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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-03-09 NKCDP Minutes Final 1 NORTH KOHALA NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2 ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES 3 4 Monday, March 9th, 2015 at 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 Joe Carvalho and Faye Yates. 10 2.Members absent: Lani Eugenio. 11 3.Public Attendance: Susan Wells Fischer, Jesse C. Wells, Lynda Wallach, and 12 Mark Schmidt. 13 4.Planning Department Present: Rosalind Newlon and Ali Catalano. 14 15 I.CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:19 PM by John 16 Winter. 17 18 II.ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS: 19 a.Minutes of the Meeting on February 9, 2015 meeting were reviewed th 20 and discussed by the AC members. Faye Yates brought up that on line 21 98, there should be adjustments to the wording to clarify that there 22 have been several breaks in the last few months in the Beers Road 23 water line, and that this will be on the discussion list with the 24 department of water supply. 25 26 Susan Fischer brought up that the wording on line 117 should clarify 27 that the water department has been receptive of the water report that 28 was sent to them. 29 30 Jon Adams moved to approve the minutes as amended. Keone 31 MacKillop seconded that motion and it was carried unanimously. 32 33 III.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: 34 35 Susan Fischer thanked the people involved in working on the public 36 access and Kohala Shoreline LLC below Kohala Ranch. She thanked them 37 for getting people more motivated to look into things and that the Kohala 38 Estates Community Association will be following up. 39 40 IV.BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 41 42 a.The Action Committee discussed the following agenda item: 43 44 “The Action Committee will discuss the merits of, and will decide 45 whether to, form an investigatory subcommittee to prepare 46 recommendations to amend the Hawaii County General Plan during 47 the comprehensive review of the General Plan initiated by the 48 Planning Director, with comments due by June 6, 2015.” 49 50 John Winter asked the Action Committee if this is something they 51 want to do, and asked Rosalind Newlon if she could explain the 52 restraints in moving forward with this. Rosalind explained that it is a 53 way to research a topic, and to have 2 or more members, but less than 54 a quorum, and requires 3 meetings. One meeting is this one, where 55 they would decide if this is something that they would like to move 56 forward with, and choose who would be involved and create the 57 subcommitete, the second meeting would be the meeting in April, 58 where the subcommittee would report on their findings and at the AC 59 meeting (and listed as agendized items), and the third meeting would 60 be in May and would be the deliberation and decision making process. 61 A letter would be drafted to be presented to the Planning Director, 62 and that letter would be presented to the AC for approval. 63 64 John Winter asked if anyone besides himself would be willing to serve 65 on this subcommittee. Keone MacKillop, Jon Adams, and Joe Carvalho 66 volunteered. 67 68 A motion was made by Keone MacKillop to form an investigative 69 subcommittee to include Keone MacKillop, Joe Carvalho, John Winter, 70 and Jon Adams to make recommendations to amend the county 71 General Plan during comprehensive review. Jon Adams seconded that 72 motion, and the motion was carried unanimously. 73 74 b.The Action Committee discussed the following agenda item: 75 76 “The Action Committee will discuss the merits of, and decide whether 77 to, form an investigatory subcommittee to research and make 78 recommendations for ways to improve public access to the shoreline 79 areas and/or mountain areas in North Kohala.” 80 81 John Winter explained to the Action Committee that Rosalind put this 82 on the agenda due to a concern that Lani Eugenio expressed at the last 83 meeting. He suggested that this item be tabled for the time being. 84 85 Keone MacKillop brought up that this was covered at the last meeting, 86 and that there are going to be some things on the agenda covering this 87 for the next meeting. 88 89 John Winter responded that this will be on the agenda for next time, 90 and then Lani will make a request if she can make comments on the 91 report. If she would like to form a subcommittee at that time, she can 92 make a motion to do so. 93 94 The item was tabled. 