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Home My WebLink About2013-10-28 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: October 28, 2013 4 Call to Order: 5:01 pm 5 Place: Hokuloa Church 6 69-1600 Puako Beach Drive 7 Kamuela, Hawai‘i 96743 8 Roll Call: 9 1Members Present: John Hoover, Fran Tabor, John Mueller, Christopher (Kit) Roehrig, 10 Joel Cohen, Roger Harris (left @ 6:34), Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto 11 2Absent/Excused: 12 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado 13 4County of Hawai‘i: Dave Hirt 14 5 Public in attendance: Sierra Tobiason, Peter Hackstedde, George Robertson, Mike Luce 15 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 16 Peter Hackstedde thanked the Committee for coming to Puako to have the meeting. Mentioned the 17 Makai Watch Program, a Science Committee that is working on innovations for the wastewater system 18 and the Fire Break Project. 19 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 20 Minutes of the Meeting of September 23, 2013 were circulated. After discussion, John Mueller 21 motioned to approve and Kit Roehrig seconded. Unanimous approval given. 22 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 23 1.SKCDP Implementation. Action Committee will continue ongoing review of SKCDP Goals, 24 Policies and Actions & discuss roles & responsibilities. 25 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Planning Director, Duane Kanuha or authorized a. 26 representative. 27 No Discussion 28 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Member b. 29 No Discussion. 30 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). c. 31 Joel Cohen brought forth a proposal to add on “to include a High School to be located within 32 the South Kohala District”. There was some discussion and it was determined that because 33 schools fall under the State Department of Education that there should be some discussion with 34 the DOE and State Legislatures before proceeding. 35 Discussion of Update Issues/Suggestions for the SKCDP/General Plan d. 36 No Discussion. 37 Discussion of Proposed Action Committee Name Change e. 38 Page 1 of 4 After much discussion, the Committee did not support a motion to completely change the 39 Action Committee’s name. However, Kit Roehrig made a motion proposing that the Action 40 Committee add an also known as name “Hui Kuleana o Kohala Hema” to the formal South 41 Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee name and take the necessary steps to 42 implement the name addition. The proposed name means “Hui” association/organization 43 “Kuleana” concerned/authority/interested, and Kohala Hema” South Kohala. Jojo Tanimoto 44 seconded, motion passed (Aye – Kit Roehrig, Jojo Tanimoto, Roger Harris, John Mueller, John 45 Hoover, Joel Cohen; Abstain – Fran Tabor) 46 The Committee asked that Kit follow-up with the County to see what steps or what process 47 there is to add an “AKA” and report back to the AC. 48 Report Regarding the Hawai‘i Congress of Planning Officials Conference f. - 49 Fran Tabor, Jojo Tanimoto and Roger Harris provided the AC with a brief report of their 50 activities at the conference. The food was excellent, the programs were very good, and 51 everyone enjoyed themselves. Some of the seminar events or presentations are as follows: 52 i.Effects of Ocean Rise – NOAA discussed the rate that the oceans are scheduled to rise and 53 called the various Planning Departments of the State to action, to start planning now. More 54 frequent and stronger storms will be in our future, which will compound the effects of the 55 ocean rise. 56 ii.The Mayor’s speech emphasized the “can do” attitude. He encouraged the audience to not 57 say “no” but to work towards being able to “make it happen”. He also supported the 58 importance of engaging the community in the planning and development process. 59 iii.Na Ala Hele Trails Program – there was a good presentation on the trail system. Providing 60 information regarding the difference between private/public landownership and how the trail 61 system is impacted. 