Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-12-15 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: December 15, 2014 7 Call to order: 5:03 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 Hoover, Anika Glass 14 2Absent/Excused: Roger Harris, John Mueller 15 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Noelani Wong 16 4County of Hawai’i: Dave Hirt for Wille 17 5Public in attendance: Mike Luce, Mrs. Cohen 18 Kit Roehrig gifted the Action Committee with a Hawaiian Dictionary, and the AC 19 thanked Kit and asked that staff store the dictionary and bring the dictionary to the 20 meetings in the future. 21 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 22 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 23 Minutes of the Meeting of November 24, 2014: 1. 24 a. Joel Cohen asked that line item 195 as it relates to magnet schools 25 being brought up, be deleted from the record. Request was 26 seconded by Anika, all in favor, none opposed. 27 b. Minutes of 11/24/2014 were approved as amended. 28 Elections for 2015 Chair and Vice-Chair 2. 29 a. Joel Cohen proposed that elections be postponed until January 30 2015 meeting to establish adequate quorum. Kit Roehrig seconded 31 motion, all in favor with Anika Glass abstaining from the vote. 32 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 33 Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Members: District 1 – 1. 34 Valerie Poindexter and District 9 – Margaret Wille – NONE PRESENT 35 Meeting Protocols/Procedures – Kit Roehrig provided a handout as a 2. 36 reminder of current meeting procedures.The Action Committee reviewed 37 meeting comment time limits and subcommittee report formats, 38 member/backup for subcommittees. Timekeeper should be appointed, to 39 insure the 3 minute limit is maintained. 40 Roehrig motioned for approval on handout procedures, Cohen seconded. 41 Glass advised that the handout is already covered in the AC procedural binder 42 and any changes/amendments will need to be proposed as formal change to 43 binder procedures. Reminder that handout was a reminder to procedures, not 44 a change or amendment. Cohen acknowledged that the 1.5 hr rule should be a 45 goal as approved by the committee but may not always be possible due to 46 time constraints of issues involved. Jojo motioned for approval, all approved 47 aside from Anika who voted against due to being unable to submit her reports 48 in advance as required. 49 Cohen opened new motion regarding the 7 day rule and asked for an 50 amended to the rule to acknowledge that reports may not always be able to be 51 submitted one week in advance. Amendment to apply to the 7 day rule to add 52 (if possible). Roehrig amended the prior motion to reflect the change as 53 initiated by Cohen. Cohen seconded, all in favor, none opposed. 54 Review Discussion of Bill 281 relating to Planned Unit Developments 3. 55 (PUD) 56 a. Joel Cohen advised that he will be in support of Bill 281 as an individual as 57 it goes to the Planning Commission and will be providing verbal testimony 58 (written testimony already submitted) at that meeting. Emphasis will be on 59 processes to be established and adhered to. 60 b. Public Hearing on Bill 281 is set for 12/18/2014. 61 c. Hoover advised that during the testimony, members providing individual 62 testimony cannot disclose their AC member affiliation, Cohen 63 acknowledged. 64 State Land Use Commission statewide meetings on land use regulation – 4. 65 Jojo Tanimoto led a discussion of the LUC statewide meetings on land use 66 regulations and proposed the following motion be considered. 67 a. The SKCDPAC motioned that the Planning Director include into the 68 Planning Department comments to the State Land Use Commission 69 Boundary Review the following comments: 70 i. What is not working is the Kawaihae community request to recognize the 71 Pelekane Watershed as a watershed in the Land Use Commission 72 Boundary Review. 73 ii. What is not working is the portion of the Pelekane Watershed that 74 affects the water quality of Pelekane Bay and surrounding marine 75 environment, is not in conservation designation. 76 iii. What is not working is the Palihae Stream that runs from the Watershed 77 directly into Pelekane Bay. 78 b. Motion by Tanimoto for the SKCDPAC ask the Planning Director to 79 consider these matters in changing this portion of Pelekane Bay from an 80 AG designation to a conservation district. 81 i. Hoover asked for clarification on Tanimoto’s item 4 as it relates to home 82 rule, and asked that it is too aggressive to ask this of the PD. 83 ii. Cohen moved to approve the 12/08/2014 handout by Tanimoto for 84 recommendations item 1, 2, and 3, but omitting item 4 on the second 85 page from the approval. 86 iii. Clarification of the motion on the floor: Approval of Tanimoto’s document 87 in whole with exemption of item 4 on the second page. Motion died. 88 nd iv. Glass motioned to approve document in whole, striking only item 4 on 2 89 page to be sent to the PD asking him to review request. Tanimoto 90 volunteered to write the accompanying letter. Hoover clarified that in 91 nowhere in the document does it stipulate the final intent of the 92 document and requested it be redrafted to be more specific. Glass 93 withdrew her motion. Cohen made a motion to table this discussion until 94 January meeting. Hoover seconded. All in favor aside from Glass who 95 voted against. 96 Sub-Committee Reports. Action Committee reviewed sub-committee reports 4. 97 and recommended motions and discussion items to place on the next meeting 98 agenda for action. 