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Home My WebLink About2016-11-30 KCDP Minutes Final 1 KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE 2 3 COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI 4 5 MINUTES 6 NOVEMBER 30, 2016 7 Call to order: 2:00 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: Hiram Rivera (Chair), Barbara DeFranco (Vice-Chair), 12 Kari Kimura, Shane Nelson, Gregory Ogin (entered at 2:26 p.m.) Douglas 13 Payne, George “Keoki” Schattauer, Curtis Tyler III and Charles Young 14 b. Members absent/excused: None 15 c. Planning Department: Bennett, Mark, Terry Dunlap, Keola Childs and 16 Ellsworth Huliheʻe 17 d. Public: Ken Melrose and Jeff Zimpfer 18 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 19 Ken Melrose: Thanked Mr. Dunlap for his years of service and presented him 20 with lei. Mr. Melrose also encouraged the Action Committee to continue to 21 pursue roads that provide connectivity as part of the CIP. 22 23 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 24 25 1. Minutes of the Meeting of October 26, 2016. 26 27 Committee member Tyler moved to approve the minutes as submitted. Mr. 28 Nelson seconded the motion. Mr. Tyler moved to amend the minutes to reflect 29 the following. Mr. Nelson seconded the motion to amend. 30 31 Incorporate the Recommendation Letter as described in Line 39 into the minutes 32 as Exhibit A. 33 34 On Line 47, correct …Committee \[though\] … and replace with … Committee 35 thought … 36 37 On Line 54, add in ...attended the Technical Meeting (DeFranco… 38 39 On Line 55, add in …attendance of the general public meeting appeared… 40 41 On Line 63, remove …\[CIP priorities and decided on the\]… 42 43 On line 71, remove … \[Palamanui\] and replace with Kaʻimi Nani Drive 44 45 On line 73, remove \[Kealakaʻa Street\] and replace with Hina Lani Street 46 Page 1 of 5 47 On Line 74, add in ii. Hina Lani Street to Kealakaʻa Street Connection and 48 insert line return after. 49 50 There was no opposition to the amendments. Chair Rivera called a voice vote 51 and the motion to amend the minutes carried unanimously. Chair Rivera call a 52 voice vote for the main motion to approve the amended minutes and the motion 53 carried unanimously. 54 55 2. Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda 56 57 None noted 58 59 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 60 Ken Melrose: Thanked Mr. Dunlap for his years of service and presented him 61 with lei. Mr. Melrose also encouraged the Action Committee to continue to 62 pursue roads that provide connectivity as part of the CIP. 63 64 UNFINISHED BUSINESS for DISCUSSION AND ACTION 65 1. Open discussion of Action Committee members on Capital Improvement Project 66 (CIP) recommendations to the Planning Director. 67 68 Mr. Tyler made a motion that CIP funds be allotted for final design of a two-lane 69 Aliʻi Bypass between Puapuaʻanui and Kamehameha III Road. The motion failed 70 due to lack of a second. 71 72 The Action Committee discussed the CIP priorities and decided on the following: 73 A. Feasibility and Preliminary Design Study: Revised Keauhou-Kahului 74 Parkway (Aliʻi Hwy.) Design, Alignment and Phasing. 75 76 I. A new or updated conceptual feasibility and design study, possibly 77 including preliminary design, for construction of the previously 78 proposed Keauhou-Kahului Parkway (a.k.a. Aliʻi Highway or Aliʻi 79 Bypass) as a two-lane highway, including bicycle and pedestrian 80 travelways, between: 81 82 a. Its proposed southern terminus/junction with Aliʻi Drive fronting 83 Keauhou Shopping Center, and 84 85 b. A revised, relocated northern terminus/junction with Queen 86 Kaʻahumanu Highway, in accordance with recommendation No. 2 87 below. 88 89 II. The Committee recommends that the feasibility and preliminary 90 design product include the option of constructing this highway in two 91 or more phases according to functionalities of existing and planned 92 “mauka - makai” connector streets (Laʻaloa, Lako, Royal Poinciana) 93 with which this proposed highway will inter-connect. Such phasing 94 plan should propose the priority of the respective road construction Page 2 of 5 95 phases, should phased/segmented construction be deemed 96 necessary. 97 98 B. Feasibility and Preliminary Design Study: Revised Northern Alignment 99 and Terminus of Keauhou-Kahului Parkway (Aliʻi Hwy). Although an 100 element of Project Recommendation No. 1 above, the Committee 101 particularly recommends a comprehensive, multi-parcel feasibility and 102 preliminary design analysis to realign the northern portion of the proposed 103 Parkway/Highway, so as to keep the northern section of this highway and 104 its connection with Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway south of the flood plain 105 laying within the ahupuaʻa of Kahului and thus to be aligned within or st 106 adjacent to the ahupuaʻa of Puapuaʻa 1 (See attached map). 