62 iv.Complete Streets. – This is a multi-modal transportation system, which provides for 63 pedestrian, bicyclist, and vehicular driver. The complete streets can incorporates street trees 64 (depending on where the street is located). Kauai is doing a great job in implementing the 65 program. Fran provided the AC with the examples provided by the Kauai Planning 66 Department as to how they are defining and implementing their complete street program. 67 John Mueller asked if the Chair and staff to work on getting a presentation on the Complete 68 Streets program. 69 2.Sub-Committee Reports. 70 Permit Activity Comments from Action Committee a. – 71 SUB-13-001289; Consolidation/Re-Subdivision Permit Application; Location: Lalamilo, 72 Waimea, South Kohala; Land Area: 3.195 acres; No. of Lots: 2; Size of Lots: 1.872 & 1.323 73 acres; Applicant: STATE-DLNR, Land Division/County-DWS; Tax Map Key: 6-6-001:011 & 74 070. 75 The Waimea Subcommittee did not have any comments to forward to the County. Kit Roehrig 76 made a motion to forward to the County a letter recommending approval of the application. 77 Fran seconded and the motion passed unanimously. 78 Waikoloa b. 79 Page 2 of 4 i.The written report of the Waikoloa Subcommittee was distributed for the AC to review. 80 Kawaihae c. 81 i.Jojo Tanimoto provided the AC with an overview of the issues and concerns regarding the 82 Kohala Kai LLC trail resolution, which is at the County Council for acceptance. The 83 Committee discussed their understanding of what has occurred to date regarding the 84 development of this trail. The AC expressed confusion regarding the information presented 85 and did not feel that they understood the situation enough to be able to support a proposed 86 motion by the Kawaihae Subcommittee. Joel Cohen made a motion to postpone further 87 discussion until additional information is provided to the committee to the next meeting 88 further discussion of this issue. Kit Roehrig seconded and the motion passed unanimously. 89 Staff was asked to request a presentation be made by Kohala Kai LLC/Carlsmith Ball Law 90 Offices and the Planning Department providing the AC with historical background of the 91 process of the development of the trail. 92 Jojo Tanimoto also made a motion to the extent that the CDP document recognizes that 93 many sources are connected to North Kohala and vice versa therefore, the North Kohala 94 CDP be advised when issues arise that involve the North Kohala community. John Mueller 95 seconded and the motion was passed unanimously. 96 Puako d. 97 i.No Report. 98 e.Waimea 99 th i.No Report although Fran mentioned that there is a Nov 7 meeting which will involve a 100 discussion of North Hawai‘i Community Hospital being associated with Queens. 101 f.District-Wide 102 i.No Report. 103 g.Liaison Reports 104 i.Traffic Safety Committee 105 1)Jojo requested to be removed from the liaison committee. 106 ii.Waimea Community Association 107 1)No Report 108 iii.Lalamilo Farm Association 109 1)Written Report Given 110 2)Adding to the report that the Kawaihae Canoe Club will be meeting at the Canoe Club 111 next month – they are having complaints regarding water meter bills – the public is 112 utilizing the Kawaihae Canoe Club facilities since the small boat harbor closed their 113 facilities. 114 iv.Homestead Community Associations. 115 1)Written Report Given 116 117 Page 3 of 4 h.Joint Meeting with Puna CDP AC 118 i.No Report 119 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 120 None 121 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 122 Next Meeting December 16, 2013– 123 Waimea - Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior 124 Center) th Monday Nov 4 the North Hawai‘i Video Conferencing site will be opening. 125 st The Sea Grant Program is sponsoring a Reef Talk, Friday, Nov 1 at 6 to 7 pm at the Hokuoloa United 126 Church 127 ndth Hamakua Youth Foundation’s 2 Annual Hula Festival Fundraiser, Sat., Nov 16 at the Honoka‘a 128 People’s Theatre 129 Possible Agenda Items: Gmail Account, Waimea Nui Presentation, Kohala Kai LLC Trail Presentation. 130 ADJOURNMENT: 131 Meeting adjourned at 7:03 pm 132 Respectfully submitted, 133 Deanne Bugado, Planner 134 A T T E S T: 135 John Hoover, Chair 136 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee 137 Page 4 of 4