99 a. – John Mueller (absent) Waikoloa 100 i. Anika Glass led discussion and provided background information regarding a 101 number of traffic intersections in the South Kohala district along the Queen 102 Kaahumanu Highway near the Waikoloa and Mauna Lani Resorts. She 103 requested that the following motion be considered: 104 a. The SKCDPAC is to request the Planning Department to research 105 original and all subsequent permits for both the Hilton Waikoloa 106 Village and Mauna Lani Resorts to determine what their 107 responsibilities toward traffic control are for the Queen Kaahumanu 108 intersections. To include answers as to what they are responsible for 109 and a timeline for compliance. Provide documentation for future 110 reference. 111 ii. Tanimoto interjected during Glass’ discussion as to whether or not the 112 Ainalea project is within all of this and how it is affected. 113 a. Glass clarified her motion to acknowledge that Ainalea is supposedly 114 exempt and her request only pertains to HWV and MLR. 115 iii. Cohen motioned to approve motion for the sake of discussion with 116 clarification that the matter is within the scope of the SKCDPAC. Glass 117 clarified that she believes it is within the scope of responsibility of the 118 SKCDPAC. Tanimoto referred this to the Traffic Safety Committee 119 (Gunner) to determine the role of the SKCDPAC in regards to this matter. 120 Cohen acknowledged the seriousness of the matter overall and that it 121 should be looked into further to determine a best course of action on 122 behalf of the SKCDPAC. Tanimoto asked for a second to the motion. All 123 opposed, motion died. 124 b. - John Hoover – n/a Puako 125 c. - Joel Cohen – n/a Waimea 126 d. - Roger Harris (absent) District-Wide 127 e. - Joel Cohen discussed the last meeting on Long Term Education Planning 128 the WHEC Palamanui at Kealakehe High School. Pete Hoffman arranged to 129 have Pres David Lassner of UH and John Morgan of HCC for a 2 hr meeting 130 with 170 attendees. UH intends to provide an education with an emphasis 131 not on building but on providing classes and opportunities islandwide via 132 online classes – this would not be good for many vocational classes. Their 133 plan does not address adequately over a 2yr degree. In 2014, only 112 134 graduates from HCC, primarily Oahu, only 24 in WH. Their plan is 4 phases 135 for Palamanui over 6 yrs. Funding for education is based on 2 sources tuition 136 and the state legislature. The overall projection is not grounded and may 137 actually extend to 10-20 years. 138 Other Reports Liaison Reports – 139 1. Traffic Safety Committee – Glass asked that her reports be allowed to 140 include only highlights with her full report given during the AC meeting. No 141 response from committee. Requested that AC members review her emailed 142 report with all attachments due to safety concerns and election results. 143 2. Waimea Community Association – Cohen 144 3. Homestead Community Associations – Josephine Tanimoto n/a 145 Status Update of Website Organization – Tanimoto requests PowerPoint be 5. 146 put back on website. No response. Cohen/Roehrig acknowledged that current 147 outline on website looks good and no further requests at this stage as future 148 requests are being discussed for review. 149 a. Glass asked how documents need to be submitted for uploading to the 150 website. Deanne clarified that submissions should be in word format in 151 order to meet ADA compliance transfer needs. Otherwise, the timeframe 152 for upload will be much longer to meet ADA compliance. 153 b. Hoover asked that the email list from the traffic committee meetings should 154 suffice versus having a report formulated for each SKCDPAC meeting. 155 Roehrig advised that the emails are now going to the SKCDPAC email. 156 Glass advised there has been no minutes for some time due to lack of 157 staffing but going forward, their new secretary should be sending the 158 minutes out to the email list in a timely fashion. 159 Training Update and Banner Purchase Request – Tanimoto motioned that a 6. 160 letter be sent to the PD requesting specific training. Tanimoto also requested 161 nd that a second letter be sent to the PD requesting a 2 banner for the 162 committee to bring more awareness of the meetings. Tanimoto requests a 163 motion with specific training designated for the AC committee. Sunshine Law 164 and Land Use as well as other training should be further discussed by the AC 165 committee. Cohen motioned that this be a continued discussion item. Motion 166 died, no vote. 167 a. Banner is already in motion per Deanne. In pricing stage. 168 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The Action Committee reviewed and 7. 169 discussed the South Kohala Community Development Plan CIP project list for 170 submission to the Planning Department for consideration. Puako Sewer 171 System to be removed from the CIP list. Cohen requested the 2014 CDP and 172 General Plan. Per Tanimoto, Waimea Transit Hub has two parts 1) Lindsey Rd 173 to New Hope and 2) Mamalahoa Hwy. 174 a. The Action Committee discussed State Transportation Improvement Plan 175 (STIP) projects and how they impact the South Kohala District. No 176 comments made. 177 Discussion of Update Issues/Suggestions for the SKCDP/General Plan 8. 178 The Action Committee continued discussion on potential amendments for the 179 SKCDP and the General Plan to be forwarded to the Planning Department. 180 a. No amendments at this time. 181 Anika Glass submitted her resignation due to personal health concerns and will 182 submit a formal letter to Deanne. 183 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 184 ANNOUNCEMENTS 185 • Next Meeting January 26, 2015, 5pm, Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea 186 Senior Center). Planning Director will be asked to attend. 187 ADJOURNMENT 188 Meeting adjourned at 6:45PM.