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SOUTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OF MEETING Held August 27, 2012 A regular meeting of the South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Commitee was held on August 27, 2012. The meeting was called to order at 5:15 p.m. at the Lilly Yoshimatsu Senior Center (Waimea Senior Center), 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway Waimea, Hawai’i 96743, pursuant to notice. The following members of the Committee were present when the meeting was called to order: Mike Fischer Margaret Horwatt Chris Roehrig Achahn Schulze Jojo Tanimoto Committee members John Hoover and Robin Inaba were not in attendance. Also present were Bennett Mark and Project Manager Terry Dunlap from the Office of the Hawai’i County Planning Department and members of the public. The Chairman called the meeting to order and noted that a quorum of the Committee was present. Members of the public were asked to submit a form if they wished to address the meeting. Margaret Wille spoke about the role of the Action Committee as adviser to the County Council as well as to the executive branch of the County government. She also suggested that more community members who are not on the Committee be added to the subcommittees. Ms. Wille also commented on the fact that the revisions to the Waimea Community Association Design Review Plan are not completely consistent with the provisions of the South Kohala Community Development Plan, citing for example that the Design Review Plan does not call for complete streets (with provision for multiple forms of transport including pedestrian and bicycle transit). George Robertson discussed the plans to install a gate on Old Puako Road in Puako in connection with the effort to collect access fees from non-residents for use of Hapuna Beach 1