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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-09-28 KCDP Minutes Final 1 KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE 2 3 COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI 4 5 MINUTES 6 SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 7 Call to order: 2:02 pm 8 Place: West Hawaiʻi Civic Center – Planning Conference Room 9 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Building E, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 10 1. Roll Call: 11 a. Members present: Curtis Tyler III, Kari Kimura, Shane Nelson, Gregory 12 Ogin, Douglas Payne, George “Keoki” Schattauer and Charles Young 13 b. Members absent/excused: Hiram Rivera, Barbara DeFranco 14 c. Planning Department: Terry Dunlap and Ellsworth Huliheʻe 15 d. County of Hawaiʻi: Maile David – Councilwoman District 6, Karen Eoff – 16 Councilwoman District 8, Kiran Emler – Civil Engineer V – Department of 17 Public Works – Engineering Division, Ronald Thiel – Civil Engineer VI – 18 Department of Public Works – Traffic Division 19 e. Public: Janice Palma-Glennie, Jeff Zimpfer and Max Dible 20 The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson were not in attendance. Douglas Payne moved 21 to elect Curtis Tyler III Chairperson pro tem. It was duly seconded by Charles Young. 22 (a two-thirds vote in the affirmative is required for this motion to pass) 23 A voice vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously. 24 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 25 None 26 27 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 28 Chairman pro tem Tyler suggested that the presentations be taken before administrative 29 matters and asked if there were any objections. No objections were heard and the 30 presentations will be conducted out of order by means of unanimous consent. 31 32 PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION 33 1. Update on the status of the revised FEMA FIRM Maps by Kiran Emler, Civil 34 Engineer V with the County of Hawaiʻi – Department of Public Works – 35 Engineering Division. 36 37 Mr. Emler informed the Committee that the last version of the updated draft 38 DFIRM maps are from August 2015. A handout was provided and is made a part 39 of these minutes. The current stage of the process is the last stage of the 40 handout. Mr. Emler went over the handout and the different steps of the 41 processed. A new FIRM map is scheduled to be mailed out to the County on 42 Friday, September 30, 2016. 43 44 Committee Member Kimura asked if the updated DFIRM will be available as a 45 GIS layer for the Planning Department and the CDP’s to access and review. Page 1 of 5 46 47 Mr. Emler stated that a layer would be generated and be disseminated but 48 doesn’t know how long that would take. 49 50 Committee Member Ogin asked about Coconut Grove being listed in a floodplain 51 that was never in a floodplain. Is that an area that has been studied or is being 52 modified? 53 54 Mr. Emler stated that it was a part of the Keopu-Hienaloli study that has not been 55 made a part of the DFIRM maps yet. For now, for regulatory purposes, the new 56 maps are being used. If there are appeals that should be made, it could be made 57 to the mapping contractor to be addressed. 58 59 Committee Member Ogin stated that his concern is that the DPW-Engineering is 60 taking the stance that this floodplain is correct. By doing this owners are being 61 forced to get flood insurance and there is no proof that there is flooding in the 62 area. 63 64 Kiran Emler stated that it was an administrative decision that was made. He 65 further stated the flood study is used by DPW-Engineering for regulating permit 66 issuance as to what is allowed in the flood plain. 67 68 Mr. Ogin asked if the Action Committee wanted to challenge the study who would 69 they speak with. 70 71 Mr. Emler stated that it may be addressed to the DPW Director. 72 73 Mr. Ogin stated that a conversation had a conversation with an engineer, the 74 engineer said when FEMA did the maps, they didn’t really take into consideration 75 some of the major improvements that has happened on the side of the mountain 76 that impede the flow of water and you have to wonder where that water is coming 77 down. Having the FEMA maps are important and we have to look into this 78 further. 79 80 Councilwoman David was acknowledged by the Chair pro tem and asked what 81 the status is on Captain Cook Watercourse No. 1 and the appeal that was file 82 because the people from that area say that the area does not flood the way that 83 the maps show. 84 85 Mr. Emler stated that the upcoming release of the maps will not include the 86 Captain Cook Watercourse No. 1. The contractor was asked to take another look 87 at the hydrology for that area. 88 89 Mr. Ogin asked if an owner didn’t attend a seminar, how that owner would know 90 that the floodplain affects their property. 91 92 Mr. Emler stated that there was a posting in the newspaper and that people 93 newly affected were mailed a notice. He further stated that a final determination 94 letter would be sent out that would start a 6 month adoption compliance period in 95 which the County Council will be asked to revise H.C.C. Chapter 27 – 96 Floodplains. Mr. Emler said that there are some disappointments in the studies Page 2 of 5 97 that were done because in some areas the study wasn’t continued so the 98 contractor just stopped work so downstream wasn’t completed. If there were 99 more studies done, I would say that Hokukano Road, Horseshoe Bend, and other 100 areas that were not completed. 101 102 Councilwoman David stated that once the maps are accepted by FEMA, the 103 process to change the maps are expensive and daunting so if there is public 104 participation for remapping prior to the start to ask where flooding does occur, 105 may be more effective. 106 107 Mr. Emler stated that public meetings are held prior however, because the impact 108 areas aren’t known to notify specific landowners would be challenging because 109 the flood study hasn’t occurred yet. Further discussion about the Hokukano road, 110 and Halekii Street to Honalo area was discussed. 111 112 The Action Committee thanked Mr. Emler for his presentation. 