107 108 I. This realigned, new northern alignment and terminus with Queen 109 Kaʻahumanu Highway is recommended as a means to reduce the 110 overall project development cost by: 111 112 a. avoiding the Waiʻaha flood plain which the current plan requires 113 crossing with multiple bridges/culverts both above and below 114 Kuakini Highway, and 115 116 b. Avoiding the need to construct a new, high capacity intersection at 117 Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway within the short intermediate section 118 between its existing intersections with Puapua`anui Street 119 (Pualani Estates subdivision) and Hualālai Road. 120 121 II. The Committee recognizes the multiple ownerships of parcels within 122 the proposed realignment area, and the possibility of conflicting 123 roadways plans among such parcels with regard to effecting the 124 desired thoroughfare, and thus wishes to emphasize the need for 125 comprehensive engagement and planning with and among the subject 126 landowners, above and below Kuakini Highway, in order to produce 127 the desired feasibility and preliminary design product. The Committee 128 also acknowledges the pending entitlement status for development of 129 the now vacant and undeveloped parcels that would be transected by 130 the proposed realignment. Consequently, the Committee 131 recommends that this northern section feasibility-design analysis have 132 the highest priority within the undertaking of the above-listed Aliʻi 133 Parkway/highway project. 134 135 C. Final Design of Kealakaʻa St. Extension to Hina Lani St. 136 137 I. The Committee is advised that preliminary design and right-of-way 138 acquisition agreements have been completed between the 139 landowners and the County for this southernmost segment of a highly 140 desirable new arterial-collector street to eventually run from Kalaoa 141 (Kona Palisades, Coastview, Wonderview, Highlands and other 142 interstitial subdivisions) to the regional public school complex 143 (Kealakehe Elementary, Intermediate and High schools). This 144 segment (northern extension of Kealakaʻa St. to Hina Lani Street) is Page 3 of 5 145 denoted as Roads segments 9A and 9B on Concurrency Map 4-3 of 146 the Kona Community Development Plan, and is shown on the 147 attached map. 148 149 II. The Committee is further advised that the affected private landowners 150 have conditionally agreed to collectively pay for and/or construct this 151 roadway segment, but that final design of this project has not been 152 undertaken. Accordingly, the Committee recommends that the 153 County fund and develop the final design of this roadway project to 154 facilitate private/public construction as soon as practicable. 155 156 III. This recommendation also takes into account the impending 157 construction of a section of Manawaleʻa Street extending makai from 158 Kealakaālole Highway; completing this ʻa Street to Ane Keohok 159 interconnection between Kealakaālole ʻa St. and Ane Keohok 160 Highway, in conjunction with completing the extension of Kealakaʻa 161 St. to Hina Lani St., will provide a significant, highly desirable alternate 162 route from Kailua-Kona to the Kaloko section of Māmalahoa Hwy., 163 above its transition into Palani Road. 164 165 D. The Committee also recognizes and extends its continuing support for 166 those ongoing CIP projects being undertaken by the Department of Public 167 Works. 168 Commissioner Tyler motioned to approve the above priorities and for the Chair 169 with staff to draft and transmit a letter with these priorities to the Planning 170 Director for inclusion in the CIP. Commissioner Nelson seconded the motion. A 171 voice vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously. 172 173 2. Open discussion on the County of Hawaiʻi General Plan Public Meeting and 174 Technical Workshop. 175 176 The Action Committee discussed receiving an update of the progress of the 177 General Plan and how the CDP fits in with that plan. 178 179 Committee member Payne made a motion to transmit a letter requesting the 180 Planning Director attend the March 15, 2017 Kona CDP AC meeting. Committee 181 member Tyler seconded the motion. A voice vote was taken and the motion 182 passed unanimously. 183 184 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS 185 1. Action Committee will review the sub-committee reports, recommended motions 186 and discussion items to place on the next meeting agenda for action. 187 188 None noted 189 190 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA 191 1. None 192 Page 4 of 5 193 ANNOUNCEMENTS 194 1. Next Meeting January 18, 2017 – WHCC – Planning Conference Room 195 196 2. The Calendar Year 2017 Meeting Schedule was distributed. 197 198 3. The Chair will send a letter thanking Planning Director Kanuha for his service. 199 200 4. The Chair will send a letter to the Director of Public Works requesting him to 201 attend the March 15, 2017 meeting to follow up on the letter previous sent 202 regarding the DFIRM maps. 203 204 5. The Chair renewed the request that staff produce a list of all actions taken during 205 Calendar Year 2016. 206 207 ADJOURNMENT 208 The Chair stated there was no further business and asked if there was any objection to 209 adjournment. There was no objection heard and the motion to adjourn passed by 210 unanimous consent. 211 The meeting was adjourned at 3:58 p.m. 212 Respectively submitted by Ellsworth Huliheʻe, Planning Department Page 5 of 5