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Home My WebLink About2014-09-08 NKCDP Minutes Final 1 NORTH KOHALA NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2 ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES 3 4 Monday September 8, 2014, 5:00 pm 5 North Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala, HI 96755 6 7 ATTENDANCE 8 1.Members Present: John Winter, Jon Adams, Christopher “Keone” MacKillop, 9 Lani Eugenio, and Joe Carvalho 10 2.Members absent: Faith Yates. 11 3.Public Attendance: Toni Withington, Carter Collins, Susan Fischer, Peter 12 Devries, and Marlene Ching. 13 4.Also present was Rosalind Newlon from the Office of the Hawai’i County 14 Planning Department and Ali Catalano, Community Planning Assistant. 15 16 I.CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:24 pm by John 17 Winter. 18 19 II.ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS: 20 a.Minutes of the Meeting May 12, 2014 were reviewed and discussed th 21 by the AC Members. A motion to approve the minutes as amended 22 was made by Jon Adams and seconded by Keone MacKillop. Motion 23 was carried unanimously. 24 25 Minutes of the Meeting July 14, 2014 were reviewed and discussed th 26 by the AC Members. A motion to approve the minutes as amended 27 was made by Jon Adams and seconded by Keone MacKillop. Motion 28 was carried unanimously. 29 30 b.Election on Chair and Vice Chair – Joe Carvalho made a motion to keep 31 the current Chair and Vice Chair for at least 6 months. Jon Adams 32 seconded that motion. Motion was carried with 4 in favor, and one 33 opposed (John Winter). 34 35 III.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS 36 37 Toni Withington spoke to item B under Business of Committee, on CIP 38 Budget. She recommended that specifics of what the Action Committee 39 wants be included in the CIP in order to see funds used on improvements 40 to Mahukona Park. 41 42 IV.BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 43 a.John Winter discussed plans for a community meeting and brought up 44 the idea of having each subcommittee writing up a brief list of 45 accomplishments for the year and their goals for the following year 46 and have it printed as a Kohala Mountain News article in hopes to 47 reach more people and be more efficient than holding a public 48 meeting. Keone made a motion to follow through with John Winter’s 49 suggestion, and Jon Adams seconded this motion. Motion was carried 50 unanimously. 51 b.John Winter spoke in regards to the List of Infrastructure Strategies 52 that Rosalind Newlon printed out and handed out. He asked to see the 53 list of items that were passed last year, and would like to add it to the 54 agenda for the next meeting and come up with a prioritized list of 55 CIPs. 56 57 V.SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 58 59 a.Growth Management: Jon Adams reported that there were no 60 applications. 61 b.Public Access: Report by Joe Carvalho  62 Akoakoa Point – no updates  63 Hapu’u Kapanaia – lots 8 & 9 of Pacific Plains are now listed in 64 MLS. These lots are now open space and public purchase. They 65 are trying to get Kamehameha Schools involved to purchase 66 some of the properties due to the importance of the two 67 heiaus.  68 Halelua – 3 lots for sale. Current property they are interested 69 in is along the coast, but not up for sale yet.  70 Kauhola Lighthouse – no updates  71 Halaula Mill Road, Ainakea Makai, Pahoa Beach, and Upolu 72 Airport – 4 updates from the county at the last meeting, but 73 they have not had time to review them.  74 Restoration at Upolu Airport – it is going well, and the middle 75 school has put up 4 out of 12 informational signs.  76 Kohala Ali’i Kai non-profit applied for the stewardship funds. It 77 will be used for archaeology, preservation, use of surveys, 78 education, wildfire mitigation, and signage for the cultural 79 sites.  80 Kohala Shoreline LLC – Greg Mooers, consultant, will attend a 81 meeting later this month, and will also meet with Hawaiian 82 Homes. There will be a walk through scheduled for September 83 19, at 7:30. th  84 Kohala Kai –Ala Loa Trail will be added back on the deed.  85 National Park Service will be holding walks and hikes through 86 the Kohala area. The public is invited to the next one.  87 Next meeting is October 1. st 88 c.Water, Parks, and Roads: Report by John Winter  89 Pratt Road – Possibly emergency bypass route if there is any 90 sort of construction or damage to Akoni Pule Highway. Sending 91 a letter to everyone fronting the road asking if the road way 92 can be maintained, and kept clean. Also thinking about asking if 93 pedestrian and bicycle access can be put in.  94 Water Projects – Next meeting is September 9. The AC th 95 approved a study done by the Parks, Water, and Roads 96 Committee that had four recommendations. The Department of 97 Water Supply has looked it over and will be meeting tomorrow 98 (9/9) at 3 pm.  99 Green Waste – There is currently green waste that you can pick 100 up for free at the county lot. Still in negotiations and have a 101 commitment from the Division of Waste Management to get a 102 40 cubic yard receptacle to put green waste in at the transfer 103 station so that people don’t dump their green waste and have it 104 added to the land fill. 105 106 d.Power, View Plans, and Erosion Control: Report from Susan Fischer  107 $2 Million appropriated to complete the LED streetlight 108 conversion.  109 Carter Collins update on Parker Ranch in regards to Solar 110 Matters: contacted CEO of Parker Ranch Neil Dutch Kuyper, 111 and proposed inviting him to an upcoming meeting to discuss 112 upcoming plans. Parker Ranch has formed an organization 113 called Paniolo Power, and they are eager to create microgrids 114 for clean energy and power for the areas of Waimea and North 115 Kohala County. 116 117 John Winter suggested that this talk with Neil Dutch Kuyper 118 take place as a subcommittee level or even as a presentation 119 for the community sponsored by the subcommittee. 120 121 e.Affordable Housing: No Updates 122 f.Agricultural Updates: John Winter reported for Frank Cipriani  123 Daniel Trumpy of Kohala Organic was the first to petition for 124 the voluntary important ag lands, so we have somebody 125 starting that process.  126 Kohala Organic Produce, Aquaculture Farm, and Ho’ea Makai 127 have been identified as strategic ag sites. The 485 acre ag 128 dedicated parcel toward Pololu is another potential strategic 129 ag site.  130 Agricultural Education has formed a separate group for all of 131 the educators in the schools and are trying to meet once or 132 twice a year and give progress reports and feedback to the ag 133 committee  134 Discussion of a letter to the department of water supply for 135 more improved distribution lines from the Kohala Ditch.  136 April Lee and Gale Perez are going to gather information on 137 local small farm production as part of the diversified 138 agriculture and food security.  139 Meetings will take place 3 Wednesday every month at 5 pm. rd 140 Next one is 5 pm on September 17. th 141 142 VI.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS 143 144 Carter Collins asked John Winter if he expects any concerns from specific 145 neighbors when it comes to Pratt Road. 146 147 VII.ANNOUNCEMENTS 148 149 NEXT MEETING: 150 Date: Monday, October 13, 2014 151 Time: 5 pm 152 153 VIII.There being no further business, a motion was made by John Winter and 154 seconded by Keoni MacKillop to adjourn the meeting, which was carried 155 unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:22 pm.