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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, April 14, 2015 Meeting Minutes Duane Kanuha Director Bobby Command Deputy Director CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee (AC) to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Kea'au Community Center. The following persons were present: Action Committee: June Conant, Sharon Daun, Leila Kealoha, Patti Pinto, Oshi Simsarian, Rene Siracusa, and Elmer Solis. Farris Etterlee arrived at 3:03pm. Susan Osborne was absent. Staff. Hans Santiago — PCDP Planner and Keiko Mercado — PCDP Planning Assistant. Members of the public: 11 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: NONE ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Patti reminded the AC members to provide their July availability so it can be determined whether or not there will be quorum. 2. Rene announced Charles (Charlie) Maas's passing and asked for a moment of silence. Charlie contributed tremendously to the Pahoa Village Town Center Plan. PUBLIC TESTIMONY: One person signed up to testify and chose to testify at the start of the meeting rather than at the time of their agenda items. 1. Jon Olson testified on agenda items 92, 94, 95 and 96. He began by expressing his gratitude to Charlie Maas and the hard work he put into the Pahoa Village Center Plan. After looking at the current response letters the AC has received and the work that is being put in, he believes it is time for action. The amount of people in Puna greatly outnumbers the amount of infrastructure available. A consultant and a wastewater study needs to be done in order to save Pahoa town. The lava should no longer be considered a threat, it's no more a threat to Pahoa than it is to other areas of the island. Actions need to be taken now. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June moved to approve the minutes of the March 10, 2015 meeting as submitted. Second by Sharon. The motion to approve the minutes as submitted passed with 7 votes aye, 0 votes nay and I vote to abstain (Leila voted to abstain due to her absence at the last meeting). NEW BUSINESS: 1. Public Access, Open Space & Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC): Alexandra Kelepolo from Property Management /Finance Division and William Meyers, PONC Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer