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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-07-13 NKCDP Minutes Final 1 NORTH KOHALA NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2 ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES 3 4 Monday, July 13th, 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, Lani Eugenio, Faye Yates, Ken 9 Wills and Keone MacKillop. 10 2.Public Attendance: Toni Withington, Carter Collins, Lynda Wallach, Denise 11 Hart and Ben Ney. 12 3.Planning Department Present: Rosalind Newlon and Ali Catalano 13 14 I.CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5PM by John Winter. 15 16 II.ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS: 17 18 a.Minutes of the meeting from June 8, 2015. th 19 It was requested that the following amendments be made to the 20 minutes:  21 Remove lines 47-51.  22 Line 84 should read “Kohala Ditch”  23 Line 154 should read “Solar Matters”  24 Line 257 should read “marijuana/hemp”  25 Line 260 should read “on” not one  26 Line 268 should read “announced” not announce 27 28 Lynda Wallach brought up a correction from the section in the 29 minutes where transitional housing is discussed (lines 101 and 30 102). She explained that she wasn’t sure if this was necessarily 31 a correction to the minutes, or just an additional clarification 32 statement. She read an email aloud that she received 33 (anonymously), stating that there has been no housing permit 34 applied for the lot in question and that it will not be used for 35 transitional housing. It was instructed by John Winter to 36 mention this is the proper subcommittee report as an update. 37 38 Jon Adams made a motion to approve the minutes as amended. 39 Keone seconded that motion, and the motion was carried 40 unanimously. 41 42 III.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: 43 44 Denise Hart asked why the item she requested to be on the agenda at the 45 previous meeting is not on the agenda. Rosalind explained that there is an 46 upcoming announcement on the agenda in regard to this. 47 48 IV.BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 49 50 a.The Action Committee will discuss the guidelines for providing 51 subcommittee reports and statements from the public on agenda 52 items. 53 54 John Winter explained that he wrote up draft guidelines to adopt in 55 regard to statements from the public and subcommittee reports. His 56 proposal was attached for the Action Committee’s distributed 57 materials. 58 59 John Winter proposed the following norms (as written on his 60 handout):  61 Statements from the public shall be solicited at the beginning 62 and end of each meeting (current procedure).  63 Statements from the public shall be limited to three minutes for 64 each subject (current procedure).  65 The chair may exert some discretion on enforcing these 66 procedures if (s) he deems some statement is particularly 67 relevant to an existing or future AC strategy.  68 Any AC member may ask the chair to enforce the first two 69 guidelines if they consider a statement (and/or ensuing 70 discussion) to be off-topic. 71 72 Discussion continued among the AC members in regard to agenda items 73 and oral testimony. Denise Hart brought up the previous meeting, and her 74 desire to discuss the growth of medical marijuana and hemp at the last 75 meeting. 76 77 John Winter explained that this would be an item to be discussed at an 78 agriculture subcommittee meeting, not an Action Committee meeting. 79 80 John Winter continued to go along his handout to the Subcommittee 81 Reports section. He requested the following norms:  82 Subcommittee reports shall be sent in to our Planning rep for 83 distribution to all AC members as soon as possible after a 84 subcommittee meeting (at least five days before each AC meeting).  85 Oral subcommittee reports at AC meetings should be a brief 86 summary of the written report and limited to five minutes or less.  87 Reports should be limited to the CDP Strategies assigned them: 88 official subcommittee proceedings, decisions, written documents, 89 and requests to the AC (in the form of a motion). Oral reports 90 should adhere to subcommittee results. They may solicit input 91 from AC members, but should refrain from mentioning non- 92 strategy items and premature speculation or personal opinions. 93 94 There was a discussion that followed whether three minutes is 95 sufficient time to provide for public statements was. 96 97 Jon Adams suggested the time limit be changed to 5 minutes. Faye 98 Yates seconded that item. The motion was carried unanimously. 99 100 V.SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 101 102 a.Growth Management: Jon Adams reported that they did not have a 103 meeting, however, there were two items from the last meeting that 104 need to be clarified. The first was in regard to a subdivision lot that 105 might be sold to Catholic Charities. However, the idea was for them to 106 sell the lot to an individual, so this is not going to be transitional 107 housing. The second item for clarification is the permit for the snack 108 shack at Pololu Valley. He thanked Rosalind for providing information 109 on an application and what was approved. 110 111 John Winter asked about the guidelines for SMA minors. Rosalind said 112 she would look into that. 113 114 b.Public Access: Report by Keone MacKillop. 115 116 Keone explained that they did not have a meeting because of the 117 reunion, but there was one significant item that transpired since the 118 last meeting. The Environmental Assessment for Kohala Shoreline has 119 a 30-day comment period that ends on August 7. He explained if th 120 anyone is interested in the project, it is highly recommended they 121 attend the subcommittee meeting on August 5. They are putting th 122 together their letter and recommendations so if anyone wants to be 123 involved, they should attend the meeting on the 5. th 124 125 Rosalind recommended that the letter be written from an 126 individual(s), not the subcommittee, since it did not appear that they 127 had time to send their letter through the Action Committee for a 128 recommendation. Keone agreed. 