113 114 2. Update on County Highway Priorities by Ronald Thiel, Civil Engineer VI with the 115 County of Hawaiʻi – Department of Public Works – Traffic Division. 116 117 Mr. Thiel state that the LED street light conversion is currently underway. There 118 are roughly 12,000 lights that are maintained. About 15% are owned by the 119 States, 75% by the County and 10% by the hotels. The conversion is about 90% 120 complete with final completion expected in December 2016. There will still be low 121 pressure sodium lights visible after the conversion is complete because they are 122 on private roads, private subdivisions, homeowners associations, parks, and 123 several other agencies that have them. The Traffic Division stripes all County 124 roads. If the striping needs to meet Federal striping requirements it should be 125 done every four years. For roads that need to meet presence requirements it 126 should be striped every seven to 10 years. The County has been able to acquire 127 a striping truck. In three years’ time the County should be able to meet these 128 requirements. The CIP for DPW identifies that Lako Street will be completed by 129 the developer. Notice to Proceed is expected in mid-2017. The Nani Kailua 130 extension’s Notice to Proceed is expected at the end of 2017. We are not seeing 131 a lot of action by the State in regards to Highways. 132 133 Committee member Ogin asked about gaining better pedestrian access on the 134 South side of Kailua Village near Coconut Grove. 135 136 Mr. Thiel said that removing the utility poles and moving them underground on 137 the mauka side however the cost was extremely high. There is another project 138 planned to widen the shoulder on the mauka side without changing the width of 139 the lanes. 140 141 Further discussion occurred on various possible future roadway connections. 142 143 Mr. Thiel spoke about developing an Intelligent Transportation Plan which will 144 connect all 105 traffic signals on island to the traffic management center in Hilo 145 and put cameras so that the signals can be adjusted remotely. He stated that he 146 would need $10 million dollars to develop and implement this plan which is $1 147 million dollars per year for 10 years which is equivalent to the savings from the Page 3 of 5 148 LED street light conversion. 149 150 Mr. Thiel stated that Mr. Ed Sniffen with the State of Hawaii – DOT – Highways 151 will be making a presentation in Kona on October 12. 152 153 The Action Committee thanked Mr. Thiel for his presentation. 154 155 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 156 1. Minutes of the Meeting of July 27, 2016. 157 158 Committee member Ogin moved to approve the minutes as submitted. Mr. 159 Nelson seconded the motion. Mr. Young requested to amend the minutes to 160 show that he was not in attendance. The motion was further amended by Mr. 161 Nelson to reflect he was not in attendance. There was no opposition to the 162 amendments. 163 164 The following amendments were added with no objections: 165 166 On line 75, to include the vote of the motion and that the motion passed. 167 168 On line 136, to remove the sentence and replace with “Curtis Tyler III voiced his 169 concerns about the new FEMA maps and the areas not covered by them.” 170 171 On line 159, there is no time of adjournment. Please be sure to have a time of 172 adjournment in the future. 173 174 The Chair pro tem called a voice vote and the motion with amendments was 175 carried. 176 177 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 178 1. Subcommittee report by transportation committee at the March 30, 2016 meeting 179 of the KCDP AC. 180 a. Statewide Traffic Improvement Plan (STIP) 181 i. Kuakini Highway widening 182 ii. Removal of Aliʻi Parkway and Kealakehe Parkway from the STIP 183 iii. Aliʻi Parkway and CDP concurrency 184 Chair pro tem Tyler requested Mr. Payne to address the Committee. 185 186 Mr. Payne stated that Kuakini Highway widening was stated that it would be 187 worked on in 2017. He further stated that Highway 11 was not on the STIP. 188 189 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION 190 1. Open discussion on the County of Hawaiʻi General Plan Public Meeting and 191 Technical Workshop. 192 a. Postponed to next meeting. 193 Page 4 of 5 194 2. Open discussion of Action committee members on information gathered from the 195 community. 196 197 a. The committee members discussed about the presentation about the 198 FEMA maps and how they would like to gather more information. 199 200 b. Mr. Ogin moved to make a recommendation to the Planning Director and 201 to cc the Public Works Director and the members of the County Council 202 that the FEMA FIRM maps not be approved until two major concerns are 203 addressed: 1. The new maps seem to be placing floodways where 204 floodways don’t exist; and 2. Areas where floodways are known are not 205 included in the study. The motion also noted that time if of the essence for 206 this recommendation. The motion was seconded by Mr. Nelson. There 207 was no further discussion. A voice vote was conducted and the motion 208 carried unanimously. 209 210 3. Discussion of how the Action Committee (AC) is to move forward. 211 212 a. Mr. Nelson moved to have a meeting scheduled for October 26, 2016 at 213 2:00 p.m. The motion was seconded by Mr. Young. No discussion 214 occurred. A voice vote was conducted and the motion passed 215 unanimously. 216 217 b. Mr. Ogin moved to postpone all agenda items not covered to the next 218 scheduled meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. Nelson. No 219 discussion occurred. A voice vote was conducted and the motion passed 220 unanimously. 221 222 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 223 1. Action Committee will review the sub-committee reports, recommended motions 224 and discussion items to place on the next meeting agenda for action. 225 a. Postponed 226 227 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 228 1. None 229 230 ANNOUNCEMENTS 231 1. Next Meeting October 26, 2016 – WHCC – Planning Conference Room 232 233 ADJOURNMENT 234 A motion to adjourn was made by Greg Ogin and seconded by Shane Nelson. A voice 235 vote was taken and the motion was carried unanimously. 236 The meeting was adjourned at 4:22 p.m. 237 Respectively submitted by Ellsworth Huliheʻe, Planning Department. Page 5 of 5