HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-09-24 KCDP Minutes Final
1 Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee
2 County of Hawai’i
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4 Minutes
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6 Meeting Date: September 24, 2014
7 Call to Order: 2:00 pm
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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, Barbara DeFranco and Kari Kimura.
15 2. Planning Department: Bennett Mark, Terry Dunlap, Keola Childs, and Ali
16 Catalano
17 3. Public in attendance: Ken Melrose, Mac McInnis, Jim McClean, David
18 Elbogen (phone), Jeff Zimpher, Jane Clement, Wendy Baez, Michael Riehm
19 and Cory Yamagata.
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21 The meeting was called to order by the chair Greg Ogin and introductions of AC
22 members followed.
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24 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
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26 None
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28 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
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30 1. Minutes from the Meeting on August 27, 2014
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32 A motion to approve the minutes was made by Curtis Tyler and seconded by
33 Fanny Au Hoy. Doug Payne then suggested that a portion of the minutes
34 (motion listed below) be reviewed for accuracy and Ali Catalano will amend
35 the minutes if a mistake was made. Unanimous approval of the minutes.
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37 Motion in Question:
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39 Curtis Tyler then passed out a handout containing possible amendments to 3 of
40 the tabled motions. The first to be addressed being 1A. Curtis Tyler made a
41 motion to amend the motion (1A) to read as follows:
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43 The Action Committee requests that when a single landowner submits a master
44 plan for development of one of more adjoining vacant land parcels. The total
45 area of which is less than 50 acres and within the Kona CDP. The planning
46 director may include adjacent or nearby preexisting land improvements as part
47 of a single traditional neighborhood as long as that master plan includes the
48 use of village design guidelines wherever feasible.
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50 Douglas Payne seconded that motion and it was carried unanimously.
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52 2. Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda
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54 Terry Dunlap informed the Action Committee that he made an error and
55 instructed the Action Committee to remove the first sentence from Business
56 of Committee, item number 1, because it was inserted in error. Doug Payne
57 made a motion to approve this agenda as amended, Curtis Tyler seconded
58 that motion and it was carried unanimously.
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60 PRESENTATIONS TO ACTION COMMITTEE
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62 Planning Department Staff presentation of working draft amendments to
63 Subdivision and Zoning Codes (Chapters 23 & 25 of the Hawaii County Code)
64 intended to incorporate KCDP mandates into those codes.
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66 Keola Childs handed out working drafts of each chapter, and asked that the Action
67 Committee review them. Terry Dunlap suggested that the Action Committee split
68 into two ad-hoc subcommittees.
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70 Curtis Tyler made a motion to break into two, four member subcommittees, one for
71 each chapter being proposed. Elaine Fukushima seconded that motion and it was
72 carried unanimously. The committees were then broken up as follows:
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74 Chapter 23, Subdivision: Hiram Rivera (Chair), Kari Kimura, Fanny Au Hoy, Elaine
75 Fukushima
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77 Chapter 25, Zoning: Curtis Tyler (Chair), Doug Payne, Keoki Schattauer, Barbara
78 Defranco
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80 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION
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82 1. Action Taken on Tabled Motions
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84 a. Motion to request that the planning director prepare the ordinance
85 amendment to the zoning code to permit the TND floating zone.
86 Motion tabled on July 30th, 2014.
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88 Doug Payne made a motion to table this item, and Curtis seconded
89 that motion. Motion was carried unanimously.
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91 b. Discussion and action on ADHOC Committee presentation last
92 meeting on Concurrency: Kona CDP Policy Statement (Concurrency
93 Requirements for Existing Zoned Lands). Motion to approve the
94 policy statement on existing zone lands tabled on August 27th, 2014.
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96 Hiram Rivera made a motion to approve this motion, and Curtis Tyler
97 seconded that motion. Motion carried unanimously.
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99 c. Discussion and action on ADHOC Committee presentation last
100 meeting on Concurrency: Kona CDP Policy Statement (Queen
101 Ka’ahumanu Highway/Mamalahoa Highway Bypass Improvements).
102 Motion to approve the policy statement on Queen Ka’ahumanu
103 Highway and Mamalahoa Bypass Improvements tabled on August
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104 27, 2014.
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106 Hiram Rivera made a motion to approve this motion, and Elaine
107 Fukushima seconded that. Curtis Tyler suggested that the issues on
108 Hiram’s handouts from the previous meeting be restated. Hiram
109 Rivera reviewed the handouts for the AC, and the motion was carried
110 unanimously.
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112 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
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114 The Action Committee had no updates, but they did discuss the need for
115 clarification on the subcommittees listed. Terry Dunlap suggested that the
116 Action Committee focus on the documents they’ve been given in regards to
117 Chapters 23 & 25 of the Hawaii County Code, and then once that is complete,
118 go back and reestablish the subcommittees.
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120 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
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122 None
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124 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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126 Next meeting Wednesday, October 29, 2014.
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128 Motion to adjourn from Elaine Fukushima and seconded by Curtis Tyler.
129 Meeting adjourned at 3:44 PM.
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131 Minutes submitted by Ali Catalano, of Kinoshita Communications.