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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-07-27 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: July 27th, 2015 7 Call to order: 5:05 pm 8 Place: Waikoloa Village Association Community Room 9 68-1792 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 3Council Members Present: Margaret Wille 15 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 16 Margaret Wille announced that she brought materials regarding the following topics 17 that she is working on: The Ethics Bill; Proposed policies and goals for the General 18 Plan; Trash revenues bill (that actually passed); and what is being worked on for 19 adding a bus. 20 PRESENTATION 21 Diane Kanealii provided the Action Committee with an overview of the proposed 22 Aquaponics Project for the Kailapa Community Association. They have received a 23 small grant from the county for a food security project for the community, and they 24 chose to do it with aquaponics so they can return good stuff back into the soil. The 25 idea of the project is to begin with several tanks for the community which would be 26 put into a wind tunnel due to the harsh conditions in Kawaihae. They are looking 27 into starting out with 5 tanks, and with the funds derived from that, they will put 28 money aside to help pay for the playground and building maintenance, and the rest 29 would go into a pot to provide systems for homes. So in five years, they hope to 30 provide every home in Kailapa with an aquaponics system for food security. 31 Diane continued to go through her handout, which was distributed to the Action 32 Committee attached to their meeting documents for further details on the project. 33 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 34 1.Meeting minutes from June 22nd, 2015 - Joel Cohen made a motion to 35 approve the minutes. George Robertson seconded that motion. All in favor, 36 the motion was carried. 37 2.Staff provided the Action Committee with information regarding the Hilo 38 Landfill status from the Director of the Department of Environmental 39 Management (DEM). - Deanne explained that the DEM Director provided the 40 following information because she was not able to attend the meeting. 41 “We are working on engineering for the north face of landfill, we currently 42 have about 1 ½ to 2 years left in current face, expect another 8-10 years 43 from the north face so we have no plans to truck. The only exception would 44 be if there were unexpected problems (tsunami, earthquake) or to take 45 certain types of trash that need to go into a new cell to prep it or is required 46 to be in a lined landfill.” 47 3.Discussion of Agenda and Meeting Format Procedures. 48 John Mueller explained that when there are visitors who wish to speak, that 49 he wants to give them two minutes regarding items that are on the agenda. If 50 they would like to have a future agenda item, it would be appropriate for 51 them to voice this at the end of the meeting during the final statements from 52 the public time period. John suggested that the subcommittees have written 53 reports and that they are written and sent to Deanne one week prior to the 54 Action Committee meeting date. 55 The authors will have a two minute window to clarify and/or highlight their 56 report. After that, he explained that he wants the limit to be to one question 57 per person. 58 4.Joel Cohen lead a brief discussion for the Action Committee to 59 update/upgrade the email distribution list for the agenda. 60 Joel Cohen asked Deanne about the mailing list right now and how it matches 61 up. Deanne explained that there were only about two email addresses that 62 she did not have on her list. 63 The Action Committee continued to discuss with Deanne what information 64 she has and the ways she is able to distribute things due to confidentiality. 65 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 66 1.Subcommittee Reports 67 a.General Plan Comprehensive Review – Jojo Tanimoto, Joel Cohen, John 68 Mueller – 69 John Mueller suggested that until Puako and Kawaihae have their 70 community meeting, and the subcommittee is able to meet to review the 71 resulting information that this will not be on the agenda. 72 Joel Cohen asked Margaret Wille what her expectations are and if she 73 can give some guidance on what the county council is looking for. 74 Margaret explained that she has a proposal, which has lots of input from 75 the Action Committee, is coming forward on August 4. This document th 76 focuses on goals, policies, strategies, action plans, and funding. She 77 explained that this is the opportunity for council members to get in their 78 visions to the planning commissions and that it’s to give them a heads up 79 so they are not starting off in a direction that nobody is focusing on. This 80 is to give them some direction. She also added that they shouldn’t feel 81 limited by the September deadline, and that they can continue to be 82 engaged as things go along. 83 Discussion continued about the Kawaihae and Puako subcommittee 84 meetings and the General Plan. 85 b.Long Term Education Planning – Joel Cohen 86 John Mueller explained that this subcommittee was created to be a 87 generating force for discussions with the state and community. John 88 wondered where they are to go from here, and brought up a possible 89 meeting between the three of them. Discussion continued between John, 90 Joel, and Roger about education and higher education, and the relation to 91 the General Plan. Eventually, the long-term education committee decided 92 to meet as a group in the upcoming month. 93 Other Reports 94 Liaison Reports: 95 1.Waikoloa – John Mueller had no report. 96 2.Puako – George Robertson explained that they are going to 97 meet with the consultant on the sewer cesspool replacement 98 plan at the end of August. There will be two meetings, one 99 with the folks at Puako, and a community meeting the 100 following weekend where they will lay out what the 101 consultant comes up with. Discussion continued about the 102 possibility of getting back on the CIP list for Planning. 103 3.Waimea/Waimea Community Association – Joel Cohen had a 104 written report from the recent Subcommittee meeting as part 105 of the materials distributed to the Action Committee. He 106 explained the main emphasis was that Duane Kanuha 107 attended the meeting. Joel also discussed the relocation of the 108 Waimea Farmer’s Market to Waimea Elementary and Middle 109 School beginning on August 1. st 110 4.Kawaihae/Homestead Community Association – Jojo 111 Tanimoto had a written report as part of the materials 112 distributed to the Action Committee. The report included two 113 questions regarding more funding for the Big Island, should 114 the AC be asking the county council? Jojo also brought up 115 updating the CDP. Discussion continued about whether or not 116 this should be put on the agenda. John Mueller explained that 117 if Jojo wants a discussion, then there needs to be a request to 118 put it on the agenda, and that there will need to be enough 119 information for the Action Committee to make an informed 120 decision. Discussion continued about the Action Committee 121 making changes to the CDP, but it may be best to address that 122 when the General Plan Review is complete. Roger agreed that 123 unless there is a major inconsistency, that it seems like the 124 General Plan should come first, and then the CDP should 125 follow. 126 5.District Wide – Roger Harris had no report. 127 6.Traffic Safety Committee – John Mueller asked if there is 128 someone here on the traffic safety committee. The Action 129 Committee continued to discuss traffic safety and the letter 130 Diane wrote to invite members and organizations to the 131 Action Committee meetings to give updates. They discussed 132 the list that Deanne has, and what will be needed to send the 133 letter. John Mueller brought up contacting Gunner Mensch to 134 determine if there have been meetings this summer. 135 2.Update/ Discussion of Agenda Items by Council Members: District 1 – 136 Valerie Poindexter and District 9 – Margaret Wille 137 Margaret Wille spoke to the Action Committee about the General Plan and 138 the CDPs, education, green waste, and traffic safety. 139 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 140 None. 141 ANNOUNCEMENTS  142 Next Meeting August 24, 2015 – Waimea – Lily Yoshimatsu Senior Center  143 Jojo Tanimoto announced that the water commission meeting is tomorrow, and 144 they are going to be asking for an extension. She also asked that the Waimea Nui 145 Program be put back on the CIP list. 146 She also announced that on Thursday from 8-2 the National Park is holding Flag 147 Day, the Puako meeting will be changed to August 4, and the Kawaihae Canoe th 148 Club Regatta State Championship will be on August 1. st 149 The Action Committee discussed possibly inviting Hawaiian Homes to an 150 upcoming meeting. 151 ADJOURNMENT 152 Diane made a motion to adjourn, and Jojo seconded that motion. The motion was 153 carried unanimously and adjourned at 6:35 PM.