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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-07-28 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes 1 SOUTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE 2 aka HUI KULEANA O KOHALA HEMA 3 southkohalaactioncommittee@gmail.com 4 County of Hawai’i 5 MINUTES 6 Meeting Date: July 28, 2014 7 Call to order: 5:45 pm 8 Place: Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior Center) 9 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway 10 Waimea, Hawai’I 96743 11 Roll Call: 12 1Members present: Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto, Christopher (Kit) 13 Roehrig, Joel Cohen, John Mueller, Roger Harris (arrived @ 5:45) 14 2Absent/Excused: John Hoover 15 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Ali Catalano 16 4County of Hawai’i: Margaret Wille 17 5Public in attendance: Clyde Matsunaga, Sierra Tobiason, Greg Mooers, 18 David Tarnas, Mike Luce, Gunner Mench, Kathryn Freitas, Anika Glass 19 20 At 5:05 pm Due to a lack of quorum at the beginning of the meeting the Action 21 Committee requested that the presentation be done for information. 22 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 23 Margaret Wille brought up the Lindsey Rd. extension, the coordination with Parker 24 Ranch, and an in-progress strategy. 25 PRESENTATION 26 Clyde Matsunaga from Imata and Associates Inc. did a presentation of the Planned 27 Unit Development Application for Mauna Kea Plantation Estates. 28 The bottom half of the land is said to be designated as urban expansion and the top 29 half is designated as extensive agriculture land. The main focus of the request for 30 this PUD is to preserve the watershed area. He discussed the input of the University 31 of Hawaii and the studies that have been done on the land. 32 Issues discussed:  33 843 total acres all of which are presently Ag-5. The general plan designates 34 the bottom half of the land as urban expansion and the top half as extensive 35 Ag land.  36 The reason for the request of a PUD is to preserve the watershed area.  37 The locations of two major entrances and exits.  38 The plan to drill amongst two or three wells, providing of portable irrigation 39 and that sewage will be among each lot individually.  40 Proposed studies by University of Hawaii on mango, sandalwood, hardwood, 41 and honeybees.  42 The proposed Kawaihae bypass road. 43 Formal Meeting Began: 5:45 pm 44 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 45 Greg Mooers spoke about his written testimony, which he handed out, regarding the 46 concerns of potential impact of the PUD presented by Clyde Matsunaga. 47 Sierra spoke briefly regarding the restoration projects she and her team at 48 University of Hawaii Sea Grant have going on. They have funding from the 49 department of health clean water branch and they will be testing out the water 50 quality before, during, and after the implementation of their projects, which 51 includes installing best management practices to prevent water run off or potential 52 contamination to surface or coastal waters. 53 JoJo spoke briefly to let everyone know she did invite NRCS to this meeting and that 54 there is another conservation management plan. Anika clarified that the referenced 55 plan is the same plan that Sierra is working to implement 56 Mike Luce spoke about his written outline, which he handed out, regarding the 57 general and specific concerns he has with the potential impact of the PUD presented 58 by Clyde Matsunaga. Mike also submitted to the AC written testimony from Uplands 59 at Mauna Kea Community Association and Sustainable Resources Group Intn’l, Inc. 60 Gunner Mensch spoke in regard to his concerns on the proposed Kawaihae-Waimea 61 bypass road. Informed the Action Committee of a meeting on July 30, 2014 at 6 pm. th 62 Anika briefly mentioned that she hopes this is denied until another relationship can 63 be formed with the developer. 64 RESULTING FROM PRESENTATION 65 John Mueller made a motion that the committee recommends to the Planning 66 Director that the application for the Planned Unit Development Application for 67 Mauna Kea Plantation Estates be denied. Joel Cohen seconded that motion. Then the 68 motion was amended to include a letter from the committee recommending denial. 69 Motion was amended to have the letter include compliance issues with the CDP 70 regarding water quality, traffic, and waste water issues as identified by comment 71 letters and research by Joel. Motion was amended by John Mueller and seconded by 72 Joel Cohen, then was carried with (John, Joel, Roger and JoJo) and ( one silent Kit). 73 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 74 John Mueller made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 23, 2014 meeting, 75 and Joel Cohen seconded that motion. Motion passed unanimously. 76 A motion to approve the rotating schedule as explained by Deanne Bugado was 77 moved by John Mueller and seconded by Joel Cohen. Motion passed unanimously. 78 There was a discussion with the Action Committee regarding Sunshine Law 79 Compliance and a reminder for them not to do email blasts, but rather to send it to 80 Deanne first to distribute. Explained the potential for email blasts to lead to 81 Sunshine Law Violations. 82 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 83 1.SKCDP Implementation. Action Committee will continue ongoing review of 84 SKCDP Goals, Policies and Actions & discuss roles and responsibilities. 85 a.Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Member Margaret 86 Wille 87 None. 88 b.The AC will discuss a list of concerns/issues/questions with the 89 Planning Director 90 None – Postpone to the August meeting since the Planning Director was 91 not present at the July meeting. 92 c.Capital improvement Plan (CIP) 93 Current project list remains, and will be reviewed next meeting. 94 i. Roger Harris did not have an update regarding the drafted letter to 95 the Department of Public Works. 96 d.Discussion of Update Issues/Suggestions for the SKCDP General Plan 97 No new issues/suggestions. Items were listed for the record, along with a 98 list handed out and will be up for discussion next time (document 99 attached). 100 e.Discussion Items proposed by Action Committee Member Kit 101 Roehrig 102 None – postponed for the next meeting. 103 f.A motion was made by Roger and seconded by John Mueller to table the 104 discussion of application review and request that applicants for the 105 applications of One Puako Bay and the Draft Environmental Assessment 106 be contacted to present at the next meeting and. The motion was carried 107 unanimously. 108 2. Sub-Committee Reports. Action Committee will review sub-committee reports 109 and recommended motions and discussion items to place on the next meeting 110 agenda for action. 111 Subcommittee reports have been postponed for the next meeting. 112 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 113 None 114 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 115 Possible Agenda Items: Presentation by DWS (Lalamilo Wind Farm) & One Puako 116 Bay Associates, continued items from this agenda, Planning Director 117 Next Meeting August 25, 2014 Waimea – Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea 118 Senior Center) 119 ADJOURNMENT 120 Meeting adjourned at 7:31 pm.