HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-03-13 NKCDP Minutes Final1 NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE
2
3 COUNTY OF HAWAII
4
5 MINUTES
6 MARCH 13, 2017
7 Call to order: 5:04 pm
8 Place: North Kohala Senior Center (The Old Judiciary Building)
9 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapa`au, HI 96755
10 1. Roll Call:
11 a. Members present: John Winter (Chair), Faith Yates (Vice -Chair), Richard
12 Elliott, John "Jack" Hoyt, and Kristen "Lehua" Dircks.
13 b. Members absent/excused: Veronica "Lani" Eugenio and Benjamin Ney.
14 c. Planning Department: Michael Yee and Deanne Bugado
15 d. Public: Jesse Wells, David Tarnas, Toni Withington, Carter Collins, Eli
16 Fein, Lynda Wallach, and Shelly S. Mahi.
17
18 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
19 1. Shelly Mahi made a statement about the subcommittee's report items on the
20 agenda for Public Access, Parks Water and Roads and Historical and Cultural
21 Preservation and her interest and work in those areas and about kuleana parcels
22 and their ownership rights with regards to trails and easements.
23 The Chair suggested that she attend the various subcommittee meetings to
24 contribute her information and knowledge, especially the Public Access
25 subcommittee to work with them on public access easements.
26
27 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
28 1. Minutes of the Meeting of November 14, 2016.
29
30 Committee member Lehua Dircks moved to approve the minutes as submitted.
31 Vice -Chair Yates seconded the motion. The Chair called a voice vote and the
32 motion was carried.
33
34 2. Testimony by members that attended the cancelled January 9, 2017 meeting due
35 to lack of quorum was submitted and recorded the testimony that was taken, as
36 permitted by the Sunshine Law.
37
38 3. Approval of Addendum and/or Supplemental Agenda
39
40 None noted
41
42 4. Nomination and Election of the Chair and Vice -Chair of the NKCDP Action
43 Committee for the 2017 Calendar Year.
Page 1 of 4
44 The Chair volunteered to continue as chair. Lehua made a motion for Jack Hoyt
45 to be Chair. Jack Hoyt said he has a hard time hearing at the meetings and is
46 not a good candidate and declined the nomination.
47
48 Jack Hoyt made a motion to nominate John Winter. Richard Elliot seconded the
49 motion. The Chair called a voice vote and the motion was carried.
50
51 John Winter nominated Faye Yates as Vice Chair. Lehua Dircks seconded the
52 motion. The Chair called a voice vote and the motion was carried.
53
54 John Winter said if we get new members we can have a new election of Chair
55 and Vice Chair.
56
57 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
58 1. None
59
60 BUSINESS OF COMMITTEE: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION
61 1. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT: Discussion on parcels identified for purchase using
62 Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission
63 (PONC) funds.
64
65 The Chair clarified that it takes two AC meetings to review a recommendation
66 and then forward a letter or take action on a recommendation forwarded by a
67 subcommittee of the Action Committee, per the Sunshine Law. It was also stated
68 that all formal correspondence should come from the Action Committee, not the
69 subcommittees.
70
71 Jack Hoyt spoke on behalf of the Public Access subcommittee and requested
72 that the Action Committee review a letter drafted to the Mayor on parcels
73 identified for purchased. Toni Withington spoke on the previous letter sent to the
74 Mayor that requested that the Mayor purchase the prioritized parcels for North
75 Kohala which included seven reasons why the Mayor should authorize the
76 Finance Dept. to purchase the Hapu-Kapanaia parcels.
77
78 The next meeting agenda will include a motion for approval by the AC to forward
79 the letter to the Mayor.
80
81 2. COMMITTEE ACTION OBJECTIVES FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2017-2018.
82 Committee members to consider principal NKCDP implementation objectives
83 which the Committee will seek to achieve in the year ahead.
84
85 The Chair said this is what is generally included in the annual report for the AC
86 and suggested that he send out the annual report from last year to the AC
87 members and have them include the activities and CDP implementation efforts of
88 the subcommittees from the last year.
89
90 3. STATUS OF ACTION COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEES. Dissolve or reaffirm
91 continuing investigatory, and their defined missions for existing subcommittees,
92 or establish new investigatory subcommittees, their purpose and their AC
Page 2 of 4
93 representatives for 2017.
94
95 The Chair suggested that it was a good idea to review the organization of the
96 subcommittees. It was stated that the current subcommittees are more like
97 standing committees, and if you change them to investigatory subcommittees,
98 there must be a starting point and an end point. The Chair requested to table
99 this item at this time until additional information is provided and or researched on
100 this subject with regard to the Sunshine Law requirements for subcommittees.
