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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-11-19 KCDP Minutes Final1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee County of Hawai'i Minutes Meeting Date: November 19th, 2014 Call to Order: 2:00 pm Place: Kona Planning Conference Room. Bldg. E, 2nd Floor West Hawai'i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 Roll Call: 1. Members Present: Curtis Tyler, Douglas Payne, Greg Ogin, Barbara DeFranco, Kari Kimura, George "Keoki" Schattauer, and Hiram Rivera. 2. Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Terry Dunlap, Keola Childs, and Ali Catalano 3. Public in attendance: David Elbogen (phone), Janice Palma Glennie, Ralph Berezan, William C. Foulk, Mac McInnis, Bill Moore, Bill McCowan, Ken Melrose, and Bill McClean. The meeting was called to order by the chair Greg Ogin and introductions of AC members followed. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA Janice Palma-Glennie explained that she felt the community would be in support of a motion to approve changes suggested by the Ad-hoc committees. She explained that the motion should include wording to the effect that no aspect of the plan can stand alone and that no development can be approved without meeting and fitting the entire body of smart growth strategies and intentions written in the CDP. She also asked that the wording in the motion address open space, and that it acknowledge an immediate need for the Planning Department to define, include, and implement greenbelts as well, and to every new development as part of the open space network. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 1. Minutes from the Meeting on October 29th, 2014. Barbara DeFranco made a motion that the addition of Noelani Wong be added to the list of attendees. Keoki Schattauer seconded that motion. The minutes were then approved as amended, carried unanimously. 2. Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda. Greg Ogin brought up that the item #2 listed under Business of Committee on 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 the agenda was meant to be included as a Presentation, and should be moved up. No objections were made, and the presentation was moved up on the agenda. 3. Nominations and Voting for officers for 2015. There was discussion amongst the Action Committee about possibilities for Chair and Vice Chair for 2015. Hiram Rivera has previously offered to serve as Chair, but he indicated that he might not be able to take that on this year. Barbara DeFranco asked if it's possible that Greg Ogin serve another term, and Terry Dunlap clarified that it is an option, but the Planning Department would prefer to see a new Chair each year. Discussion continued amongst the Action Committee, and Curtis Tyler volunteered to serve as Vice Chair if needed. Discussion continued and eventually a motion was made by Curtis Tyler to nominate Greg for a second year as Chair, and to nominate Curtis Tyler as Vice Chair. Doug Payne seconded that motion, and it was carried unanimously. PRESENTATIONS TO ACTION COMMITTEE: 1. Lako Street Extension - Final version of Lako Street Extension: Tax Map Key(s) 7-7-04:022, 047, 087 and 100. Architect: Dr. William C. Foulk. Applicant: RMB 20. William C. Foulk made a presentation in regards to the Lako Street extension and the rezoning of two pieces of land. Ralph Berezan, the owner of the two lots, had the plan to do a traditional neighborhood design, with a village commercial core with an easy walking distance, residential walks, and duplex properties. The Action Committee continued to discuss the issues of burial sites, archaeological work, and the possibilities for Ali'i Parkway to avoid those burial sites. Cory Foulk continued to discuss the plans for this area to be a live/work community with it being very residential and pedestrian, with some restaurants. He also brought up the plan to provide bathrooms, showers and parking for both Banyans and Lymans. Bennett Mark spoke to bring the committee back into why they are considering this as an example. There are restrictions within the CDP. Can we allow this project to go forward? He stressed that they don't want to have to maneuver through all the codes; they want to make this consistent. He asked how can they adjust the CDP so projects like this can go forward properly? Keola Childs added that the Planning Director will make that call, and the real 93 question is how does the Action Committee want to see this handled and is 94 there a better way? The Planning Department is interested in hearing 95 suggestions to make things run smoothly. 96 97 Discussion continued amongst the Action Committee as to whether this 98 proposal qualifies as infill or not. 99 100 Doug Payne made a motion that the rezoning of these two areas meets the 101 criteria of infill, reflects the type of infill desirable for this part of the region, 102 and the construction of Lako Street addresses the concurrency requirement. 103 In addition, this proposal is consistent with the Kona Community 104 Development Plan Action Committee Policy Interpretation #3. Curtis Tyler 105 seconded that motion. 106 107 Curtis Tyler made a motion to table this motion, and Doug Payne seconded 108 that. The motion to table this item was carried unanimously. 109 110 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION 111 112 1. Impact on Kona CDP development patterns: Planning Director's Bill before 113 County Council to amend Zoning Code to allow residential development in 114 MCX (mixed-use industrial) zoning district. 115 116 The Action Committee requested at a previous meeting to receive a copy of 117 the bill, the written recommendations of the two planning commissions, any 118 testimony, and the background report to review for discussion. 119 120 Keola Childs updated the Action Committee that they have not received any 121 more information regarding this item. Greg Ogin brought up that a letter had 122 been written to the Planning Director to attend this meeting, but he could not 123 attend the meeting today due to another meeting on Oahu. They will follow 124 up with that to see if they can get the Planning Director to attend the next 125 meeting. 126 127 2. Action Items taken by Action Committee in 2014 128 129 Greg Ogin informed the Action Committee members that the purpose of this 130 document is to get an update from the Planning Department on the status of 131 these items by January 1St. Asked that the Action Committee review this and 132 if there are any comments, that they bring them up. 133 134 Doug Payne brought up one adjustment he'd like added to the first item on 135 the list. Ali Catalano noted the change and will make the adjustment to the 136 document. 137 138 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 139 140 1. Ad-hoc Subcommittee Reports 141 142 a) Chapter 25, (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 143 144 Curtis Tyler updated the Action Committee and explained that 145 there have been 4 meetings so far and there is no official written 146 report. However, at all of the meetings, there was no consensus 147 among the members, but there were recommendations. 148 149 He continued to read an email he sent to Doug Payne at an earlier 150 date aloud, detailing that, "the approach the Planning Department 151 has put forward with the proposed amendments to the 152 subdivision and Zoning codes go a long way to clarify how to move 153 forward. Standing behind these proposals will enable the 154 legislative body to codify that which the PD, regulatory body, 155 needs to have to begin implementation of the Kona CDP." 156 157 Curtis Tyler made a motion that since the AC, through it's ad-hoc 158 subcommittee, has reviewed the proposed planning department 159 draft amendment to chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code, that 160 the AC advises and recommends that the Planning Director 161 promptly initiate and forward these amendments to the respective 162 planning commissions as appropriate and with a favorable 163 recommendation to the Hawaii County Council for it's review, 164 consideration and passage. Barbara DeFranco seconded that 165 motion. 166 167 Curtis Tyler then made a motion to table this item and Keoki 168 Schattauer seconded that motion, and it was carried unanimously. 169 170 b) Chapter 23, (Subdivision Control Code) of the Hawaii County Code 171 172 Hiram Rivera reported that in the zoning review, there were some 173 questions they had for the Planning Department to answer in 174 order to move forward. They have not heard back yet, so the Ad - 175 hoc subcommittee will reconvene sometime next week. 176 177 2. Subcommittee Reports 178 179 No Updates. 180 181 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC 182 183 None. 184 185 ANNOUNCEMENTS 186 187 Next meeting Wednesday, January 28th, 2015. 188 189 Curtis Tyler made a motion to adjourn and Barbara DeFranco seconded that 190 motion. The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 PM. 191 192 Minutes submitted by Ali Catalano, of Kinoshita Communications.