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<br /> <br /> <br />William P. Kenoi Duane Kanuha <br /> <br />Director <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Bobby Command <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br /> <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE <br /> <br />Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> <br />Phone (808) 961-8288 Fax (808) 961-8742 <br /> <br />Tuesday, March 10, 2015 <br />DRAFT Meeting Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br /> <br />Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee <br />' <br />(AC) to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Keaau Community Center. The following persons were present: <br /> <br />Action Committee: June Conant, Sharon Daun, Farris Etterlee, Patti Pinto, Oshi Simsarian, René <br />Siracusa, and Elmer Solis. Susan Osborne arrived at 3:07pm. Leila Kealoha was absent. <br /> <br />Staff: Hans Santiago – PCDP Planner and Keiko Mercado – PCDP Planning Assistant. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Members of the public: 5 <br /> <br />ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: <br /> NONE <br />ANNOUNCEMENTS: <br /> <br />th <br /> <br />1. <br />June announced that she attended the March 5 Planning Commission meeting, where it was <br />decided that the proposed LUPAG amendment would be continued, however no date was set as <br />to when it would be agendized again. <br /> <br /> <br />2. <br />Sharon announced the ‘Ohana Fun Fair happening on March 29, 2015 at Shipman Park from <br />10am-2pm. <br /> <br />3. <br />Hans announced that per the last AC meeting, a sample motion has been drafted and has been <br />included in each AC member’s packet. The sample motion may be used as appropriate by AC <br />members to allow for non-substantive changes on draft letters. <br /> <br />4. <br />Hans also announced that the Special Permit (SPP 14-000168) allowing for a dental clinic on <br />TMK 1-8-021;029 was approved with conditions by the Windward Planning Commission. <br /> <br />PUBLIC TESTIMONY: <br /> One person signed up to testify and chose to testify at the start of the <br />meeting rather than at the time of their agenda items. <br /> <br />1. <br />Jon Olson testified on agenda items #1, #2, #3, #4, #7 and #8. <br /> <br />a.Agenda item #1, Connectivity and Emergency Response Subcommittee, Jon feels that <br />this is a function of government and feels the subcommittee has done their work and <br />have established that there is definitely a need. He encouraged the AC to write a letter <br />encouraging the government to fulfill their roll. <br /> <br />b.Agenda item #2, Mass Transit Subcommittee, Jon stated that everyone has a right to <br />services and that services are to be delivered based on population. Mass Transit <br />doesn’t seem to have the funding, regardless, services need to be provided. <br /> <br />c.Agenda item #3, Pāhoa Regional Town Center Plan Subcommittee, Jon testified that as <br />far as he knew, a Consultant for the Town Center was hired but the contract was put on <br /> <br />Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br /> <br />