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NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES
Monday, November 9th, 2015 at 5:00 pm
North Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala, HI 96755
ATTENDANCE
1. Members Present: John Winter, Jon Adams, Lani Eugenio, Faye Yates, Ken
Wills, and Keone MacKillop.
2. Public Attendance: Toni Withington, Carter Collins, Lynda Wallach, Richard
Elliott, Dixie Adams, and Jesse Wells.
3. Planning Department Present: Terry Dunlap and Ali Catalano
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:10 pm by John
Winter.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS:
Minutes of the meeting from September 24th, 2015. Suggested changes
were discussed as follows:
- Line 65: clarify that the benchmark is a USGS location benchmark
- Line 83: change 2 incidents to 3 incidents.
Keone MacKillop made a motion to approve the minutes and Jon Adams
seconded that motion. The motion was carried unanimously.
III. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS:
None.
IV. BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
No items to report.
V. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Growth Management: Jon Adams had no report.
b. Public Access: Report by Keone MacKillop.
Akoakoa Point - no update.
Hapu'u Kapanaia - Keone encouraged those that are interested to
attend the November 17th meeting to go before the Finance
Committee, which will start the process of purchasing Hapu'u
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Kapanaia. The County Council meeting will be available by
videoconference at the Intergenerational Center.
Pahoa Beach - there will be a clean up in the future with the hunting
club.
Kaiholena - Closing is complete, and this was a huge victory for the
Access Committee, Ali'i Kai, and all the people trying to preserve it.
c. Water, Parks, and Roads: Report by John Winter
John Winter went over his subcommittee report. He discussed the two
meetings that occurred in regard to Pratt Road and that the general
consensus was that Pratt Road should be used as an emergency
bypass.
He reported that the subcommittee asked the Department of Water
supply to lift the water meter moratorium for small, new subdivisions
while the Halaula Well drags on. This is still about two years away,
and there are negotiations going on with the landowner on the cost of
the well and property. The request was declined again.
It was brought up that there are two different spellings of Kynnersley
Road depending on which side you are on, and this is in the process of
being remedied.
The Kohala Fish farm was brought up at the last meeting. While this is
not a NKCDP strategy, the subcommittee discussed sponsoring a
community meeting just to air peoples' concerns as a service to the
community.
DLNR has granted Hawaii Ocean Technology an extension for
construction in 2017, so that topic was delayed until a later date.
d. Power, View Planes, and Erosion Control: Report from Toni
Withington
Toni reported that Carter Collins met with Jay Ignacio, President of
HELCO. The parties are continuing to discuss Solar Matter's proposal
for a solarized bikeway between North Kohala and North Kona. He
also had communication with Dutch Kuyper of Parker Ranch and
Paniolo Power and he is going to be meeting with them to discuss the
bikeway.
Subcommittee members are continuing to follow the proceedings of
the Public Utilities Commission on Hawaii's energy future.
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94 A cell phone tower was proposed for the top of Kailapa on Hawaiian
95 Homelands, but reportedly is unlikely due to the constraints of prior
96 agreements with Sandwich Isles Communications.
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98 Toni reported that the Airports Division has put out soil control
99 barriers at numerous locations at Upolu. These barriers have been
100 secured in place and the next rainfall will determine how effective
101 they are. Kohala Lihikai is working with school kids to prepare signs
102 about the erosion control project.
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104 e. Affordable Housing: No report.
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106 f. Agricultural Updates: Report by Lani Eugenio
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108 Lani brought up the topic of 50% sustainable local agriculture
109 production and their hopes to determine where local farmers in the
110 community are in relation to that goal. She also briefly reported on the
111 growing of medical marijuana as approved by the dispensary law and
112 her personal concerns on how that could impact agriculture in North
113 Kohala.
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115 Jon Adams clarified that 50% production means that, if met, Kohala
116 growers would produce an amount of food equivalent to half of the
117 total food consumption in North Kohala. It was also pointed out that
118 this is a goal/direction and very difficult to determine the exact
119 percentage. It was suggested that the Agriculture subcommittee
120 would benefit by actively promoting and assisting more farmers
121 growing more food (pursuing the goal) rather than trying to
122 quantitatively gauge the percentage.
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124 g. Historical and Cultural Preservation: Report by Faye Yates
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126 Faye Yates went over her written report. She discussed the Cultural
127 and Historical Preservation subcommittee's Mission Statement and
128 read it aloud.
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130 She explained that the subcommittee would like to ask for help from
131 the Public Access subcommittee who have already done a lot of
132 documentation of many historic sites in North Kohala. The next
133 meeting is tentatively set for December 3rd at 6:15 pm in Kapa'au at
134 the Kohala Civic Senior Center.
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136 VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
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138 Richard Elliott asked about the recent vandalism and wanted to know if
139 they found out who did it. Faye responded that no, they haven't.
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141 Carter asked Keone about the net worth of the 3 parcels coming together.
142 Keone was unsure, but guessed around $5M - $10M and about 100 acres.
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144 VII. SET AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
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146 A draft agenda will be prepared over the next month.
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148 VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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150 John Winter brought up that they potentially will have a full Action
151 Committee around the corner and 9 members may be at the next meeting.
152 There will be two members retiring in September, which means there will
153 again be a need for 2 more members to replace them.
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155 John Winter also brought up that Capital Improvements will be up again
156 at the meeting in January. The list and cover letter from last year were
157 sent out today for review.
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159 On November 17th, Duane Kanuha will be reporting to County Council on
160 the CDP, available by videoconference at the Intergenerational Center.
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162 NEXT MEETING:
163 Date: January 11th, 2016
164 Time: 5 PM
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166 Keone MacKillop made a motion to adjourn and Jon Adams seconded that
167 motion. Motion was carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned
168 at 5:47 PM.
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170 Minutes submitted by Ali Catalano, Community Planning Assistant.