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Harry Kim Mayor Michael Yee Director Daryn Arai Deputy Director County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 1 Monday, May 21, 2018 2 3 4 CALL TO ORDER 5 Chair, Steve Hoffmann, called the North Kohala Community Development Plan (NKCDP) Action 6 Committee (AC) to order at 5:03 P.M. in the Hisaoka Gym Conference Room. Draft Meeting Minutes 7 ROLL CALL 8 Action Committee Members Present: Steve Hoffmann (Chair), Keone Emeliano (Vice Chair), Jack Hoyt, 9 Jack Olson, Beverly Blake, Benjamin Ney 10 Action Committee Members Absent -Excused: Lehua Ah Sam, Richard Elliott, Jeff Coakley 11 Staff: CoH Planners: LeAna Gloor and Heather Bartlett 12 Members of the public: 6 Members of the public were in attendance. 13 ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None. 14 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 15 1. CDP Planner, LeAna Gloor, provided a brief update on the General Plan Comprehensive 16 Update. Ms. Gloor stated that the Long Range Planning team has been steadily moving 17 forward on the comprehensive update and that staff is currently working on draft policy 18 language. She also stated that the Planning Department has been focused on the recent 19 emergency efforts for the volcanic eruption in Puna; so the General Plan Update is not moving 20 forward as quickly as it otherwise would be. 21 Chair Hoffman inquired if the recent occurrences with the volcanic eruption have altered the 22 CIP budget. Ms. Gloor responded that the Planning Department is not currently aware of any 23 changes made to the CIP budget in response to lava relief efforts. She stated that County 24 Council was currently considering the budget, and there would be more concrete answers 25 regarding CIP budgets after the Council has deliberated on the budget. 26 2. Ms. Gloor briefly went over the process of how to get items on the meeting agenda. She 27 stated that Action Committee Members as well as members of the public and community 28 groups are welcome to request items be added to meeting agendas. She stated that these 29 requests should be routed to the Action Committee Chair or to planning staff. Ms. Gloor also 30 stated that all agenda items must be directly related to priorities of the North Kohala CDP. Any 31 items that are not substantial enough to constitute a business item can be mentioned at the 32 start of the meeting during announcements. Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page 1