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Home My WebLink AboutAC Minutes 8Sep2015 DRAFTWilliam P. Kenoi Mayor County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961 -8288 • Fax (808) 961 -8742 Tuesday, September 8, 2015 DRAFT Meeting Minutes Duane Kanuha Director Bobby Command Deputy Director CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee (AC) to order at 3:12 p.m. in the Kea`au Community Center. The following persons were present: Action Committee: June Conant, Leila Kealoha, Patti Pinto, Elmer Solis and Farris Etterlee. Susan Osborne, Rene Siracusa, Oshi Simsarian and Sharon Daun were absent Staff. Hans Santiago — PCDP Planner and Keiko Mercado — PCDP Planning Assistant. Members of the public: 4 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: NONE ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Leila announced that the Town Hall Subcommittee is looking for community events in Puna where they would be able to set up an informational table. PUBLIC TESTIMONY: One person signed up to testify and chose to testify at the time of their agenda item. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June moved to approve the minutes of the August 11, 2015 meeting as submitted. Second by Leila. The motion to approve the minutes as submitted passed with S votes aye, 0 votes nay. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Communication No. 2015 -37: Connectivity and Emergency Response Subcommittee (CERS): Marlene Hapai reported on the activities of the subcommittee, noting that there were two items under New Business: a. Review of Lava Tree Park/Nanawale alternate connection to Highway 132: Should read as follows: Connect Nanawale to Hwy 132 via Forest Road and Lava Tree Road. Map also needs to be updated to add Lava Tree Road. b. Topics of Concern: i. Importance of Apa'a Road being opened ii. Revisited the Civil Rights claim filed regarding the 1998 Hawaii Long Range Land Transportation Plan iii. The need to orient people regarding CL's and Mass Transit issues to include overlay and redundancy, hub and spoke, multipurpose inter - subdivision Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer gathering places; emergency routes, importance of drive and view to determine viability of CL's, traffic sharing and land acquisition. iv. Upper Orchidland and 40th CL to be included The Ad hoc Committee had its first meeting on August 26th and while the leadership was ready to prioritize, it was decided that the group would do a drive through to look at all the sites that were recommended to better understand the feasibility of all sites. Councilman Ragan (Chair of the Ad hoc Committee) has estimated it will take about 5 meetings to agree on priorities CLs. The County Council has expressed its appreciation for CERS and all the work they have done. Patti announced that there is a memorandum of understanding with HPP and FEMA that prevents the Railroad to Nanawale to Beaches /Shores to HPP emergency road from being permanently opened. Once certain criteria are met, this option will be explored. Communication No. 2015 -37 can be viewed and downloaded from the following website: http: / /records.co. hawaii .hi.us /Weblink8 /1 /doc /75392/Pa eg 1.aspx 2. Volcano Long Range Plan Subcommittee ( VLRPS): Dan Taylor presented Chairman Patti Pinto with the 2015 updated Volcano Long Range Plan and asked that she submit it to the Planning Director. The plan contains a priority list and the VLRPS needs help to move forward with this list. The VLRPS is continually looking for new ways to reach community members and would like help with creating a community survey. 3. Communication Nos. 2015 -36 and 2015 -29.1: Pahoa Regional Town Center Plan Subcommittee ( PRTCPS): Jon recapped the PRTCPS minutes emphasizing the conversations revolving around the need for a planning consultant and the development of a wastewater plan. Preliminary work is beginning on the formation of a review committee for the Pahoa Design Guidelines. Negotiations continue on the acquisition of Luquin's Parking lot and it is soon to be completed. Post Office Road is "in limbo ". Mark and Madie continue to pursue a lava viewing area, which is much desired by Pahoa businesses, HVNP and tourists. The AC reviewed Communication No. 2015 -29.1, a draft letter to the Planning Director requesting clarification on a statement in the July 6, 2015 subcommittee minutes (Communication No. 2015 -29). Elmer moved to approve Communication No. 2015 -29.1. Second by Farris. Motion passed with 5 votes aye and 0 votes nay. Communication Nos. 2015 -36 and 2015 -29.1 can be viewed and downloaded from the following website: http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/Weblink8/l/doc/75379/Pagel.a http:// records .co.hawaii.hi.us /Weblink8 /l /doc /75390/Pa eg l.aspxspx 4. Mt. View Village Center Plan Subcommittee (MTVS): Patti informed the AC that there was no MTVS meeting in August. 5. Communication No. 2015 -35: Mass Transit Subcommittee (MTS): June remarked that the East Hawai'i Disability Legislative Forum held on August 20th was informative and helpful for the community. The subcommittee is working hard to get an advisory committee together for a Mass Transit Master Plan. Councilman Paleka is helping to advocate for the advisory committee. There were several concerns /questions that surfaced while discussing the Mass Transit Master Plan and June has presented these to both Councilman Ragan and Councilman Paleka. Civil defense has provided wonderful maps and the subcommittee has begun work to identifying possible hub and spoke routes. Patti asked if these concerns /questions were also presented to Tiffany Kai at Mass Transit. Nadia Malloe, Legislative Assistant to Councilman Paleka, responded that Councilman Paleka had passed the questions on to Tiffany Kai but hasn't gotten a response as of yet. Communication No. 2015 -35 can be viewed and downloaded from the following website: http: / /records.co. hawaii .hi.us /Weblink8 /1 /doc /75376/Pa eg 1.aspx 6. Communication No. 2015 -34.1: Draft Annual Report May 2014 -April 2015: Public Testimony: 1. Marlene Hapai commented that both Sharon Daun and Susan Osborne are listed as members of the CERS in error. Elmer moved to accept Communication No. 2015 -34.1. Second by June. Hans briefly described the work that has gone into preparing the draft report and explained that the comments submitted from the Action Committee have been incorporated. Any new comments are welcome at this time. Elmer noted that he resides in Orchidland Estates and not Hawaiian Paradise Park. Patti moved to amend the Draft Annual Report by removing both Susan and Sharon from the CERS committee. Second by Farris. Motion passed with 5 votes aye and 0 votes nay. Motion to approve Communication No. 2015 -34.1 as amended passed with 5 votes aye and 0 votes nay. Communication 2015 -34.1 can be viewed and downloaded from the following website: http: // records .co.hawaii.hi.us /Weblink8 /1 /doc /75375/Pa eg 1aspx 7. Budget Subcommittee: Elmer moved to absolve the 2014 -2015 Budget Subcommittee. Second by Patti. Motion passed with 5 votes aye and 0 votes nay. Elmer moved to form a new 2015 -2016 Budget Subcommittee. Second by Leila. Motion passed with 5 votes aye and 0 votes nay. Elmer, Farris and Leila asked to be members of the Budget Subcommittee. Keiko will email Susan to ask if she would like to be the fourth member of the Budget Subcommittee. 8. Building in Puna Brochure: Elmer reviewed the changes that were made to the brochure and asked the Action Committee to submit appropriate photos, and email him any additional edits. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: (October 13, 2015) 1. CERS Report 2. VLRPS Report 3. MTS Report 4. MVPS Report 5. PRTCPS Report 6. Building in Puna Brochure 7. Budget Subcommittee 8. AC members roles on Subcommittees 9. New member recruitment 10. Town Hall Subcommittee ADJOURNMENT: The Chair, without objection, adjourned the meeting at 4:28 p.m.