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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-02-09 NKCDP Minutes Final 1 NORTH KOHALA NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2 ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES 3 4 Monday, February 9th, 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, Joe Carvalho and Faye Yates. 10 2.Public Attendance: Susan Fischer, Lynda Wallach and Gale Perez. 11 3.Planning Department Present: Rosalind Newlon and Ali Catalano. 12 13 I.CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:07 PM by John 14 Winter. 15 16 II.ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS: 17 a.Minutes of the Meeting on November 24, 2014 were reviewed and 18 discussed by the AC Members. Rosalind Newlon brought up two 19 adjustments that were already addressed. Joe Carvalho moved to 20 approve these minutes as amended, and Keone MacKillop seconded 21 that motion. The motion to approve the minutes as amended was 22 carried unanimously. 23 b.Rosalind let the Action Committee members know that the CDPs are 24 back on the website. She also explained the types of documents that 25 will be available on the website. 26 27 III.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: 28 29 None. 30 31 IV.BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 32 33 a.Review of the draft letter from the Action Committee to the Planning 34 Director regarding proposals for inclusion of the CIP. The letter was 35 distributed, and John Winter invited anyone who had necessary 36 changes to speak now. Rosalind brought up that there is an upcoming 37 staff meeting with the Planning Department that may provide updates 38 on CIP projects, and that pending that meeting there may be changes 39 necessary to the letter. Jon Adams made a motion that they approve 40 the letter pending any news requiring any changes to the letter from 41 the Planning Department. Joe Carvalho seconded that motion, and the 42 motion was carried unanimously. 43 44 V.SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 45 46 a.Growth Management: Jon Adams reported that there are no updates 47 at this time. 48 49 b.Public Access: Report by Keone MacKillop 50  51 Hapu’u Kapanaia – There is still an ongoing effort to get in 52 touch with Kamehameha schools to see if they are interested in 53 purchasing lots 8 and 9, due to the importance of this cultural 54 site including two heiaus. Keone stressed that if anyone knows 55 of anybody looking to help conserve this land, to see himself or 56 Joe Carvalho.  57 Halelua – An update from the Planning Department is needed 58 to determine where the trails are.  59 Kauhola Lighthouse – Keone clarified that in the notes from a 60 previous meeting it states that there is an access road being 61 built, however it is not an access road, it is a subdivision road. 62 The road is a private subdivision road that is being used as a 63 public access road, but it is not public access.  64 Halaula Mill Road – no report at this time.  65 Ainakea Makai – No report at this time.  66 Pahoa Beach – There were a few problems with residents 67 trying to get access to the coastline there, but it’s being taken 68 care of.  69 Upolu Airport – runway – no update.  70 Restoration at Upolu Airport – Hundreds of native plants have 71 been planted and informational signs have been created as 72 well.  73 Kaiholena Lot F – This is almost complete. It’s been purchased 74 and is finishing up. 75 Latitude 20 – This item is currently not on the list, but will 76 need to be moving forward. It’s being put back on the list 77 because it’s back up for sale. This will need to be an agenda 78 item for the subcommittee next month.  79 Kohala Shoreline – There was a walkthrough in February and it 80 went very well. 81 82 c.Water, Parks, and Roads: Report by John Winter 83  84 John Winter reported that they have changed their meeting 85 dates to the last Wednesday of every month at 5 PM. He 86 presented a copy of the water report before the department of 87 water supply so it would be part of the public record. It was 88 very well received.  89 Pratt Road – there has been a letter sent out to 25 landowners 90 regarding the possibilities of opening Pratt Rd. as an 91 emergency bypass road. This is in hopes to get more 92 information about what the landowners think. Once there is 93 input from them, there will be a public meeting to discuss the 94 progress.  95 The gym roof is expected to be completed in 90 days.  96 The discussion of lua’s being swept into the ocean at 97 Mahukona, but there was no definite answer whether that is 98 true or not.  99 Water Projects – There have been 7 breaks in Beers Road 100 water line in the last six months. This will be on the discussion 101 list with the Department of Water Supply.  102 There was discussion in regards to Friends of the Park. A few 103 of the Action Committee members brought up that they heard 104 the Friends of the Park are using certain areas for themselves 105 to get together and that they need to be held accountable. John 106 Winter brought up that he is aware that many of them have 107 been putting in a great amount of work, such as putting in soil, 108 irrigating plants, rebuilding barbecues, and cleaning the 109 pavilion. Discussion continued.  110 Green waste – John Winter brought up that he is calling the 111 Department of Environmental Management on a weekly, soon 112 to be daily basis, on green waste. 113 114 d.Power, View Planes, and Erosion Control: Report from Susan Fischer  115 Susan Fischer reported that they’ve been working on an annual 116 report and that maybe this should be a topic on the agenda for 117 next time because they have some suggestions. It may be 118 beneficial to show some results in the areas that there has been 119 success. For example, the water department being receptive to 120 the water report. 121 122 John Winter brought up that he has already written a draft of 123 the annual report, and that it will be distributed soon. 124 125 e.Affordable Housing: No Updates 126 127 f.Agricultural Updates: Report by Lani Eugenio 128  129 Lani Eugenio reported that she sent out emails to over 50 130 people that are on the Ag list. She received about 10 replies. 131 She is attempting to get people to give them some kind of idea 132 where they are and what kind of food they are planning for. 133 Lani also brought up the possibility of having an incinerator 134 and the hopes of having a letter written supporting no burn 135 Hawaii. However, Keone clarified that this topic has since been 136 dropped about two weeks ago. 137 138 Lani continued to discuss that she is working on compiling a 139 list of people who are doing agriculture. John Winter suggested 140 getting people to fill out a semiannual report instead of 141 attending monthly meetings. 142 143 VI.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: 144 145 Jon Adams asked how things are coming along with the vacancies. Roz 146 responded that they mayor’s office is working on this. 147 148 VII.ANNOUNCEMENTS: 149 150 John Winter informed the Action Committee that there was an informal 151 meeting of all the Action Committees – North Kohala, South Kohala and 152 Kona. He discussed the similarities and differences between each one and 153 issues that they all face. They discussed continuing to meet occasionally. 154 He also brought up a possible software being researched and 155 implemented and that they would like to hear more about that, as well as 156 the necessity of having all the Action Committees involved in the General 157 Plan. 158 159 Lastly, there was discussion regarding signs for the upcoming meetings. 160 161 NEXT MEETING: 162 Date: March 9, 2015. th 163 Time: 5 PM 164 165 VIII.There being no further business, a motion was made by Keone MacKillop 166 to adjourn, and Jon Adams seconded that motion. The meeting was 167 adjourned at 6:12 PM. 168 169 Minutes submitted by Ali Catalano, Community Planning Assistant.