HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-11-28 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 NOVEMBER 28, 2016
9 Call to order: 5:05 pm
10 Place: Waimea – Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior Center)
11 67-1199 Māmalahoa Highway
12 Kamuela, HI 96743
13 Roll Call:
14 1 Members present: John Mueller (Chair), Diane Kanealiʻi (Vice-Chair), Eddie K.
15 Akau (5:13 p.m.), Joel Cohen, Mark S. Gordon and George (Robbie) Robertson.
16 2 Members absent/excused: Julia Ann Alos, Roger Harris and Josephine (Jojo)
17 Tanimoto
18 3 Planning Department: Deanne Bugado, Ellsworth Huliheʻe
19 4 Public: Lisa Ferentinos, James Hustace, Roger Kanealiʻi Jr. and David Tarnas
20 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
21 1. David Tarnas thanked the CDP AC members for their service.
22 PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION
23 1. Lisa Ferentinos with the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
24 provided the Action Committee with the status of the Waiʻulaʻula Watershed
25 Project.
26 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
27 1. Minutes of the Meeting of September 26, 2016 – Committee member Robertson
28 moved to approve the minutes with the amendment of removing the word “the”
29 from Line 39 …. Committee be submitted as its \[the\] minutes and on Line 108 to
30 add Committee member Akau to the Kailapa Community Association Liaison
31 Group. Vice-Chair Kanealiʻi seconded the motion. A voice vote was taken and
32 the motion passed unanimously.
33 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE
34 1. Reports –
35 a. Liaison Reports
36 i. Kawaihae – Vice-Chair Kanealiʻi stated that the Kawaihae group hasnʻt
37 met in a while. The group will meet with the community and go through
38 the applicable sections of the CDP to gather comments and proposed
39 actions to bring back to the AC. Vice-Chair requested to table this item to
40 the call of the Chair. No objections were heard.
41 ii. Waikoloa – Committee Member Gordon presented his report as
42 submitted from the Waikoloa Leadership Council meeting dated
43 10/26/2016.
44 b. Letters to outgoing and incoming Mayors – Vice-Chair Kanealiʻi moved to
45 purchase and send thank you cards for Mayor Kenoi and Margaret Wille from
46 the AC to thank them for their service, to purchase and send a sympathy card
47 to Committee Member Alos for her loss in her family and to also empower her
48 to draft a letter to Mayor-elect Kim from the AC welcoming him to office and
49 inviting him to an AC meeting. Committee Member Cohen seconded the
50 motion. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
51 c. Modify action committee letterhead – Due to Committee Member Tanimoto
52 being absent this item was tabled to the next meeting with no objections.
53 d. CIP projects listing - Due to Committee Member Tanimoto being absent this
54 item was tabled to the next meeting with no objections.
55 e. Update and Discussion of Agenda items by Council Members Valerie
56 Poindexter (CD1) and Margaret Wille (CD9) – Councilmembers Poindexter
57 and Wille were not present at the meeting. No further action or discussion
58 occurred.
59 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
60 1. David Tarnas reminded the CDP AC that the Waiʻulaʻula Watershed
61 Management Plan is a great tool to assist in guiding development in the area and
62 could be used to as a reference by the AC.
63 \[The Plan can be accessed at:
64 http://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/files/2013/05/PRC_319Grant_WaikoloaWatershed-
65 Characterization.pdf
66 ANNOUNCEMENTS
67 1. Next Meeting January 23, 2017 – Waimea – Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center
68 (Waimea Senior Center)
69 ADJOURNMENT
70 Chair Mueller asked if there was any other business prior to adjournment. None was
71 heard and the meeting was adjourned at 6:04 p.m. by unanimous consent.
72 Respectively submitted by Ellsworth Huliheʻe, Planning Department.