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Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawaii <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE <br />Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 <br />Monday, August 13, 2018 <br />Meeting Minutes <br />Michael Yee <br />Director <br />Daryn Arai <br />Deputy Director <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Larry Brown called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee (AC) to <br />order at 5:01 p.m. in the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility. <br />ROLL CALL <br />Action Committee Members Present: Larry Brown (Chair), Leila Kealoha (Vice), Michael Bernard, <br />Frances Brewer, Dan Domizio, Mark Hinshaw, Brent Norris, Susan Osborne <br />Action Committee Members Absent -Excused: Yumi Kawano <br />Staff: Michael Yee, Planning Director, April Surprenant, Long Range Division Manager, CoH Planners - <br />Keiko Mercado and Eric Cook <br />Members of the public: 18 <br />ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: NONE <br />ANNOUNCEMENTS: <br />1. Committee Member, Mark Hinshaw, thanked Strato's New York Pizzeria and Kaleo's Restaurant <br />for providing food for the meeting. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: <br />Community member, John Olson, provided testimony on business item #1. <br />Mr. Olson stated that he did not believe the County had a good plan for disaster response <br />when the eruption event occurred and that the County needs to create a better disaster <br />response plan for the next time an eruption event occurs. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES: <br />Committee Member Susan Osborne moved to approve the minutes of the July 5, 2018, meeting os <br />submitted. Second by Committee Member Don Domizio. The motion to approve the minutes os <br />submitted passed with 8 votes aye, 0 votes nay. <br />BUSINESS: <br />Kilauea Eruption Recovery Efforts: Planning Department Staff gave a presentation with an <br />update on recovery efforts and an overview of the proposed legislative package. Ms. Mercado <br />provided a brief overview of the content of the presentation. <br />Planning Director Yee provided an overview of the impacts caused by the eruption event <br />including homes destroyed, jobs lost, destroyed or inaccessible parcels of land, and economic <br />Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 <br />