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Home My WebLink About2018-10-16 KCDP Minutes Final Harry Kim Michael Yee Mayor Director Daryn Arai Deputy Director County of Hawai‘i PLANNING DEPARTMENT KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center  101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Phone (808) 961 - 8288  Fax (808) 961 - 874 2 Tuesday, October 16 , 201 8 Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Chair Young called the Kona Community Development Plan ( K CDP) Actio n Committee (AC) to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Kona Imin Center, Hōlualoa . The following persons were present: ROLL CALL Action Committee Members Present : Charles Young (Chair), Doug Payne , Kari Kimura, Shane Palacat - Nelsen, and Hiram Rivera. Action Committee M embers Absent - Excused: Shirley David (Vice - Chair), Barbara DeFranco , Franz Weber, and Janice Palma - Glennie. Staff Planners : Michael Yee, Kamuela Plunkett, and Heather Bartlett. Members of the public : 6 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None. ANNOUNCEMENTS: At the start of the meeting Chair Young offered an ‘ ōlelo no‘eau to the Action Committee. Ōpelu ha ʻalili i ke kai " ‘Ōpelu that makes the sea ripple " [This ‘ōlelo no‘eau draws a connection between the quick moving ‘ōpelu fish with positive , and proactive movement of people. Chair Young used this analogy to encourage speedy movement on projects from the AC, and the County alike.] 1. A dministrative Matters: Chair Young explained a slight change in how members of the community may make comments during the meeting. He explained that, rather than only making public comment at the beginning of the meeting, community members may instead make comments during agenda items as well. He expressed wishing to create a more conversational meeting format. Chair Young reminded the Action Committee that they are welcome to make suggestions for future agendas , as long as they do so before the 6 - day deadline to publish. He encouraged Action Committee members to send suggestions to himself or staff between meetings. Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1 Planning Director Y ee encouraged Action Committee members to be open to discussions with members of the community during meetings and to d raft agenda items that allow for more conversation. Committee Member Palacat - Nelsen requested an update on the Kona CDP Amendments. Mr. Yee responded that the project had been p laced on hold for a while due to the volcano emergency in Puna but that staff are working on it currently. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS : None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Committee Member Kimura moved to approve the minutes of the July 10, 2018 meeting as submitted . Second by Committee Member Rivera . The motion to approve the mi nute s as submitted pa ssed with 5 votes aye, 0 vot es nay . REPORT and OTHER PRESENTATIONS : 2. Ali'i Parkway Investigatory Subcommittee Interim Report : Chair Young explained that the Ali'i Parkway subcommittee had been unable to meet since the last AC meeting. H e wanted to include the project on this agenda in order to give the subcommittee members an o pportunity to update on what progress they had made in getting feedback from the community. Committee Member Rivera said he had spoken to some relatives in the Kahulu ‘u - Keauhou area who appear interested in working with the subcommittee . He explained that the proposed alignment needs to be better defined and concerns for sacred sites and burials need to be mitigated . Committee Member Palacat - Nelsen s uggested a consensus on this proposed alignment would come together as input is gathered. He recalled that m any of the families seem to be in support as long as the burials are respected . He explained that the area needs to be thoroughly studied and that the economics of the projec t need to be considered . He recommended consulting with Nohopapa Hawai‘i to aid in an additional archeological study of the area. He explain ed that many of the families to be consulted are descendants of the kupuna who had concerns a bout this roadway construction. Chair Young expressed that the current plan is to establish community sup port for this project t o present back to the administration. He explained that more thoroughly investigating the archeological issues is an important step to gaining this support and shifting the alignment. th The Ali'i Parkway Subcommittee agreed upon meetin g on Tuesday, October 30 at 9 am to continue this discussion. They also request ed continuing this conversation during the next Kona Action Committee Meeting. Committee Member Kimura encouraged integrating the Ali'i Parkway with the Open Space Network initiative. She shared her vision of a scenic corridor with greenery and bike/pedestrian trails all done in a way that in turn honors the historic sites. BUSINESS: 3. Communication No. 2018 - 24: Action Committee Recommend ation Letter: Committee Member Kimura moved to approve sending the letter. Second by Committee Member Palacat - Nelsen. Committee Member Kimura requested changing the $195,000 dollar appropriation to match the originally requested $250,000 . www.hiplanningdept.com kona@hawaiicounty.gov Page 2 Committee Memb er Payne requested that in the case that the CIP appropriation does not match what was asked, that they amend the letter to reflect this difference. Chair Young moved to amend the letter , second by Committee Member Palacat - Nelsen to amend the language in t he Kona Open Space paragraph of the letter to state: “ A $195,000 appropriation currently exists for the project, which we believe is slated for allotment through Fair Share funding . The Committee respectfully requests an additional $55,000 to bring the ful l amount to our original request of $250,000 . “ The motion to amend the letter passed unanimously. No other amendments were heard. The motion to approve the letter as amended passed unanimously. Note: staff later discovered that the appropriation amount had already been changed in the 2018 - 2019 CIP budget to match the original $250,000 request. The letter was ultimately amen ded to change the dollar amount from $195,000 to $250,000 rather than ask for the additional funds , maintaining the Action Committee’ s original intention . The final submitted letter may be viewed and download from the following website: http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/96555/Page1.aspx Planning Di rector Yee reflected briefly on his experience working with the CIP program. He explained that his role is to compile a list of priority projects to submit to the Mayor. He went on to explain that the decision to fund projects is ultimately made by the May or, the Finance Department, and the County Council. Mr. Yee stated that maintenance, repair , and necessary infrastructure projects often have a higher priority . When the re is a tight budget, there may not be much left over for other projects after those pr iorities are funded . He exp ressed his desire to work with the administration to set aside a portion of the budget in the future solely for use on community projects. The C ommittee discussed outreach strategies and ways that community can more effectively be involved in t he planning process. The need was identified to develop strategic ways to better collaborate and network with communi ty groups and County departments . The y discussed the need to host community meetings for the Ali'i Parkway project to bette r outreach to the public. 4. Nominations of lands in North and South Kona for acquisition with Funds from the County’s Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resource Preservation Fund (PONC) : Committee Members brought up a concern for the proposed C harter am endment to reduce the amount of property tax allocated to the PONC fund from 2 percent to one half of a percent. Mr. Yee explained that the proposal was in response to a concern that not enough money has gone into maintaining the acqui red lots. He also sai d there was a need to balance the County’s budget. Committee members expressed concern for where the funds taken from PONC will be allocated. Committee Members discussed the process for suggesting a parcel for nomination and the different criteria for prio ritization. Staff offered to send out the PONC annual report for more information. The 2017 PONC Annual Report may be viewed and downloaded from the following website: http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/edoc/91477/2017 - 12 - 28%20(2017%20PONC%20Annual%20R eport%20to%20the%20Mayor).pdf AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: ( November 13, 2018 ) 1. Continuation of Ali'i Parkway Subcommittee Discussion 2. PONC Nomination Discussion www.hiplanningdept.com kona@hawaiicounty.gov Page 3 ADJOURNMENT: The Chair, without objectio n, adjourned the meeting at 7:14 p.m. All Action Committee information can be viewed and downloaded from our website: http://www.hawaiicountycdp.info/north - and - south - kona - cdp www.hiplanningdept.com kona@hawaiicounty.gov Page 4