09-26-2011SKCDP-AC-Minutes - Final

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SOUTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING Held Monday, September 26, 2011 : A town meeting of the South Kohala Community Development Plan Action Call to order Committee was held on Monday, September 26, 2011. The meeting was called to order by the Vice Chairman, Nancy Alvord, at 5:00 p.m. The following members of the Committee were present when the meeting was called to order: Nancy Carr Smith Loreli Eberhardt John Hoover Margaret Horwatt Robin Inaba Chris Roehrig Planning Department staff included Rosalind Newlon- Project Manager, Bennett Mark-Planning Program Manager and BJ Leithead Todd- Planning Director. Amy Self, Corporation Counsel was also present. Members of the public in attendance were: Rob Shallenberger, Phil Hayward, Margaret Wille, Joe Pickering, Helen Pickering, George Robertson, David B. Gomes, Anne E. Field Gomes, Heather Heacock, Sara Fuller, and Gunner Mench. The following were statements from members of the public Statements from the Public: concerning items on the agenda, each person was allowed 3 minutes. Margaret Wille said that she tried to provide input for the August meeting but did not get a · response. She also thought that there would be an agenda item on redistricting on todays agenda. She also said in regards to the responsibilities of the Action Committee members, that they should not act as a design review committee or Planning Commission but assess proposed development in terms of the CDP and provide comments. : Administrative Matters; 1 The Committee then approved the minutes of the regular meeting held on August 22, 2011 based upon a motion by John Hoover and a second by Loreli Eberhardt with all members voting in favor. : Peter Hacksetdde of the Puako Community Association (PCA) gave an update on Presentation; 1 the firebreak and said that it goes beyond all the homes and that there is a fire road. He said that in 1987 a fire destroyed seven homes and that the Puako - Wailea protection program was established after that. Peter also said that there was a critical need for wildlife mitigation. Peter reported that there was a paved wild land access route and that in June 2008 they used a Wild land interface grant to create a 200-300 foot firebreak with a bulldozer, and spread mulch over the area to mitigate dust. They also used to grant money to obtain gravel for the firebreak road.