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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-08-27 KCDP Minutes Final 1 Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee 2 County of Hawai’i 3 4 Minutes 5 6 Meeting Date: August 27, 2014 7 Call to Order: 1:59 pm nd 8 Place: Kona Planning Conference Room. Bldg. E, 2 Floor 9 West Hawai’i Civic Center 10 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway 11 Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i 96740 12 Roll Call: 13 1. Members Present: Curtis Tyler, Douglas Payne, Greg Ogin, Fanny Au Hoy, 14 Hiram Rivera, Elaine Fukushima, George (Keoki) Schattauer, Barbara 15 DeFranco and Kari Kimura. 16 2. Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Terry Dunlap, Keola Childs, and Ali 17 Catalano 18 3. Public in attendance: Janice Palma-Glennie, Ken Melrose, Mac McInnis, 19 Jim McClean, David Elbogen (phone), Jeff Zimpher, Wendy Baez, Riley 20 Smith, Michael Riehm and Peter Young. 21 4. Council in attendance: Dru Kanuha, Karen Eoff. 22 23 The meeting was called to order by the chair Greg Ogin and introductions of AC 24 members followed. 25 26 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 27 1. Janice Palma-Glennie – Spoke to thank the subcommittee members on 28 their work to find solutions to implement the concurrency mandate. She 29 urged the action committee and council members to continue to educate 30 themselves and stressed the dire need to adopt sweeping imperative 31 changes to help propel our county into a more positive, long-term growth 32 scenario. 33 2. Ken Melrose – Spoke (in addition to his handout) on the issue of 34 concurrency. He suggested that the motion proposed for consideration 35 today (Motion #1b on the minutes) be withdrawn and re-crafted. 36 37 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 38 1. Minutes of the July 30th, 2014 meeting were amended as follows: 39 • Added Duane Kanuha onto line 16. 40 • Added Jeff Zimpher onto line 19. 41 • Added a 4th section to roll call on line 20 to include Dru Kanuha 42 • Changed "water supply" on line 27 to read "the NPS water 43 management petition" 44 • Added the word "issues" to line 47 45 • Changed the word "then" to be "when" on line 127 46 • Changed "TUD" on lines 131 and 132 to read "TOD" 47  Added a line at the end informing who submitted these minutes. 48 49 A motion to approve the minutes as amended was made by Curtis Tyler and 50 seconded by Elaine Fukushima. Unanimous approval of the minutes as amended. 51 52 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION 53 54 1. Tabled Motions 55 a. Motion made by Curtis Tyler and seconded by Hiram Rivera that 56 the Action Committee request that the Planning Director consider 57 incorporating adjacent pre-existing land uses as a part of a 58 neighborhood for new projects that are less than 50 acres. The 59 applicants would be in agreement to using the village design 60 guidelines wherever feasible. This is in regards to the presentation 61 made on 7/30/14 made by Dave Elbogen of McClean Honokohau 62 Properties. 63 b. Motion made by Curtis Tyler and seconded by George (Keoki) 64 Schattauer to the extent that road improvements are necessary as 65 area mitigation it shall be for some or all of the road segments in 66 that concurrency zone as necessary to be sufficient to offset the 67 traffic demand or impact generated by the project. 68 c. Motion made by George (Keoki) Schattauer and seconded by 69 Curtis Tyler to ask the Planning Department to assist in creating 70 an open space network plan assisting the action committee. 71 d. Motion made by Douglas Payne and seconded by Curtis Tyler that 72 the planning department look at the industrial designation on the 73 general plan and amend the boundary to be consistent with the 74 Kona CDP’s TOD designation. 75 76 Discussion on Tabled Motions: 77 78 1A. Curtis Tyler made a motion to remove motion 1A (above) from the table, 79 and was seconded by Keoki. 80 81 Curtis Tyler then passed out a handout containing possible amendments to 3 82 of the tabled motions. The first to be addressed being 1A. Curtis Tyler made a 83 motion to amend the motion (1A) to read as follows: 84 85 The Action Committee requests that when a single landowner submits a master 86 plan for development of one of more adjoining vacant land parcels. The total 87 area of which is less than 50 acres and within the Kona CDP. The planning 88 director may include adjacent or nearby preexisting land improvements as part 89 of a single traditional neighborhood as long as that master plan includes the 90 use of village design guidelines wherever feasible. 91 92 Douglas Payne seconded that motion and it was carried unanimously. 93 94 1B. Motion was made by Curtis Tyler to remove motion 1B (above) from the 95 table, and was seconded by Elaine Fukushima. 