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NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES Monday, April 14, 2014, 5:00 pm North Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala, HI 96755 ATTENDANCE 1. Members Present: John Winter, Joe Carvalho, Frank Cipriani, Christopher “Keone” MacKillop, Collin Kaholo, and Susan Fischer. 2. Members absent: Faith Yates and Jon Adams Also absent was Rosalind Newlon from the Office of the Hawai’i County Planning Department. 3. Public Attendance: Toni Withington, Carter Collins, Denise Nekrash, Kellyna Campbell, Joseph Campbell, Jesse C. Wells, Lucy Pasco, Margot McFedries, Jerry Kremkow, Gale K. Perez, Sarah K. Perez and Lani Eugenio. I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm by Chair, John Winter. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the Meetings of March 10, 2014. Minutes of the March 10, 2014 meeting were reviewed and discussed by the AC Members. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Frank Cipriani, seconded by Keone MacKillop, and unanimously approved with changes submitted by the AC members. The minutes of the February 10, 2014 meeting were deferred by the Chair until next month’s Action Committee meeting. III. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: Toni Withington said the access guidelines under consideration provide for interface with the Planning Department and are the result of six months of work by the Access subcommittee. IV. BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE A. The Action Committee discussed a Cost of Government Commission letter dated March 12, 2014, regarding the County’s policy to promote economy, efficiency, and improve service in the transaction of the public business in the legislative and executive branches. The AC reviewed a draft response letter to the Cost of Government Commission. A motion to approve sending the letter was made by Collin Kaholo, seconded by Frank Cipriani, and unanimously approved. B. The Action Committee reviewed the draft procedural guidelines for public access issues forwarded by the Public Access Subcommittee, including the addition of site walk-throughs. A motion to reconsider the guidelines again at the next Action Committee meeting on May 12 was made by Keone MacKillop, seconded by Joe Carvalho, and unanimously approved. V. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS: a. Growth Management – no report b. Public Access – Keone MacKillop reported there will soon be a walk-through at Bird Cave at Akoakoa Point. A 160 mile endurance foot race called Grand to Grand is proposed during April or May 2015, for the areas of