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Home My WebLink About2013-11-25 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes 1 SOUTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE 2 aka HUI KULEANA O KOHALA HEMA County of Hawai‘i 3 MINUTES 4 Meeting Date: November 25, 2013 5 Call to Order: 5:02 pm 6 Place: Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior Center) 7 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway 8 Waimea, Hawai‘i 96743 9 Roll Call: 10 1Members Present: John Hoover, Fran Tabor, John Mueller, Christopher (Kit) Roehrig, 11 Joel Cohen, Roger Harris, Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto 12 2Absent/Excused: 13 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado 14 4County of Hawai‘i: Dave Hirt 15 5 Public in attendance: (Gregory Mooers, Jeannett Young, Charlie Anderson, Steven Lim 16 – left @ 6:13), (Diane Kanealii, Ray Kanealii - left @ 5:48), Mike Luce, (Michael Riehm 17 , Sonja Riehm – left @ ) 18 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 19 Mike Luce – would like to have the AC place on their CIP list improvements to Kawaihai Road from 20 Lindsey Road to Longs. With all of the existing facilities and the proposed projects for the area the 21 road and sidewalks are not safe for the public and children. The first step would be an environmental 22 study. 23 PRESENTATION 24 1. Representatives from Kohala Kai LLC and Carlsmith Ball Law Offices provided the AC with 25 background information on the creation and status of the public access easement that is being 26 proposed to be turned over to the County. 27 Issues identified include that the Kohala communities feel that they were not consulted with the 28 development of the trail, that the Ala Loa historical trail should actually be the trail, that if the Ala 29 Loa trail is not re-instituted it will further erode the Hawaiian culture, the proposed trail does not 30 provide the public with an adequate access to the ocean, the process of the development of the 31 easement (communication between the community, county and state) appears to be flawed and 32 needs to be corrected. 33 Jojo Tanimoto made a motion to have the South Kohala CDP AC recommend that the County 34 Council defer action on the resolution to recommend there be further discussion between the 35 County, community and the developer. Fran Tabor seconded and the motion passed unanimously 36 2. Michael Riehm provided the AC with an overview of the existing permits as well the a proposed 37 commercial 3 lot subdivision of a parcel of commercially approved complex at the request of the 38 Planning Director. 39 The Action Committee found no issues of compliance with the CDP regarding the proposed 40 subdivision. Joel Cohen seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. 41 Page 1 of 4 3.The Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Association Inc. presentation – cancelled, the presenters did 42 not appear. 43 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 44 Minutes of the Meeting of October 28, 2013 were circulated. Fran Tabor motioned to approve and Joel 45 Cohen seconded, a minor correction was made. (Approve: Kit Roehrig, Joel Cohen, Fran Tabor, Roger 46 Harris, John Mueller, and John Hoover; Nay: Jojo Tanimoto) 47 The Action Committee determined that the meeting schedule would remain the same with meetings 48 th occurring on the 4 Monday of the Month with the exception of May and December where the 49 rd meetings will occur on the 3 Monday. The location of meetings will also rotate: Waimea will host 50 meetings for January, March, August, November and December; Waikoloa will host February, May, 51 July; Puako will host meetings for April and October; Kawaihae (pending finding an appropriate 52 location) will host meetings for June (or will be located in Waimea) and September (or will be located in 53 Waikoloa) 54 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 55 4.SKCDP Implementation. Action Committee will continue ongoing review of SKCDP Goals, 56 Policies and Actions & discuss roles & responsibilities. 57 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Planning Director, Duane Kanuha or authorized a. 58 representative. 59 No Discussion 60 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Member b. 61 No Discussion. 62 Discussion of Procedural Protocols for the Action Committee c. 63 Fran Tabor and Kit Roehrig updated the committee on the status of setting up a g-mail account 64 for the committee and drafting the procedures for accessing and utilizing the account by the 65 Action Committee. Further discussion of the account was postponed for the next meeting. 66 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). d. 67 John Hoover provided the Action Committee information regarding a request by the Puako 68 Community and subcommittee to the county to revise the Puako Wastewater Facility to 69 participate in a study with the NOAA and the University of Hawai‘i to develop alternate 70 technologies to deal with wastewater. John Hoover made a motion “the SKCDPAC supports 71 the Puako Community Associations movement to seek more affordable and efficient alternatives 72 to a central treatment facility for Puako and recommends that the County of Hawai‘i become 73 actively involved and financially supportive to the phased plan developed by the Puako 74 Community. John Mueller seconded. Unanimously approved. 75 The Location of a school complex in the Waikoloa/Waimea area needs to be brought forward 76 and supported. Joel Cohen and John Mueller will work together on new subcommittee that will 77 look into Long Term Education Planning. 78 Waikoloa Subcommittee would like to add 2 projects to the CIP list – 1) Extension of Paniolo 79 Drive and 2) Develop a Community Center/Sports Complex. The Waikoloa Subcommittee has 80 Page 2 of 4 been asked that they form be filled out to have the AC approve to submit to the appropriate 81 County Departments. 82 Roger Harris stated that he would be willing to draft a CIP project form to address the request 83 made by Mike Luce regarding the roadway improvements to Kawaihae Road from Lindsey 84 Road to Longs. 85 Discussion of Update Issues/Suggestions for the SKCDP/General Plan e. 86 Kawaihae subcommittee request that the list be added to reflect Wind within the natural hazards 87 section of the CDP. 88 Discussion of Proposed Action Committee Name Change f. 89 Kit Roehrig reported that the Corporation Counsel Margarget Masunaga determined that there 90 was no procedure with implementing the approved aka “Hui Kuleana o Kohala Hema” to the 91 formal South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee name. Joel Cohen made 92 a motion that all future documents that are generated under the committee’s letterhead including 93 the aka such as our agenda and minutes. Kit Roehrig seconded and the motion passed 94 unanimously. 95 5.Sub-Committee Reports. 96 Permit Activity Comments from Action Committee a. – 97 None. 98 Waikoloa b. 99 i.The written report of the Waikoloa Subcommittee was distributed for the AC to review. 100 Kawaihae c. 101 th i.December 9 at Spencer Park where the main subject is to be Trails. 102 ii.Discussion of the written reports to clarify the items mentioned. 103 iii.Request that the AC request a presentation by the DWS regarding availability in the area, 104 specifically the Kawaihae area 105 Puako d. 106 i.No Report. 107 e.Waimea 108 i.No Report. 109 f.District-Wide 110 i.No Report. 111 g.Liaison Reports 112 i.Traffic Safety Committee 113 1)The County Traffic Safety Committee meeting will be 12/9/13 from 9 am – 11 am. 114 ii.Waimea Community Association 115 1)No Report 116 Page 3 of 4 iii.Lalamilo Farm Association 117 1)No Report. 118 iv.Homestead Community Associations. 119 1)No Report 120 h.Joint Meeting with Puna CDP AC 121 i.No Report 122 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 123 None 124 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 125 Next Meeting December 16, 2013– 126 Waimea - Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior 127 Center) Agenda : Elections, Waimea Nui, DWS, DEM, Traffic, Email procedures . 128 ADJOURNMENT: 129 Meeting adjourned at 7:31 pm 130 Respectfully submitted, 131 Deanne Bugado, Planner 132 A T T E S T: 133 John Hoover, Chair 134 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee 135 Page 4 of 4