2015-11-23 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes

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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 DRAFT 6 Meeting Date: November 23th, 2015 7 Call to order: 5:05 pm 8 Place: Waimea – Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center 9 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway, Waimea, Hawaii 96743 10 Roll Call: 11 1Members present: Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto, Joel Cohen, John 12 Mueller, Roger Harris, and George (Robbie) Robertson. 13 2Members absent/excused: Diane Kanealiʻi 14 3Planning Department: Bobby Command, Deanne Bugado, and Ali 15 Catalano 16 4Council Members Present: Margaret Wille 17 5Public: Raphael Clarke, Cheryl Hirayama, Charlene Hirayama, David 18 Tarnas, Kit Roehrig, John Bansemer, Sid Fuke, John Edney 19 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 20 Charlene and Cheryl Hirayama asked that the Action Committee consider writing a 21 letter of recommendation to the Planning Director and the Lalamilo Farm Partners. 22 It was stressed that important ag land should be protected and preserved. 23 Margaret Wille asked about the new meeting schedule, and Deanne offered to send 24 her the letter from the Planning Director. 25 PRESENTATION 26 Representatives from Aina Lea Inc. provides a status update of the Villages of Aina 27 Lea project. 28 Rafael Clark and John Bansemer gave a quick introduction on the location and 29 general information of the development. 30 The Action Committee members and members of the public asked about various 31 items such as connection roadways, ag land, a proposed golf course, shopping areas 32 and mixed use retail, water systems, a community building or gathering place, a 33 school, and more. Sidney Fuke also provided additional information and context 34 regarding the status of the development in response to the Action Committee and 35 public questions. 36 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 37 Meeting minutes from August 24th, 2015 38 Joel Cohen made a motion to approve, and Robbie Robertson seconded that motion. 39 All in favor and the motion was carried unanimously.