcoming. 50 Discussion of Update Issues/Suggestions for the SKCDP/General Plan g. 51 The Kawaihae Subcommittee has identified possible suggestions for the Kawaihae Community 52 for amendment to the SKCDP and General Plan during recent meetings (adding Historical Sites, 53 Underground Utilities). 54 The Waikoloa Subcommittee is looking at their goals and projects and looking at prioritizing 55 and updating. 56 Discussion of Website Information h. 57 Staff reported that documents located on the website are being moved to the Laserfiche site to 58 comply with ADA requirements. If documents need to be modified before reposting (such as 59 the CDP itself) to be able to be ADA compliant it will take a little longer. 60 As documents are submitted for posting have been turned in they will be scanned and posted. 61 Staff asked the committee for suggestions for organization for the site. 62 2.Sub-Committee Reports. 63 Permit Activity Comments from Action Committee a. – 64 i. 65 Subdivider WAIKOLOA BAPTIST CHURCH (SUB-13-001251) Location: Waikoloa, South 66 Kohala, TMK: 6-8-002:031, Land Area: 12.38 ac., No. of Lots: 5, Size of Lots: 21,674 sq. ft. to Waikoloa Subcommittee, John Mueller, reviewed and stated that the general 67 8.333 ac. location map sent with the notice was not correct and that from discussion with the Pastor 68 has questions regarding possible location so access.(review of the subdivision file by the 69 subcommittee was not done to review the proposed configuration) Discussion by the AC 70 resulted in a recommendation that a letter be drafted by the Chair to have the County limit 71 the access of the subdivision to one driveway from Paniolo Drive for safety concerns. 72 Motion for the letter made by Roger Harris and seconded by Jojo Tanimoto. Unanimous 73 approval given. 74 ii. 75 Subdivider AMERICAN BANK (SUB-13-001237) Location: Puakō, Lalamilo, South Kohala, 76 TMK: 6-9-002:004, 024 & 025, Land Area: 1.638 ac., No. of Lots: 2, Size of Lots: 34,151 & Page 2 of 4 . Puako Subcommittee, John Hoover, reviewed and determined that there would 77 37,200 sq. ft be no comments forwarded to the Planning Department. The AC accepted the report. 78 Staff responded to the concerns expressed by the committee regarding the receiving application 79 packets and will forward a request to post the applications on-line to the Planning Department. 80 Staff volunteered to post the application first page and location map for any applications under 81 review by the AC 82 Waikoloa b. 83 i.John Mueller attended first meeting of the subcommittee as stated earlier will be working 84 with the SC to identify and prioritize the projects and goals from the CDP for the Waikoloa 85 Community. 86 Kawaihae c. 87 i.HELCO did a presentation for the proposed projects that affect the area, (emergency access 88 road and the power loop) 89 ii.Working on a proposed amendment to the CDP and General Plan to have the utilities be 90 located underground. 91 iii.Pohakuloa Training Area Environmental Impact Statement Draft. The EIS comment period 92 ends on 5/26. 93 Puako d. 94 i.Continue to work on the Firebreak 95 ii.Wastewater Treatment options are being considered 96 iii.Continue to work on Makai Watch Program 97 rd iv.Presentation on June 3 by Pres of Republic of Palau at the Holualoa Church.6 to 8 pm 98 e.Waimea 99 i.Protect the Puu’s SubCommittees is being formed. 100 ii.Working to expand description of work 101 f.District-Wide 102 i.Working on a district-wide water resource presentation. 103 g.Liaison Reports 104 i.Traffic Safety Committee 105 th 1)Next meeting June 18 – 4:00pm Waimea Civic Center (Waimea Homestead Community 106 Association will be attending) 107 2)Cindy Evans provided an update of road projects at the last meeting. 108 3)Unexploded Ordinance Collections that will be done in Waimea and will cause road 109 closures for safety - June 10-17 110 ii.Waimea Community Association 111 1)No Report 112 Page 3 of 4 iii.Lalamilo Farm Association 113 1)No Report 114 iv.Homestead Community Associations. 115 h.Joint Meeting with Puna CDP AC 116 th i.Will be meeting May 29 @ 9 am at Solimene’s in Waimea 117 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 118 Joel Cohen – seeing that there are systems and process issues to be addressed which will enable to make 119 decisions. 120 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 121 Waimea Next Meeting June 24, 2013– - Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior Center) 122 Possible Agenda Items: Election of Vice Chair, Mauna Lani Community Reef Conservation Committee 123 presentation 124 ADJOURNMENT: 125 Meeting adjourned at 7:03 pm 126 Respectfully submitted, 127 Deanne Bugado, Planner 128 A T T E S T: 129 John Hoover, Chair 130 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee 131 Page 4 of 4