129 130 c.Water, Parks, and Roads: Report by John Winter 131 132 John Winter explained that they met with representatives of the 133 Department of Parks and Recreation before the meeting on the boat 134 ramp in the Intergenerational Center. 135 136 They spoke about the Friends of the Park Program, rules and 137 regulations of the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the 138 requirement for an application to be filled out. They emphasized the 139 need for coordination between Parks and Recreation and various 140 Friends of the Park. 141 142 They also discussed park maintenance, and there are community 143 concerns about maintenance, such as weed whacking around the 144 parks and the King Kamehameha statue. 145 146 John mentioned that the Parks and Recreation meeting is going to be 147 busy on Pratt Rd. because that was an issue brought up at the reunion, 148 and there are also a number of people that are concerned about 149 emergency access around the gulch. He explained that they would like 150 to talk about that more in the next meeting, but there will be a Pratt 151 Rd public meeting held soon. He also explained that they are going to 152 schedule a meeting with Senator Inouye about the Kohala Ditch. 153 154 d.Power, View Planes, and Erosion Control: Report from Susan Fischer. 155 156 Toni Withington provided the subcommittee report and said that on 157 June 13 there was an informal meeting with Carter Collins, Toni th 158 Withington and HELCO President Jay Ignacio about alternative energy 159 sources for Kohala. 160 161 On June 16, Gail Byrne Baer and several Kohala High School students th 162 working on the Upolu sediment mitigation project, toured over 2- 163 dozen sediment basins at Kohala Estates with Susan Fischer. On June 164 22, Gail and her students spent the day in the field learning about nd 165 sediment check dams with the Kohala Watershed crew, and the next 166 day the students worked with the crew to install 6 check dams at 167 Upolu. 168 169 e.Affordable Housing: No updates, there is no chair. Subcommittee is in 170 the works. 171 172 f.Agricultural Updates: Report by Lani Eugenio 173 174 Lani said she had a meeting with two people on the marijuana issue. 175 She provided a handout explaining what the agriculture 176 subcommittee envision for Kohala, and went through each item 177 ranging in goals such as jobs for Kohala’s people, non-imported 178 laborers, and school programs for future farmers, 50% food 179 sustainability by 2018, and more. Lani also brought up a list of 180 concerns for the community that are going to be discussed in the 181 future. 182 John Winter brought up that most of these would fit in the present 183 strategy. 184 185 Lani brought up the difficulty in getting people to attend her 186 agriculture subcommittee meetings. 187 188 Faye Yates brought up the goal to be 50% sustainable and she’s 189 curious where we stand with that because it is fast approaching. 190 191 Lani explained that many farmers are using this goal as a way to get 192 funding. 193 194 g.Historical and Cultural Preservation: Report by Faye Yates 195 196 Faye reported that the group got together twice, and they have quite a 197 number of elders that are interested and have been coming and 198 sharing. So far, the main goal is to accurately identify, record, protect, 199 burial sites and cultural sites. 200 201 Faye also brought up the tour companies in Hawaii and the goal to 202 have them do tours correctly with proper information on Hawaiian 203 culture and language. 204 205 John Winter asked how they plan on addressing this issue with tour 206 companies. He explained that subcommittees are supposed to report 207 on their concerns and the things they’ve done to address and amend 208 them. Faye agreed that she is definitely interested in going to tour 209 companies and speaking with them about the information they give 210 on tours. 211 212 VI.ANNOUNCEMENTS 213 214 Announcements was moved above Statements from the Public. 215 216 Rosalind brought up that she had two announcements; the first was that 217 she contacted the Planning Dept. office in Hilo, and they are finalizing 218 their plan on community outreach for the General Plan update and that 219 information should be available soon on the Planning Department 220 website (www.cohplanningdept.com). She also brought the public notice 221 that was provided back in February, with an email address and phone 222 number for any questions or comments you’d like to submit for the 223 General Plan update. 224 225 Rosalind’s second announcement had to do with the hemp and medical 226 marijuana discussion and as a requested agenda item. She explained that 227 it did not appear that the bill had been approved yet for dispensaries and 228 thinks additional information is needed. 229 230 Ms. Hart stressed that this should be placed in the CDP. 231 232 John went on to explain the process of anything having to do with 233 Agriculture: he said he would pass it on to the Ag Subcommittee. 234 235 VII.STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: 236 237 Toni asked the Ag Subcommittee if the governor has signed the bill to 238 encourage schools to purchase food from local growers. 239 240 Ben Ney spoke in regard to the annual report in the Kohala Mountain 241 News. He spoke about his concern with Pratt Road and the closing of 242 accesses. He explained that he is also bothered by swimming and boating 243 rights, in addition to who has control and authority over the ditch. 244 245 Carter Collins provided the name and number of a man that came to town 246 in regard to fruit on his property. He was hoping to find a team of young 247 people to get fruit to the elderly and make it their business. 248 249 VIII.ANNOUNCEMENTS: 250 251 NEXT MEETING: 252 Date: August 10, 2015 th 253 Time: 5 PM 254 255 John Winter brought up the posters that were created at the reunion. The 256 CDP is coming again for revision in 2018. He also welcomed newest 257 member Ken Wills. 258 259 IX.Keone MacKillop made a motion to adjourn. Lani Eugenio seconded that 260 motion. All in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 6:40 PM. 261 262 Minutes submitted by Ali Catalano, Community Planning Assistant.