96 97 Curtis Tyler then made a motion to adopt the motion as stated on the 98 handout to read as follows: 99 100 The Action Committee advises that the intent of the CDP policy transportation 101 6.1 is to require that the official concurrency map be applied as follows: To the 102 extent that road improvements are necessary as area mitigation for a project 103 within the Kona CDP, such improvements shall be for some or all of the road 104 segments in that concurrency zone sufficient to offset the traffic demand or 105 impact generated by that project, based on the Level of Service in accordance 106 with the standards for such determinations as set forth in section 25-2-46 of the 107 zoning code. 108 109 Keoki seconded that motion. 110 111 Discussion continued between the Action Committee regarding further 112 possible amendments to the motion, additional clarifications, and 113 transparency. 114 115 The Action Committee voted on the amended motion with 5 people for 116 (Curtis, Keoki, Barbara, Elaine, and Fanny), 2 opposed (Hiram and Doug), and 117 one abstained (Kari). Motion carried. 118 119 1C. George (Keoki) Schattauer made a motion to remove motion 1C (above) 120 from the table, and was seconded by Curtis Tyler. 121 122 George (Keoki) Schattauer then made a motion to amend the motion as 123 follows, and Curtis Tyler seconded that motion. 124 125 The Action Committee requests that the Planning Department assist in the 126 development and creation of an open space network plan for lands subject to 127 the Kona CDP. 128 129 Discussion continued in regards to open space network plan, funding, and 130 possibility of re-crafting the motion. The Action Committee voted on the 131 amended motion and it was carried unanimously. 132 133 1D. Douglas Payne made a motion to remove motion 1D (above) from the 134 table, and was seconded by Curtis Tyler. 135 136 The Planning Department look at the industrial designation and amend the 137 boundaries to be consistent with the Kona CDP’s TOD designation. 138 139 Discussion continued between the Action Committee about rephrasing the 140 motion to replace the word “amend” with the word “interpret.” Douglas 141 Payne made a motion to amend the motion to replace the word “amend with 142 the word “interpret” and Curtis Tyler seconded that motion. 143 144 The amended motion is as follows: The Planning Department should look at 145 the industrial designation on the General Plan and interpret the boundary to 146 be consistent with the Kona CDP’s TOD designation. 147 148 Ken Melrose suggested replacing the word “boundary” with the word “uses.” 149 Doug Payne made a motion to make that amendment, and Curtis Tyler 150 seconded that motion. 151 152 The final motion reads as follows: The Planning Department should look at 153 the industrial designation on the General Plan and interpret the uses to be 154 consistent with the Kona CDP’s TOD designation. 155 156 The Action Committee voted on the amended motion and it was carried 157 unanimously. 158 159 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 160 161 a. Hiram Rivera spoke in regards to his hand out addressing the need 162 for a clear direction from the Planning Department staff regarding the 163 applicability of the concurrency requirements to existing zoned lands. 164 165 Hiram Rivera made a motion to add this to the agenda for the next 166 meeting. Curtis Tyler seconded that motion. The motion was carried 167 unanimously. 168 169 b. Hiram Rivera spoke in regards to his hand out addressing the 170 Queen K and Mamalahoa Highway Bypass Requirements. The ADHOC 171 Committee on Concurrency is requesting that the definition of the 172 word “Completion” be clarified to be consistent with the requirements 173 of the Zoning Code Concurrency requirements to ensure there is no 174 confusion as to when occupancy of projects within the specific areas 175 impacted by these two road projects can occur. 176 177 Hiram Rivera made a motion to add this to the agenda for the next 178 meeting. Curtis Tyler seconded that motion. The motion was carried 179 unanimously. 180 181 After discussion… 182 183 Hiram Rivera made a motion to approve the policy statement on 184 existing zone lands. Curtis Tyler seconded that motion. 185 186 Curtis Tyler made a motion to table the previous motion. Elaine 187 Fukushima seconded that. Motion was carried unanimously. 188 189 Hiram Rivera made a motion to approve the policy statement on 190 Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway and Mamalahoa Bypass Improvements. 191 Curtis Tyler seconded that motion. 192 193 Curtis Tyler made a motion to table the previous motion. Elaine 194 Fukushima seconded that. Motion was carried unanimously. 195 196 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC 197 198 Hiram Rivera brought up the topic of assignments for the new members. 199 Greg Ogin then asked if anyone would like to be involved with anything in 200 particular. The Action Committee discussed and came up with the following 201 roles: 202 203 Curtis – Land use, Environmental and Cultural Resources 204 205 Fanny – Cultural 206 207 Barbara – Open Space 208 209 Kari – TOD 210 211 Elaine – Outreach Report 212 213 Next meeting is September, 24, 2014. 214 215 Motion to adjourn from Elaine Fukushima and seconded by Douglas Payne. 216 Meeting Adjourned. 217 218 Minutes submitted by Ali Catalano, of Kinoshita Communications.