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Home My WebLink About2016-09-26 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 5 COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI 6 7 MINUTES 8 SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 9 Call to order: 5:03 pm 10 Place: Waikoloa – Waikoloa Village Association Community Room 11 68-1792 Melia Street, Waikoloa, HI 96738 12 Roll Call: 13 1 Members present: John Mueller, Diane Kanealiʻi, Eddie K. Akau, Julia 14 Ann Alos, Joel Cohen, Mark S. Gordon, Roger Harris, George (Robbie) 15 Robertson and Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto 16 2 Members absent/excused: None 17 3 Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Ellsworth Huliheʻe 18 4 Public: Anika Glass, Bill Simonsma, Ruth Smith, Stephanie Stearns and 19 W. Kalaokahaku Akima-Akau 20 Staff Deanne introduced new staff Ellsworth Huliheʻe who will be a contact for 21 Committee members. 22 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 23 None 24 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 25 Minutes of the Meeting of July 25, 2016. 26 Joel Cohen made a motion to approve with the following amendments and Julia Ann 27 Alos seconded that motion. Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto requested that the presentation 28 flyer for the General Plan Update be included as part of the minutes. Josephine (Jojo) 29 Tanimoto also requested that the Announcements section be amended to reflect “Jojo 30 announced that the new Chair of the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee is James 31 Hustace, and that she will attend the next Traffic Safety Committee meeting as the ACʻs 32 liaison representative to the committee meetings…”. 33 Staff Deanne noted that the Announcements section regarding the date of the next 34 meeting be corrected to September 26, 2016. 35 A voice vote was called and the motion was carried unanimously. 36 The AC discussed how liaison reports are submitted for distribution - the Chair reminded 37 the committee members that previous discussion agreement that all Reports submitted 38 to Staff should be submitted as an attachment via email. It was further discussed that 39 the Liaison Report for the Traffic Safety Committee be submitted as its minutes. 40 41 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE 42 1. Reports – 43 a. General Plan Update Public Meeting and Workshop Attendance Reports 44 – Mark S. Gordon, John Mueller, Joel Cohen, Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto 45 & Diane Kanealiʻi 46 i. Mark S. Gordon – His written report was submitted. 47 ii. Joel Cohen – The computer modeling gave a perspective of the 48 projections of the population and growth over the next 25 years. 49 Excellent information was provided such as one-quarter of the 50 population of this island is going to be 65 or older in 2040. We have 51 23 water systems and 6 waste water systems and they are close to 52 high population areas. The models that were presented did not 53 discern the difference between market and affordable housing. 54 iii. Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto did not attend the workshop 55 iv. Diane Kanealiʻi – Her written report was submitted. 56 b. Cultural Resources Commission Meeting – an Update on Archeological 57 Impact Study for the Lava Lava Beach Club Expansion Project was 58 discussed. 59 i. Diane Kanealiʻi – Attended but did not stay for the entire meeting. Her 60 report was submitted. Diane additionally noted that the developer 61 stated that the trails would be open 24 hours per day for shoreline 62 access but they did not indicate where the public could park. 63 The committee asked if public comments could still be submitted. 64 Staff stated that the public could still submit their comments and 65 concerns regarding the project to the Planning Department as the 66 permit process is still on-going. Staff advised that any comments 67 should reference the permit application number, TMK and project 68 name, if available. 69 c. Liaison Reports 70 i. Kawaihae – Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto – Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto 71 will provided to the AC copy of the powerpoint presentation made by 72 the Kawaihae Liaison Group back in 2012 regarding the group’s 73 working plan. 74  This was submitted to the Action Committee in 2012 and was 75 further submitted to the Planning Director. Jojo Tanimoto 76 discussed status of the implementation of the actions identifiedin 77 the presentation. 78  Diane Kanealiʻi stated that all of the projects listed in the guide are 79 being worked on. Diane Kanealiʻi further stated that these items 80 are being implemented on a community scale. 81  Joel Cohen stated that there is a process and that is the key to 82 implementation. 83  Chair John Mueller suggested that the Action Committee submit a 84 letter to the incoming County Administration to address these 85 issues. Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto will draft a letter for the Action 86 Committee to review at the next meeting and Diane Kanealiʻi will 87 write an update of all the things that are being done in Kawaihae. 88 The other liaison groups may want to consider doing the same for 89 the other districts. 90 ii. Waikoloa – John Mueller – Ruth Smith provided the AC with written 91 and verbal testimony. – This written testimony is made a part of the 92 minutes. Ruth Smith read through the four pages of written testimony 93 submitted. The committee members discussed the access issues in 94 Waikoloa and the need for an alternative access. They looked at the 95 maps in the CDP and they discussed the roadways on the map. Mark 96 Gordon brought up that the proposed access road are highly prone to 97 wildfires. Diane Kanealiʻi stated that maybe someone could research 98 FEMA grants because of the wildfire risk. 99 2. Liaison Groups – Action Committee Involvement – The Action Committee 100 discussed the makeup of existing liaison groups and made the following 101 adjustments: 102 a. Traffic Safety Committee – Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto 103 b. Kawaihae – Josephine (Jojo) Tanimoto and Diane Kanealiʻi 104 c. Waikoloa Community Leadership Council – Mark S. Gordon and Julia 105 Ann Alos 106 d. Puako – George (Robbie) Robertson 107 e. Waimea Community Association) – Joel Cohen and Roger Harris 108 f. Kailapa Community Association - Diane Kanealiʻi and Eddie Akau 109 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 110 1. Anika Glass would like to suggest having a presentation on the Waste Anaerobic 111 Facility added to the next agenda. 112 ANNOUNCEMENTS 113 1. Next Meeting November 28, 2016 – Waimea – Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center 114 (Waimea Senior Center) 115 ADJOURNMENT 116 A motion to adjourn was made by Robbie Robertson and seconded by Roger Harris. A 117 voice vote was taken and the motion was carried unanimously. 118 The meeting was adjourned at 7:06 PM. 119 Respectively submitted by Ellsworth Huliheʻe, Planning Department.