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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-05-18 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: May 18, 2015 th 7 Call to order: 5:00 pm 8 Place: Waikoloa Village Association Community Room 9 68 Melia Street, Waikoloa Village, HI 96738 10 Roll Call: 11 1Members present: Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto, Diane Kaneali’i, Joel 12 Cohen, John Mueller, George (Robbie) Robertson, and Roger Harris. 13 2Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Ali Catalano 14 3Public in attendance: Roland and Nani Sandstrom, Nina Kalckar, Mark 15 Gordon, Stephanie Stearns, Dave Hirt, Sheldon Meier, Mary Wills, 16 Cindy Kester, Warren Lee, and Ruth Smith. 17 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA  18 Roland Sandstrom spoke in regard to the update to the General Plan Item 19 and guidelines for cul de sacs in the county statutes. Regarding the Waikoloa 20 subdivision he explained that he would like to see the west exit road go 21 straight through, and that eventually he would like to see the community 22 recreation center have an access road to Queen Kaahumanu Highway. He also 23 expressed his concern that all future developments should have their own 24 access roads to Waikoloa Road and should not rely on Paniolo Avenue. He 25 also brought up the concern of the test lamps around the villages and that 26 he’d like to see new lamps put in or have skirts put on those lights so they are 27 lighting the street and not the homes.  28 Nina Kalckar, a new resident to the area, spoke in regard to the update to the 29 General Plan Item and brought up some ideas in regards to economic growth. 30 She had some ideas on developing businesses in the area and being able to 31 take advantage of the World Wide Web. She also brought up the possibility of 32 facilitating a relationship with University of Hawaii.  33 Mike Gordon spoke in regard to the update to the General Plan Item and 34 brought up the topic of the community emergency response team and 35 suggested that paved roads be a priority because this area is so prone to 36 wildfires. 37 PRESENTATION 38 1.Warren Lee, Director of the Department of public works, spoke in regard to 39 projects in South Kohala District. He brought up that the funding for roads 40 comes from county funding, fuel tax, and the State Transportation 41 Improvement Program (STIP).  42 The first is repairing the Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea  43 The other project is building a bypass from Mud Lane to Mana Road. 44 Mary Wills voiced her frustrations with regards to how developments are 45 approved based on the promise/plan for construction of roads on various 46 master plans or STIP/CIP and how safety and traffic are impacted when those 47 projects are not done. 48 Warren Lee explained that subdivisions have been approved a long time ago. 49 Deanne Bugado added that Waikoloa was developed to encourage workforce 50 housing, and some exemptions were granted at that time that affect how the 51 county is able to approve present applications today. 52 Jojo Tanimoto requested clarification regarding a road dedication believed to 53 have been approved by the county council two weeks ago, Kanehoa Road. She 54 brought up the fact that there is a barrier and is curious if that barrier could be 55 removed and connect the two subdivisions. This would make it easier for the fire 56 department to come through the road during fire season, and would allow school 57 busses to drop off kids within the subdivision and not on the highway. Warren 58 would look into the question. 59 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 60 1.Meeting minutes from March 23, 2015 61 Minor corrections to the minutes were requested. John Mueller made a 62 motion to approve the minutes as amended, and Joel Cohen seconded that 63 motion. The motion was carried unanimously. 64 2.Jojo Tanimoto spoke in regard to the information that is included on the 65 county website for the SK CDP Action Committee. She voiced her concerns 66 with the lack of documents on the website in comparison to the other CDPs. 67 3.Jojo Tanimoto spoke about liaison committees and the need to have a 68 representative from the Action Committee attend meetings such as Traffic 69 Safety, and report back to the Action Committee. 