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William P. Kenoi Mayor County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961 -8288 Fax (808) 961 -8742 Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Duane Kanuha Director Bobby Command Deputy Director Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee (AC) meeting to order at 3:02 p.m. in the Kea "au Community Center. The following persons were present: Action Committee: Patti Pinto, June Conant, Oshi Simsarian, Rene Siracusa, Susan Osborne, Leila Kealoha and Elmer Solis. Farris Etterlee arrived at 3:05 p.m. and Sharon Daun arrived at 3:15 p.m. Staff. Larry Brown - PCDP Project Manager, Keiko Mercado - PCDP Planning Assistant and Hans Santiago - County Planner Members of the public: 5 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA - None ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Larry introduced Hans Santiago, newly appointed Planner with the County of Hawaii and Keiko Mercado, the new Puna CDP Community Planning Assistant. PUBLIC TESTIMONY - None APPROVAL OF MINUTES Rene moved to approve the minutes of the December 10, 2013 meeting as submitted. Second by Elmer. The motion to approve the minutes as submitted passed with 8 votes aye (Sharon was not yet present). NEW BUSINESS 1. Connectivity and Emergency Response Subcommittee ( CERSC). Marlene Hapai submitted a written report (Communication 2014 -4) on the recent activities of the CERSC. The Community Input Packets being prepared by the CERSC and discussed in the written report will also be given to each AC member. CERSC meetings are held on the 4th Tuesdays of every month at the Kea'au Community Center at 5 p.m. The CERSC meeting schedule will be posted on the PCDP website. Larry reminded the Action Committee that this report is neither actionable nor open for discussion at this meeting.