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Home My WebLink About2013-07-22 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: July 22, 2013 4 Call to Order: 5:10 pm 5 Place: Waikoloa Village Association Community Room 6 68-1792 Melia Street 7 Waikoloa, Hawai‘i 96738 8 Roll Call: 9 1Members Present: John Hoover, Fran Tabor, Christopher (Kit) Roehrig, Josephine 10 (Jojo) Tanimoto, Roger Harris, 11 2Absent/Excused: John Mueller, 12 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado 13 4County of Hawai‘i: Margaret Masunaga 14 5 Public in attendance: George Robertson, Joel Cohen, Sherm Warner, Patti Cook, Ron 15 Lorginott, Libby Lorginott, Debbie Stofer, Jim Stofer (the Lorginott’s and Stofer’s left 16 at 6:40), Ron Gonzales. 17 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 18 Joel Cohen – announced that the Hamakua Youth Foundation working with the Hawai‘i Island United 19 th Way will be conducting a orientation for Habitat for Humanity program on Saturday August 10 at the 20 Waikoloa Elementary School Cafeteria. Also provided the Action Committee with a brief summary of 21 the Planned Unit Development (PUD) discussion which happened at the County Council’s Planning 22 Committee Meeting 7/9/13. The Planning Committee requested that Planning Director review the 2 23 proposed bills that would merge the two bills. Public review for PUD applications could formally go 24 through the Action Committees. 25 Debbie & Jim Stofer and Ron & Libby Longinott, – Regarding the PUD application (PUD-13-000025) 26 on the agenda for comment, they are residents of the neighboring Hali’i Kai development and relayed 27 concerns that the proposed changes for the Ocean Tower will have negative impact for the Hali’i Kai 28 development. Proposed new driveway/road and parking lot face their development and there is concern 29 regarding vehicle lights , traffic noise and the destruction of green space/ landscaping between the 30 development and the Ocean Tower will directly impact the residents. 31 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 32 Minutes of the Meeting of May 20, 2013 were circulated. Roger Harris motioned to approve and Fran 33 Tabor seconded. Unanimous approval given. Minutes of the Meeting of June 24, 2013 were circulated. 34 Fran Tabor motioned to approve and Jojo Tanimoto seconded. Minor Corrections made and then 35 unanimous approval given to revised minutes. 36 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 37 1.SKCDP Implementation. Action Committee will continue ongoing review of SKCDP Goals, 38 Policies and Actions & discuss roles & responsibilities. 39 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Planning Director, BJ Leithead Todd or a. 40 authorized representative. 41 Page 1 of 4 No Discussion 42 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Member, Margaret Wille b. 43 No Discussion. 44 Presentation of legal opinion (Corporation Counsel) c. - 45 th i.EXECUTIVE SESSION - At the June 26 Meeting the Action Committee voted to go into 46 executive session to discuss the Corporation Counsel’s response letter to an email by the 47 previous Action Committee Chair to Corporation Counsel regarding management of the 48 SKCDP and SKCDPAC. 49 The Meeting went into executive session at 5:23 p.m. Meeting resumed at 5:54 pm. 50 ii.Opinion whether the AC could file an amicus brief in the pending appeal with of a court 51 decision regarding a Board of Appeal case with the Kona CDP. 52 1)The Duties of the AC was reviewed 53 2)The County Code/Charter does not provide the Committee the authority to file a brief. 54 3)The Action Committee can submit a recommendation to the County, and the Planning 55 Department/Director, as to how the Action Committee is being implemented or not 56 being implemented. 57 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). d. 58 No Further Discussion 59 Discussion of Update Issues/Suggestions for the SKCDP/General Plan e. 60 No Discussion. 61 Discussion of Proposed Action Committee Name Change f. 62 Continued for the Next Meeting. 63 2.Sub-Committee Reports. 