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Harry Kim Mayon 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, September 12, 2017 Meeting Minutes Michael Yee Director Daryn Arai Deputy Director CALL TO ORDER Chair Larry Brown called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee (AC) to order at 3:03 p.m. in the Kea'au Community Center. ROLL CALL Action Committee Members Present: Larry Brown (Chair), Leila Kealoha (Vice -Chair), Elmer Solis, Michael Bernard, Patti Pinto, and Yumi Kawano. Action Committee Members Absent -Excused: Susan Osborne Staff: Michael Yee (Director), April Surprenant (Long Range Planning Division Manager), Bethany Morrison, Keiko Mercado, Kevin Sullivan (CoH Planners). Members of the public: 18 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Ms. Surprenant announced that beginning in 2018, there would be a change in the meeting schedule for the Puna CDP Action Committee. The Planning Team will be working with Action Committee Members and the various venues to determine available days. In an effort to engage as many community members as possible, the Puna CDP AC will begin meeting from 5pm-7pm in January 2018. 2. Committee Member Yumi Kawano announced that there continues to be three vacancies on the Puna CDP Action Committee and urged community members to apply. 3. Committee Member Patti Pinto announced that the Mass Transit Masterplan study will hold public meetings on October 11, 5:30pm at the Kea'au Community Center and October 12, 5:30pm at the Pahoa Neighborhood Center. 4. Chair Larry Brown informed the AC that conversations have been initiated with Jo -Anna Herkes from SSFM International about meeting with the Action Committees regarding the Mass Transit Master Plan. Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page I