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William P. Kenoi Mayor County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT Duane Kanuha Director Joaquin Gamiao-Kunkel Deputy Director 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, March 8, 2016 Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee (AC) to order at 3:10 p.m. in the Pahoa Community Center. The following persons were present: Action Committee: Elmer Solis, Frank Commendador, Farris Etterlee, June Conant, Larry Brown, and Patti Pinto. Leila Kealoha and Susan Osborne were absent. Staff. Hans Santiago — Puna CDP Project Manager and Keiko Mercado — Puna CDP Planning Assistant. Members of the public: 4 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: NONE ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Hans reminded the Action Committee that the Annual Report will soon be underway and that any updates should be sent in as soon as possible. PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Two people signed up to testify. One chose to testify at the start of the meeting and the other at the time of their agenda item. Patrice MacDonald of Hawaiian Acres testified about the connectivity in Hawaiian Acres. She discussed issues with Moho Road, referenced surveys of Hawaiian Acres landowners, and was generally against the Connectivity subcommittee deciding on connectivity points that would connect other subdivisions to Hawaiian Acres. Her verbatim testimony is available upon request. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Elmer moved to approve the minutes of the February 9, 2016 meeting as submitted. Second by June. Larry noted that the first sentence on the third page should be amended to read "Leila shared that the State Forester is extremely overwhelmed..." Frank moved to approve the minutes as amended. Second by Larry. The motion to approve the minutes as amended passed with S votes aye, 0 votes nay. Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page I