64 Permit Activity Comments from Action Committee a. – 65 PUD-13-000025: Planned Unit Development; Applicant: Global Resort Partners; Owners: 66 Global Resort Partners and Hilton Land Investment LLC; Request: Proposed PUD for the 67 Hilton Waikoloa Village-Ocean Tower; Tax Map Key: (3) 6-9-007:014, Waikoloa Beach 68 Resorts, ‘Anaeo‘omalu, South Kohala, Hawai‘i 69 The subcommittees of Puako and Waikoloa had no comments to offer, in fact the Waikoloa 70 subcommittee indicated approval for the proposed road by the development. After a discussion 71 and in deference to the concerns brought forth from the Hali’i Kai residents Roger Harris 72 proposed a motion that the Chair send a comment letter that states that while the Action 73 Committee does not have comment regarding this application that due to the concerns brought 74 forth during the meeting encourages the developer to meeting with neighbors to try to mitigate 75 their concerns. Fran Tabor seconded. Motion Passed (Aye – John Hoover, Roger Harris, Kit 76 Roehrig Fran Tabor; Kanalua – Jojo Tanimoto) 77 Page 2 of 4 Concern was raised that the Kawaihae subcommittee will be meeting after the due date of the 78 comments therefore should they have concerns they will not be able to have the Action 79 Committee address those in developing a comment letter. 80 Waikoloa b. 81 i.No Report. 82 Kawaihae c. 83 i.Did not have a formal meeting from an informal talk-story determined that would like to 84 have discussion of the Ala Kahakai along the Harbor fence line and the Kawaihae South 85 Boat Harbor at the next meeting. 86 Puako d. 87 i.Map regarding the Marine Reserves/Mauna Lani Reef Alliance to provide additional 88 clarification of the area proposed 89 ii.Fran Tabor provided the AC with some of the initial information that she has been able to 90 research regarding what has been affecting the reef such as injection wells and what some 91 current actions have been taken around the state regarding regulation of these injection 92 wells. 93 e.Waimea 94 i.No Report 95 f.District-Wide 96 i.No Report. 97 g.Liaison Reports 98 i.Traffic Safety Committee 99 1)State representative not there 100 2)No minutes provided. 101 3)Mauna Lani and Queen Kaahumanu intersection status – proposal being discussed is to 102 slow the traffic in the area. 103 4)Waimea school zone – want additional signage in the area 104 5)Discussion regarding the Kawaihae Ala Kahakai will be on the agenda next time 105 ii.Waimea Community Association 106 1)Working on Signage Changes – according to Dave Hirt the objectives of the proposed 107 sign ordinance changes are to make the code enforceable, but still usable for the 108 businesses – draft will take a few months to develop. 109 2)Waimea Nui Community Project 110 a.Includes Community Facilities, Recreation & Entertainment, Heath & Wellness and 111 Farming & Ranching. 112 iii.Lalamilo Farm Association 113 1)Wants to be in existence for a long time. 114 Page 3 of 4 iv.Homestead Community Associations. 115 1)Thanks to Patti Cook for notice in South Kohala Calendar 116 2)Permit for the Harbor Cell Tower – the actual location of the tower is not where the 117 application or presented rendering located the tower 118 h.Joint Meeting with Puna CDP AC 119 i.No Report 120 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 121 Sherm Warner – provided additional information regarding proposed cross walk in front of Longs - will 122 be installed with County fund and private funds (from Longs), will have flashing school zone lights, 2 123 cross walks and a bus stop, target October for installation. Also provided some context to the sign 124 code revision process. 125 Patti Cook – the sign code is alright but enforcement is the issue. 126 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 127 Next Meeting August 26, 2013– Waimea Community Center 128 The Chair will be on vacation until the next meeting 129 The Planning Department will be able to fund 2 members to attend the Hawai‘i Congress of Planning 130 Officials (HCPO) – Members to attend John Hoover and Jojo Tanimoto. 131 Possible Agenda Items: Process of Application Review/Comment, Website Information, Waimea Nui 132 Project. 133 ADJOURNMENT: 134 Meeting adjourned at 7:09 pm 135 Respectfully submitted, 136 Deanne Bugado, Planner 137 A T T E S T: 138 John Hoover, Chair 139 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee 140 141 Page 4 of 4