HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-09-24 South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Committee Minutes - FINAL
Harry Kim Michael Yee
Director
Mayor
Daryn Arai
Deputy Director
County of Hawai‘i
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
SOUTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE
Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
Phone (808) 961 - 8288 Fax (808) 961 - 8742
Monday, September 24 , 2018
Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Kaneali‘i called the South Kohala Community Development Plan ( S K CDP) Actio n Committee (AC)
meeting to order at 5 : 0 4 p.m. in the Waimea Senior Center . The following persons were present:
ROLL CALL
Action Committee Members Present : Diane Kaneali‘i (Chair), Ruth Smith (Vice - Chair), Eddie Akau,
Kevin McLaughlin, George “Robby” Robertson, Julia Ann Alos, Mark Gordon, Tristie Licoan, and William
Sanborn.
Action Committee M embers Absent - Excused : None.
Staff Planners : Bethany Morrison , Heather Bartlett , and Kamuela Plunkett .
Members of the public : 2
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chair Kaneali‘i explained a minor change in procedure for taking public
comments during meetings. Mem bers of the public now have the option to speak either at the
beginning of the meeting or before the relevant agenda item. She asked that those wishing to speak
continue to follow the previous guideline of fill ing out a public comment form beforehand .
PUBL IC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS : None.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Committee Member Licoan moved to approve the minutes of the Ju ly 23 , 2018 meeting as submitted .
Second by Committee Member Alos . The motion to approve the mi nute s as submitted pa ssed with 6
votes aye , 0 vot es nay [ Committee Members Robertson, Akau , and McLaughlin were not present at the
time of the vote ] .
BUSINESS:
1. Communication No. 2018 - 10: Implementation Table / Monitoring Plan Discussion.
Chair Kaneali‘i asked if any Committee M embers had updates on their projects. She provided a n
update on the Kawaihae potable water project. Her community group identified a 16 - inch pipe, built in
the 1960’s and located mauka of the Kailapa area . Her group believes the pipe was abandoned
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because of the 1972 Clean W ater Act. She said they are moving forward with a team of people from
the Resilient Hawaiian Communities Initiative . T hey hope to look at options for using the pipe ,
understanding that it connects to surface water which would only allow it to be used for a ctivities such
as agricultural irrigation and ranching.
Planner Plunkett reflected on how much progress can be made by a community group outside of
asking for government assistance. He encouraged other AC members to explore this idea with their
communit ies .
Committee Member Alos shared what she has learned so far as part of the subcommittee working on
Waikoloa Intersection improvements. She explained they have been looking into 3 major
developments in the Waikoloa area that were required to improve the inte rsection as a condition of
County rezoning ordinances . The State Land Use Commission is posturing to retract their State Land
Use Boundary amendment due to noncompliance with their conditional approval requirements , they
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have a hearing scheduled for Octobe r 24 in Kona.
Committee Member Sanborn requested an update for a subdivision application for a P arker R anch
property located in the Waimea town center . He said there was a draft environmental assessment
submitted by the applicants about a year ago and th at it has been a while since they have announced
any plans. He had noticed surveys circulating around Waimea that have to do with the application. His
interests in the project include understanding its impact on circulation and the Luala‘ i subdivision,
a lo ng with the potential for more commercial activity in Waimea.
Committee Member Smith had a couple of notes to update the Waikoloa section of C ommunication
N umber 2018 - 10: Implementation Table. Her edits [ C ommunication N umber 2018 - 10.1] may be
viewed and do wnloaded from the following website:
http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/96148/Page1.aspx .
Action Committee members were encouraged to submit more recommendations to the
implementation table via email to planning staff.
Note: For more updates, Communication number 2018 - 13 : Puak ō Cesspool Project Update and
Communication Number 2018 - 15 : Waimea Historic Places may be viewed and downloaded from the
following websites respectively: http://records.co.hawaii. hi.us/weblink/1/doc/96098/Page1.aspx and
http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/96097/Page1.aspx .
2. Communication No. 2018 - 12: Action Committee Recommendation Letter.
The Action Committee made several changes to the language of the letter, please see communication
number 2018 - 12.1 to view the changes. Communication number 2018 - 12.1 may be viewed and
downloaded from the following website:
http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/96149/Page1.aspx
Committee Member McLaughlin moved to approve and send the letter as amended. Second ed by
Committee Member Smith. The motion to send the letter as amen ded passed with 9 votes aye, 0 votes
nay .
3. Communication No. 2018 - 07: Capital Improvement Program [ CIP ] Budget Overview and Action
Committee Recommendation Strategy Discussion .
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The Action Committee reviewed the CIP Budget spreadsheet [ C ommunication N umber 2 018 - 07 ] and
asked clarifying questions about the process. When the Action Committee sends CIP recommendations
to the Planning Director , he/she consults with other department heads who will weigh the feasibility of
the recommendation in context with other p rojects that are in the budget currently. Action Committee
members can recommend re - appropriation of lapsed projects or the creation of new appropriations.
They discussed with uncertainty the practicality of submitting a recommendation if the project hasn’ t
been sufficiently studied and is not ready for funding.
Committee Member McLaughlin suggested submitting 3 lists: one for projects that the AC wants to
prioritize, one for projects the AC is neutral about, and one for projects which they don’t consider a
priority.
Staff Morrison explained that the AC also has the option to comment when th e draft budget is
released, and/ or submit projects later in the year as an amendment. They discussed the potential
difficulties of getting a project on the budget l ate r w hen it requires amending the already approved
budget. St aff Morrison recommended having priorities ready to go at the November meeting so they
may be sent out in time to be considered for the next fiscal year .
Communication Number 2018 - 07: CIP Spreadsheet may be viewed and downloaded from the
following website: http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/93500/Page1.aspx
4. Nomination of lands in South Kohala for acquisition with Funds from the County’s Public Access,
Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund (PONC).
Action Committee members were provided with suggestion forms and selection criteria handouts as
guidance for potential acquisition nomination submittals. The Committee decided to discuss this at the
next meeting ; this would allow Action Committee members to study the process and come prepared
with proposals for parcel nominations .
COMMITTEE CAPACITY BUILDING
5. South Kohala Land Use Background Presentation.
Planne r Plunkett presented before the Committee the background of land use planning in the South
Kohala region , from the past to the regulations in place today. The presentation, [ C ommunication
N umber 2018 - 14] may be viewed and downloaded from the following webs ite:
http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/96099/Page1.aspx
Planner Plunkett described the Hawaiian land divisions and traditional land uses. He displayed a
timeline of w hen different land use regulations were created and explained how they relate to one
another. He explained that land is divided between State Land Use and County Zoning designations,
and that these designations define which government entity has jurisdicti on . He explained that the
Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide [LUPAG] map from the General Plan is an overlay that guides future
land use and rezoning .
He explained that u nderstanding these designations and how use of the ArcReader GIS tool can be
beneficial for the community. He recommended that the Action Committee use their GIS DVDs
especially to do research for potential PONC nominations.
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Committee Member Sanborn asked about roads in limbo in Waimea to which Bethany answered that
all roads in limbo in the County are under County jurisdiction.
AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING: ( November 24 , 201 8 )
1. PONC Discussion Continued
2. CIP Budget Recommendations
3. Parker Ranch TMK: (3) 6 - 7 - 002:056 update
4. Subcommittee Reports
5. Other items as identified by the Action Committee or Pla nning Staff
ADJOURNMENT: The Chair, without objectio n, adjourned the meeting at 7:05 p.m.
All Action Committee information can be viewed and downloaded from our website:
http://www.hawaiicou ntycdp.info/south - kohala - cdp
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