101
102 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
103 1. Growth Management — Committee member Elliot had no report.
104
105 2. Public Access — Committee member Toni Withington spoke on a trails
106 presentation that was given at the last subcommittee meeting. Next, she said
107 the committee met about the coastal restoration at Upolu Point and restoring the
108 vegetation at the Upolu airport. It was found that some land below the Ainakea
109 subdivision that was available for public access has been sold to new owners.
110 Toni also reported there will be map of four of the five public access easements
111 around the coast in the local newspaper. Toni said that the subcommittee also
112 met with the Na Ala Hele group about the Pololu lookout and possible changes
113 that could be considered by the community, and also talked to the Police about
114 enforcement and communication during emergencies. The National Park
115 Service is in the process of creating a conservation easement for Kohala Kai
116 and there is work being done on the access at Kohala Waterfront.
117
118 3. Water, Parks and Roads — Chair Winter reported that matters with the parks are
119 being reviewed at with the Parks dept. Mr. Winter reported that Pratt Road is
120 being looked at with the new director of Public Works and how to get an
121 easement for use during emergencies along Pratt road. He said they met to
122 discuss an integrated water system because there are a lot of potential farmers
123 interested in this. Pololu Valley being is being looked at for parking, signage,
124 bathroom facilities. John reported that Rep. Evans will be at the next Water,
125 Parks and Roads subcommittee meeting in May.
126
127 4. Power, View Planes and Erosion Control — Toni Withington gave a report on
128 how to improve view planes and meeting with the seniors and getting their
129 comments on this matter. Their subcommittee met with HELCO engineers to
130 discuss proposed location of transmission lines, and they have created maps
131 showing the proposed location of transmission lines. On erosion control, Toni
132 said that some of the school projects are still ongoing and are receiving benefits
133 from their work.
134
135 5. Affordable Housing — Committee member Hoyt reported on their work with two
136 property owners, one who wants to develop 33 acres and devote 8 of those
137 acres, or about 24 lots for affordable housing. Jack said there is another
138 property owner associated with Ainakea subdivision, who has 12 acres who is
139 open to the idea of developing an affordable pocket neighborhood with a shared
140 center with no vehicular traffic, for pedestrians only.
141
Page 3 of 4
142 6. Agriculture — No report.
143
144 7. Historical and Cultural Preservation — Vice -Chair Yates reported that she spoke
145 with many of the seniors in the community and found that they prefer to keep
146 their histories and stories private. Ms. Yates said she also found that the
147 seniors do get involved with what happens culturally in the area. Ms. Yates also
148 asked the committee members to select another member to lead this
149 subcommittee.
150 8. Health. Vice Chair Yates reported that she has been talking with various
151 individuals in the North Kohala community and a State representative about the
152 health care needs of North Kohala. She talked to the North Kohala Hospital and
153 found out that they have a new parking lot and medical equipment
154 improvements and said that people are generally not aware of the services
155 available at North Kohala Hospital.
156
157 STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA
158 1. Toni Withington requested to add to the Power View Planes and Erosion Control
159 report and said there will be a multi -generational bike ride March 31 st at 3:30pm
160 at the HUB parking lot for children of all ages to promote the idea of bike
161 pathways.
162
163 SET AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
164
165 1. A member of the public mentioned the topic of tenant rights.
166 ANNOUNCEMENTS
167 1. The Chair requested that the public please help recruit people for the vacancies
168 of the North Kohala CDP AC.
169
170 2. The Director, Michael Yee, mentioned that there would be some Planning
171 Department support staff changes coming soon for the North Kohala, South
172 Kohala and Kona CDP AC. Mr. Yee also mentioned that he is working on
173 outreach to the community and also mentioned that he is also working on cultural
174 preservation and that there is a common denomination with the Cultural
175 Resources Commission, and that the AC may want to coordinate their efforts
176 with that committee.
177
178 3. Next Meeting Monday, May 8, 2017 at the North Kohala Senior Center Complex
179 (The Old Judiciary building)
180 ADJOURNMENT
181 A motion to adjourn was made by Committee member Dircks and seconded by
182 Committee member Elliot. A voice vote was taken and the motion was carried
183 unanimously.
184 The meeting was adjourned at 6:34 p.m.
185 Respectively submitted by Rosalind Newlon, Planning Department
Page 4 of 4