70 John Mueller suggested reaching out to the various committees and asking if 71 they could have someone attend the Action Committee meetings and provide 72 a report. There was also discussion on getting a copy of meeting minutes for 73 the subcommittees that have them. 74 Further discussion during the meeting provided additional information 75 regarding what information will be requested from the various groups. 76 Diane Kaneali’i volunteered to draft a letter to the various subcommittees. 77 4.Jojo Tanimoto reported on two trainings that have happened so far for the 78 Action Committee members. 79 5.Jojo Tanimoto also made a request for the Action Committee to get the audio 80 tapes from past meetings. Deanne Bugado clarified that those tapes are not 81 available. The recording is only utilized to assist staff in drafting the minutes 82 and have been deleted. It was pointed out that the Sunshine Law only 83 requires that there be written minutes of public meetings and with regard to 84 audio recordings that the law allows for anyone to record the meeting but it 85 is not a requirement. 86 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 87 1.Update/Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Members: District 1 – 88 Valerie Poindexter and District 9 – Margaret Wille 89 Dave Hirt – Reported that today was the first reading at county council of 90 the budget and there were 5.5 hours of public testimony (at the time that he 91 left the Waimea office to attend this meeting testimony was still on-going), 92 most of which was in regard to the use of Round Up. The second and final 93 reading is scheduled for June 1. st 94 Margaret Wille is working on a number of issues for the district such as 95 improving mass transit, the Waimea traffic circulation study, and a police 96 station for Waikoloa Village. 97 2.Subcommittee Reports 98 a.Long Term Education Planning – Joel Cohen 99 While Joel had no action to report, he brought up that vocational 100 education is extremely important, as well as post high school education. 101 He encouraged an assessment of what is available and urged anyone 102 with ideas to speak up. 103 Roger Harris explained that there is no high school in South Kohala, and 104 explained that there is a need for some good ideas that everyone could 105 get behind 106 b.General Plan Comprehensive Review 107 John Mueller introduced Ruth Smith, who organized a talk story in 108 Waikoloa for input on the General Plan that occurred. The write-up and 109 drafted recommendations from the talk story will be forthcoming for 110 approval at the next meeting. 111 Ruth reported that there were 120 people there and they did a walk 112 through with visuals on how the General Plan feeds back and forth to the 113 CDPs. The people in attendance were broken up into groups, and asked 114 to identify with stickers which items were the highest priority. She 115 explained that it was a laborious process, but an overall success. 116 Joel Cohen passed out a handout with his personal recommendations. 117 c.Other Reports – 118 i.Liaison Reports – 119 1.Waikoloa – Previously discussed. 120 2.Puako – Jojo Tanimoto asked if George Robertson could be the 121 representative for Puako and he agreed. 122 3.Waimea / Waimea Community Association – Joel Cohen 123 4.Kawaihae / Homestead Community Associations – No update 124 5.District Wide – Roger Harris previously discussed. 125 6.Traffic Safety Committee – previously discussed, letters are to 126 be written. 127 Jojo Tanimoto reported on an unagendized item, and made a motion that there 128 be a change for the Business of Committee section to agendize changes to the 129 subcommittee and liaison reports. Roger Harris seconded that motion for 130 discussion. 131 Deanne Bugado clarified that in a previous meeting in early 2014, the Action 132 Committee asked to have the format of the agendas changed to include a list of 133 applications, and if a specific one was up for discussion, it would need to be 134 added to the agenda. 135 The motion was voted upon, with 4 opposed (John Mueller, Roger Harris, Joel 136 Cohen, and George Robertson) and one in favor (Jojo Tanimoto). 137 Jojo Tanimoto asked that the HELCO permit be added to the agenda for the 138 upcoming meeting. 139 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 140 None. 141 ANNOUNCEMENTS  142 Next Meeting June 22, 2015 – Waimea Senior Center  143 Jojo reminded the committee that there are public meetings regarding an 144 proposed amendment to the existing General Plan Maps regarding the Kea‘au 145 area. June 1 in Kea‘au and June 3 in Kona. strd 146 ADJOURNMENT 147 John Mueller made a motion to adjourn, Roger Harris seconded that motion, and the 148 meeting was adjourned at 7:13 PM.