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William P.Kenoi JNZ-4 OF Duane Kanuha Mayor Director `r Bobby Command _- - Deputy Director �rF•os•M►•'� 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, July 8, 2014 Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER At the request of the Chair, Patti Pinto, Elmer Solis served as chair pro tem and 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: June Conant, Sharon Daun, Elmer Solis, Leila Kealoha, and Patti Pinto. Susan Osborne arrived at 3:03 p.m. and Farris Etterlee arrived at 3:1 1p.m. Oshi Simsarian and Rene Siracusa were absent. .Staff: Larry Brown- PCDP Project Manager, Keiko Mercado - PCDP Planning Assistant and Hans Santiago—County Planner. Members of the public: 4 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: • Patti announced that Barbara Bell has been appointed to the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC) for Council District 4. • Larry announced that at the last Planning Committee Meeting of the County Council they heard testimony, discussed and voted unanimously to move forward with a favorable recommendation for adoption of the Pahoa Village Design Guidelines. Also, the two ordinances that would amend the zoning code - one which would create the Pahoa Design district and the other that would make changes to the plan approval and plan unit development (PUD) permitting sections of the zoning code to allow for review of projects against the design guidelines and provide for community opportunities to review and comment on project plans, came out of the Windward Planning Commission with a unanimous recommendation for approval by the County Council. The ordinance that allows for amendments to the zoning code for plan approval and PUD permit applications and review process will be on the agenda for the Leeward Planning Commission on Thursday, July 17th in Kona, as it has an island wide impact. Larry personally thanked all those who came out to testify, as it had a very positive impact. PUBLIC TESTIMONY: One person signed up to testify and chose to defer their testimony until the agenda item came up for consideration by the AC.