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Mitchell Roth <br />Mayor <br />Lee E. Lord <br />Managing Director <br />Zendo Kern <br />Director <br />Jeffrey W. Darrow <br />Deputy Director <br />County of Hawaii <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />HAMAKUA 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 />1 <br />2 Wednesday, March 24, 2021 <br />3 DRAFT Meeting Minutes <br />4 <br />5 CALL TO ORDER <br />6 Chair, Brad Kurokawa, called the Hamakua Community Development Plan (HCDP) Action Committee <br />7 (AC) to order at 3:07 p.m. via video conference. <br />8 ROLL CALL <br />9 Action Committee Members Present: Nicolette Hubbard, Tawn Keeney, Crystal Kua, Brad Kurokawa, <br />10 Jeff McKnight, , Rhonda Pollard <br />11 Action Committee Members Absent -Excused: Carol Ignacio, Robert Nishimoto <br />12 County Staff: Planners — Eric Cook, Keiko Mercado, Kamuela Plunkett, Planning Director Zendo Kern <br />13 County Officials: Council Member Heather Kimball <br />14 Members of the public: 1 member of the public, Cory Harden, was in attendance. Members of the <br />15 public observed the meeting via the YouTube Livestream. The livestream is available at Hamakua <br />16 Community Development Plan Action Committee Meeting <br />17 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None <br />18 ANNOUNCEMENTS: <br />19 1. Message from Planning Director, Zendo Kern: <br />20 Director Zendo Kern addressed the members of the action committee and thanked them for <br />21 their service to the community. Director Kern went on to clarify his concern regarding an article <br />22 in the newspaper that called out uncertainty for the CDP Action Committees. He explained his <br />23 intentions around empowering the Action Committees to take a more proactive role in <br />24 implementing the CDPs. Chair Kurokawa opened the floor to questions. <br />25 <br />a. Committee Member Tawn Keeney asked if there would be any changes to the status of <br />26 <br />the action committee status in the General Plan update. Director Kern's response was <br />27 <br />that it is premature to provide a definitive answer, but the goal is to have the AC's, <br />28 <br />CDP's, and the GP to link up to culminate down to infrastructure and infrastructure <br />29 <br />planning. <br />Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page I <br />