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NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES
Monday, May 9, 2016, at 5:OOpm
North Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Hwy., Kohala, HI 96755
ATTENDANCE
1. Members Present: John Winter, Lani Eugenio, Faye Yates, Jack Hoyt,
Richard Elliott, and Kristen "Lehua" Dircks.
2. Members Absent: Benjamin Ney.
3. Public Attendance: Jesse C. Wells, Lynda Wallach, Council Member
Margaret Wille, and Gale Perez.
4. Planning Department Present: Terry Dunlap
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm by John
Winter.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS:
A. Minutes of the Meeting of March 14, 2016
Several corrections and amendments to the draft minutes were suggested by
the Chair.
Jack Hoyt made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, and John
Winter seconded that motion. The motion as carried unanimously.
III. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS:
There was a question from the public about future uses of the old
courthouse, currently used for the North Kohala Senior Center and whether it
will be available for other community uses.
IV. BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
A. Review project proposals from last year for inclusion in Capital
Improvement Projects (CIP) and consider recommendations to forward to the
director.
The AC reviewed the CIP proposals from last year (February 9, 2015
NKCDP AC letter attached) and the Chair asked the Members if there were
any suggestions. It was discussed that from the list, whether numbers 1, 4
and 7 were completed, and discussed keeping the grandstand on the list,
and whether it is a community priority. The AC looked at no. 9, and said they
have the radio, and internet could be improved, and could improve cell
reception. For items 9, 10, 11, and 12 keep them on the list and reprioritize.
There was a brief discussion on list no. 11, for a public boat ramp, and or a
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47 hoist, and it was decided to keep it in the list, even if it is low on the list in
48 ranking. It was discussed that best to amend the list for Mahukona Beach
49 park and leave in public boat "access" to avoid limiting it to a boat ramp. It
50 was thought it would be best to look at how community is using these areas
51 when ranking the CIP projects to recommend.
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53 Council Member Margaret Wille spoke from the audience and announced
54 that there will be a County Council meeting on May 18th, discussing how
55 $10.6 million in funds is available for County projects and encouraged people
56 to testify. The Chair reminded the AC that they could not testify on behalf of
57 the AC, only as individuals, unless it is an item that had been voted on by the
58 AC.
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60 A motion was made to accept the amendments to CIP list made by Lehua
61 Dircks, and was seconded by Lani Eugenio. The motion was carried
62 unanimously.
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64 The Chair said that he will redraft the recommendations for the CIP projects,
65 with a cover letter, for the next meeting.
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68 B. Review and make a motion to approve updated guidelines for placing
69 items on the agenda.
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72 The AC discussed adding another paragraph to the guidelines that when an
73 item is brought up by a AC member or by the audience to be placed on the
74 agenda, it may be passed onto a subcommittee to first be evaluated
75 whether the AC has jurisdiction over the item and do further research.
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77 A motion to approve the guidelines for placing items on the agenda as
78 amended with the addition of the last paragraph was made by Jack Hoyt
79 and was seconded by Lehua Dircks. The motion was carried unanimously.
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81 C. The Action Committee discussed the change of CDP AC meetings to
82 every other month as of September 2015.
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84 The discussion followed and the Chair wanted to know if any of the AC
85 members would rather meet monthly again. One of the AC members said
86 that it was difficult to obtain information for the subcommittees if the AC only
87 meets bi-monthly. The Chair said that the subcommittees could continue to
88 meet monthly and said that meeting bi-monthly means they only have 6 AC
89 meetings, with only 6 months to accomplish things. The Chair said he
90 looked into whether they could meet without a Planning Department
91 representative, and said that he found that the Planning dept. administers
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92 the CDP ACs but that is a policy not a law that a Planning Dept.
93 representative attend the CDP meetings.
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95 The Chair suggested that the AC meet every month, and suggested that the
96 AC send a letter urging the Director to request that the AC to meet monthly
97 with or without a Planning Dept. representative, and they would continue
98 following the Sunshine Law requirements of posting the agenda and
99 providing draft minutes, and selecting a secretary to prepare the minutes
100 when the planning dept. representative not present.
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102 A motion was made by Jack Hoyt and seconded by Lehua Dircks for the
103 Chair to prepare a letter to the director to request that the NKCDP AC meet
104 on a monthly basis. The motion was carried unanimously.
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106 V. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
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108 a. Growth Management: Report by Richard Elliott.
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110 Mr. Elliott mentioned that the subcommittee would like to receive a copy
111 of requested applications that are received by the Planning Department.
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113 b. Public Access: Report by Kristen Dircks.
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115 Ms. Dircks said the last meeting went over cultural sites, grants of
116 easements, trails and trail establishments, and list of priorities that are
117 being worked on.
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120 c. Water, Parks, and Roads: Report by John Winter.
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122 Mr. Winter that the subcommittee did receive from Public Works an
123 example of an existing agreement document to use as a basis for a
124 similar document to use between the County and property owners of
125 Pratt Road for use as an emergency bypass road in the future. John
126 discussed the water issues with the moratorium and their continued
127 research into the Halaula Well.
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129 d. Power, View Planes, and Erosion Control: Report by Susan Fischer.
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131 No report.
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133 e. Affordable Housing: Report by Jack Hoyt.
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135 No report as there was no meeting. Jack Hoyt announced that the next
136 meeting would be at 4:30pm next Wednesday.
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138 f. Agricultural Updates: Report by Lani Eugenio.
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140 No report.
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143 g. Historical and Cultural Preservation: Report by Faye Yates.
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145 Working in preparation for Kamehameha Day and the Parade, getting all
146 the seniors together to make leis, and get involved.
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148 VI. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS.
149 Council Member Margaret Wille made an announcement that a bill is
150 going to Council about AC membership and terms with respect to filling
151 empty seats first and also had a provision to allow members to serve
152 additional terms but did not get support for that. She also made an
153 announcement that a charter amendment about the General Plan to look
154 at the economic, environmental, and socio -cultural issues.
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156 VII. SET AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
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158 1) Place a discussion of Strategy 4.9 of the NKCDP on page 85 and page
159 86.
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161 2) Request to have a guest speaker, Jay Ignacio of HELCO, to discuss
162 their plans for energy alternatives and a proposed transmission line to
163 serve North Kohala.
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165 VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS (relating to NKCDP AC)
166 A. Next meeting — July 11, 2016 at 5 PM
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168 IX. Adjournment
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170 Richard Elliott made a motion to adjourn and Faye Yates seconded that
171 motion. Motion was carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at
172 6:23 PM.
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174 Minutes submitted by Rosalind Newlon, Planning Department
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