HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-01-10 NKCDP Notes Final (No Quorum)Submitted January 10, 2017:
John Winter's Notes regarding Public Input on agenda items from the North Kohala
CDP Action Committee meeting on Jan. 9, 2017. No quorum!!!
David Tarnas addressed the Growth Management and Public Access subcommittee
reports. He recalled the workshop run by the Planning Department last year at which
CommunityVis modeling software was used to evaluate the (projected) effect on growth
by adjusting a number of physical, economic, environmental and social variables. He
recommended we ask to bring the program to Kohala to evaluate projections on growth
up here.
Toni Withington addressed the Public Access subcommittee report, stating that they
met with the new West Hawaii Managing Director (Mayor's Office) to discuss
recommendations on land parcels in the area of the northern coast related to
Kamehameha I for PONC acquisition. They asked the mayor to authorize negotiations
to acquire the Hapu'u - Kapanaia - Halelua parcels. Coastal lands on both sides of the
4 -mile stretch have been preserved at no cost to the County. The owners of the Niuli'i
coastal parcel got tired of waiting for the County to begin negotiations and gifted the
parcel to the Kohala Center. She presented a letter written by the subcommittee that
made this proposal, adding that they simply could not wait for AC approval which would
have taken at least 4 months (now 6 given the present meeting cancellation for lack of a
quorum).