HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-01-26 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: January 26, 2014
7 Call to order: 5:00 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, John Hoover, Anika Glass
14 2Absent/Excused: Roger Harris
15 3Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Noelani Wong
16 4County of Hawai’i: Dave Hirt
17 5Public in attendance: Diane Kaneali’i, Roger Kaneali’i, Joyce O’Connor,
18 David Tarnas, Ruth Smith, Mike Luce, Maata Tukuafu, Keith Wallis
19 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
20 None.
21 PRESENTATION
22 Greg Mooers provided the Action Committee with an overview of the planned
23 Change of Zone application for Kohala Shoreline, as well some information
24 regarding the past zoning actions for the property. Since Mr. Nathan Myrhvold. has
25 purchased the property, he has conducted a number of environmental studies on it.
26 He now plans to develop the property into 3 acre lots and will be submitting a
27 rezoning request from residential 15,000 square foot lots to RA-3a.
28 To ensure everything is up to speed, Mr. Mooers explained that they are redoing a
29 number of studies that were completed in 2010-2011. He also brought up the fact
30 that there are some archaeological features on the property, all of which will be
31 preserved. Another issue involved in this project is that there are a number of trails
32 on the property as well, and they are being proactive by conducting a number
33 community outreach meetings to collect comments and recommendations regarding
34 the trails.
35 Mr. Mooers explained that in regards to timeline, they are hoping to have the
36 revised studies done within the next 60 days. During that time they would file a
37 draft environmental assessment, which would be about a 6-month process. At the
38 end of that time, there would be a request for change of zone. It is their hopes that
39 any technical questions (archaeology, traffic, etc.) about the project will be fleshed
40 out and addressed during the environmental process so that when everything is
41 brought to county council, there will be a complete record and they will have a basis
42 to make their decision.
43 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
44 1.Meeting minutes from December 15, 2014
45 A number of adjustments were suggested for the meeting minutes from Jojo
46 Tanimoto. After much discussion between the Action Committee and Deanne
47 Bugado, final amendments to the motion included to remove the last word,
48 “make” on line 78, and to remove the word “under” from like 148.
49 Joel Cohen made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, and John
50 Hoover seconded that motion. The motion was carried with one objection
51 (Jojo Tanimoto), one abstaining (John Mueller), and the rest in favor.
52 2.Elections of 2015 Chair and Vice-Chair
53 The Action Committee discussed with Deanne Bugado that they were not
54 comfortable in nominating when they are in the situation of having an
55 uncertain membership.
56 John Mueller made a motion that the Action Committee postpone this for two
57 months (revisit in March) when hopefully they will have new members and
58 Joel Cohen seconded. All in favor, and the motion was carried unanimously.
59 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
60 1.Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Members: District 1 –
61 Valerie Poindexter and District 9 – Margaret Wille
62 Margaret Wille spoke in regards to updates to the General Plan, that she
63 suggests the Action Committee take one section that they would like to work
64 on, and focus on that, instead of reviewing the whole thing.
65 2.State Land Use Commission statewide meetings on land use regulation.
66 Jojo Tanimoto explained that in regards to this agenda item, all are now moot
67 as the comment period has already lapsed. But she did inform the Action
68 Committee that she has written a personal comment letter requesting to
69 make a correction and change Palihae Stream to Polaukole Stream.
70 3.Application Review and discussion in regards to the Pre-Consultation
71 request by Group 70 regarding the up-coming draft environmental
72 assessment for the Waimea Nui Regional Community Development
73 Initiative.
74 Jojo Tanimoto stated that she had no comments or issues with the pre-
75 consultation request for comments.
76 Jojo then attempted to bring other applications to the table for discussion,
77 but Deanne Bugado reminded the Action Committee that there was only one
78 application that was asked to put on the agenda for discusion, and therefore
79 no others can be discussed.
80 Deanne also reminded the Action Committee of a motion that was made last
81 year for Planning Department Staff to send the information of important
82 permits to all of the AC members, allowing them to review and request to
83 have items added to the agenda for future discussion.
84 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
85 a.Waikoloa – John informed the Action Committee that they did not have
86 their meeting on the second Wednesday because there was another
87 meeting that discussed the Aina Lea project.
88 b.Kawaihae – Jojo
89 c.Puako – John Hoover gave an informal report that things are moving
90 very well there. A number of studies are underway and moving toward
91 some choices as it comes to waste water treatment styles. He also
92 reported that the wildfire organization held an update meeting in Puako
93 and they are going to have conversations in Waimea and Waikoloa. He
94 pointed out that it was important to be involved in these meetings and
95 the resulting report for future access to grants and other funds.
96 d.Waimea – Joel brought up the topic of Dutch Kuyper with Parker Ranch
97 and Paniolo Power. He went into detail on the importance of this project
98 for now and the future.
99 e.District Wide – No updates
100 f.Long Term Education Planning – Joel informed the AC that he and John
101 have been working together and that he feels very strongly that
102 education is a local issue in community and economic development.
103 g.Other Reports
104 i.Liaison Reports
105 1.Traffic Safety Committee – Jojo brought up the Kawaihae Bypass
106 Road and thanked Council Woman Margaret Wille for attending
107 the Kailapa Annual Membership Meeting.
108 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
109 Margaret Wille spoke briefly on transportation and traffic in Waimea and also in
110 Waikoloa.
111 Jojo asked if we could get someone to come in and speak about the Waimea transit
112 plan. No definitive answer was given.
113 ANNOUNCEMENTS
114 • Next Meeting February 23, 2015 – Waikoloa Village Association Community Room
115 ADJOURNMENT
116 Meeting adjourned at 6:32 pm