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Monday, April 2, 2018 <br />Meeting Minutes <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Acting Chair Kaneali‘i called the South Kohala Community Development Plan (SKCDP) Action <br />Committee (AC) to order at 5:13 p.m. in the Hokuloa United Church of Christ in Puakō. The following <br />persons were present: <br />ROLL CALL <br />Action Committee Members Present: Diane Kaneali‘i (Vice-Chair), Eddie Akau, Kevin McLaughlin, <br />George “Robby” Robertson, Julia Ann Alos, Mark Gordon, Ruth Smith, Tristie Licoan, and William <br />Sanborn. <br />Action Committee Members Absent-Excused: None. <br />Staff: Keola Childs – South Kohala CDP Planner; and Planners: Bethany Morrison and Heather Bartlett. <br />Members of the public: 8 <br />ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: NONE <br />PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: <br />Please Note: the agenda for this meeting unintentionally had the first two agenda items listed as <br />agenda item “1”. For clarity, the agenda item regarding the Waikoloa Road/Paniolo Avenue <br />intersection improvements is referred to as the “second agenda item #1”, and the items in these <br />minutes are numbered to reflect what was written on the meeting agenda. <br />Three people signed up to provide comment. They all chose to speak at the start of the meeting. <br />Note: Councilmember Richards later provided comment on the matter of Waiaka Bridge; his comment <br />is highlighted with this symbol on page 5:  <br />1. David Tarnas, representing himself, testified on the second agenda item #1 – Waikoloa <br />Road/Paniolo Avenue Intersection Traffic Safety Improvements: Mr. Tarnas updated the Action <br />Committee with information he had learned from the March 13, 2018 South Kohala Traffic <br />Safety Committee [SKTSC] meeting regarding newly imposed vehicle weight limits on Waiaka <br />Bridge; his testimony served as a recap of this meeting. He said Donald Smith, head of the State <br />Department of Transportation [DOT], as well as members of the trucking community attended <br />the SKTSC meeting. Recently, Hawai‘i State DOT officials announced weight limits on the <br />Waiaka bridge and other old bridges around the state. He stated that in response, the <br />Kawaihae trucking community reported having to drive through Waikoloa as a bypass route to