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KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I MINUTES MEETING DATE: June 9, 2009 TIME: 1:55 p.m. PLACE: Hanama Conference Room, Suite 103 Hanama Place, Kailua Kona Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 ROLL CALL 1.Members Present: Michael Matsukawa, Maralyn Herkes, Bo Kahui, Kenneth Melrose, Janice Palma-Glennie, Robert Ward, Gretchen Lawson and Fritz Harris-Glade 2.County of Hawaii: Barbara Kossow, Wally Lau, William Kenoi, Amy Self and Bobby Command 3.Planning Department: Margaret Masunaga, Bennett Mark, Allen Salavea and Deanne Bugado 4.Public: Angie Gee Mayor Kenoi welcomed everyone and spoke briefly about the importance of this new Committee to the County and Community. The Mayor then swore in the members of the Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee with the Oath of Office. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS None. NEW BUSINESS 1.BJ Leithead Todd, County of Hawai’i Planning Director, discussed the General Plan and Community Development Plans in “broad strokes” and how there have been multiple development plans executed for the island that have not gone anywhere. The Director then pointed out that the CDP process has been a “grass roots effort” and has been adopted by ordinance therefore enforceable by law. This CDP is meant to be flexible and amendable and will need to be updated. The CDP will guide the development projects/growth within the Kona District. The Action Committee is new not only to the Plans but also to County and that role of the Action Committee is still being delineated and defined but it will not be acting as the Planning Commission. The Director sees the Action Committee as advocates for the Plan’s objectives, such as commenting on priorities or items in the County’s CIP Project list, amendments to the General Plan and amendments to the Hawaii County Code (Zoning, Subdivision and Housing Chapters for example). The Director described the process, issues and limitations of building/constructing off of the County’s CIP Project list. Also, the Director described the process/history of development of the Kona district. The Action Committee is not actually going to be able to be able to comment formally on the permits that the Planning Department processes but the Committee will receive a list of permit applications that have come into the Department as requested.