95 96 c.The Action Committee discussed the following agenda item: 97 98 “The Action Committee will review the draft Annual Report of their 99 progress and goals.” 100 101 John Winter asked Susan Fischer to confirm her suggestions that she 102 brought up about the meeting minutes from the last meeting so he can 103 update the draft annual report as well. Joe Carvalho also brought up 104 the spelling of the word column. 105 106 Joe Carvalho made a motion to approve the annual report as amended 107 and it will be published in Kohala Mountain News. Jon Adams 108 seconded that motion, and it was carried unanimously. 109 110 V.SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 111 112 a.Growth Management: Jon Adams reported that are no updates at this 113 time. There have been no applications and the meeting was cancelled 114 this month. 115 116 b.Public Access: Report by Keone MacKillop 117  118 Hapu’u Kapanaia – Keone explained that Toni Withington gave 119 a report and updated on the new partners that they are 120 working with.  121 Halelua – No update.  122 Kauhola Lighthouse – Keone informed the AC that there are 123 volunteer workdays every month.  124 Halaula Mill Road – No update.  125 Ainakea Makai – Everything has been wrapped up and this 126 item can be taken off the list for future meetings and agendas.  127 Pahoa Beach – Keone stated that there are a few spots that 128 they have been covering, and he will go back and review these 129 spots.  130 Upolu Airport – Keone stated that this is another item that he 131 will go back and review.  132 Restoration at Upolu Airport – In regards to the planting that 133 has been done, there has been an amazing survival rate, and 134 the rains have really helped.  135 Kaiholena Lot F – There is one final hold up, but is pretty much 136 closing escrow. 137 Latitude 20 – This is back up for ownership, and there are 138 some groups that are working on acquiring that.  139 Kohala Shoreline – This item was talked about in depth at the 140 subcommittee meeting and there will be a letter drafted up to 141 clearly detail concerns on a few different items.  142 Kohala Kai – No update.  143 Access Interface – This will also be included in the letter that is 144 being drafted up. 145 146 Rosalind reminded Keone that they must go through the AC 147 with any letters that are being written. Keone responded and 148 informed the AC that they will be writing a letter to the 149 Planning Director to clarify a couple issues on Chapter 34 150 Public Access. There will be a few things included for the 151 record, such as Lighthouse Road and Pahoa Beach. 152 153 c.Water, Parks, and Roads: Report by John Winter 154  155 Pratt Road – they are still working on emergency bypass 156 possibilities.  157 The next meeting will be at Mahu Kona with the friends of the 158 park. There will also be a meeting at Keokea at some point, and 159 eventually all of them.  160 As stated previously, there have been seven breaks at Beers 161 Road in the past 6 months. Toni Withington is going down to 162 the department of water supply.  163 The key for the intergenerational center is now through office 164 at the County facility located at the former Bank of Hawaii. So 165 going forward, Janine is no longer handling that.  166 The next meeting is Wednesday, March 25, 5 PM at Mahukona th 167 Park. 168 169 d.Power, View Planes, and Erosion Control: Report from Susan Fischer 170  171 Susan Fischer reported that Toni and Carter met with HELCO, 172 and the manager of Paniolo Power. A report on that will have 173 to be delayed until Carter is in attendance. The meetings are 174 being changed to the last Tuesday of the month from 5-6 PM. 175 176 e.Affordable Housing: John Winter reported that he is actively 177 recruiting a new chair for this. 178 179 f.Agricultural Updates: Report by Lani Eugenio 180  181 No report (absent). 182 VI.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: 183 184 Jesse spoke in regards to public access. He informed the AC that he 185 walked up Hall Road. He explained that he needs written permission to go 186 past the gate and that there is a big sign there with locks on the gate. 187 188 Keone explained that the road is privately owned. John Winter asked if 189 Keone and Joe would report on this in the next meeting during their 190 subcommittee reports. 191 192 VII.ANNOUNCEMENTS: 193 194 NEXT MEETING: 195 Date: April 13, 2015. th 196 Time: 5 PM 197 198 VIII.There being no further business, a motion was made by Keone MacKillop 199 to adjourn, and Jon Adams seconded that motion. The meeting was 200 adjourned at 6:04 PM. 201 202 Minutes submitted by Ali Catalano, Community Planning Assistant.