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William P. Kenoi <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawaii <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE <br />Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961 -8288 • Fax (808) 961 -8742 <br />Tuesday, September 8, 2015 <br />DRAFT Meeting Minutes <br />Duane Kanuha <br />Director <br />Bobby Command <br />Deputy Director <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Chairperson Patti Pinto called the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) Action Committee <br />(AC) to order at 3:12 p.m. in the Kea`au Community Center. The following persons were present: <br />Action Committee: June Conant, Leila Kealoha, Patti Pinto, Elmer Solis and Farris Etterlee. Susan <br />Osborne, Rene Siracusa, Oshi Simsarian and Sharon Daun were absent <br />Staff. Hans Santiago — PCDP Planner and Keiko Mercado — PCDP Planning Assistant. <br />Members of the public: 4 <br />ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: NONE <br />ANNOUNCEMENTS: <br />1. Leila announced that the Town Hall Subcommittee is looking for community events in Puna <br />where they would be able to set up an informational table. <br />PUBLIC TESTIMONY: One person signed up to testify and chose to testify at the time of their <br />agenda item. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES: <br />June moved to approve the minutes of the August 11, 2015 meeting as submitted. Second by Leila. <br />The motion to approve the minutes as submitted passed with S votes aye, 0 votes nay. <br />NEW BUSINESS: <br />1. Communication No. 2015 -37: Connectivity and Emergency Response Subcommittee <br />(CERS): Marlene Hapai reported on the activities of the subcommittee, noting that there were <br />two items under New Business: <br />a. Review of Lava Tree Park/Nanawale alternate connection to Highway 132: Should <br />read as follows: Connect Nanawale to Hwy 132 via Forest Road and Lava Tree Road. <br />Map also needs to be updated to add Lava Tree Road. <br />b. Topics of Concern: <br />i. Importance of Apa'a Road being opened <br />ii. Revisited the Civil Rights claim filed regarding the 1998 Hawaii Long Range <br />Land Transportation Plan <br />iii. The need to orient people regarding CL's and Mass Transit issues to include <br />overlay and redundancy, hub and spoke, multipurpose inter - subdivision <br />Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />