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Harry Kim Mayor County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 Wednesday, July 19, 2017 DRAFT Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER Michael Yee Director Daryn Arai Deputy Director Action Committee Chair Barbara DeFranco called the Kona Community Development Plan (Kona CDP) Action Committee (AC) to order at 2:02 p.m. in the West Hawaii Civic Center Planning Department Conference Room. KONA CDP AC MEMBER AND STAFF INTRODUCTION Action Committee Members Present: Barbara DeFranco (Chair), Charles Young (Vice -Chair), Arnold Rabin, Douglas Payne, Hiram Rivera, Janice Palma-Glennie, Kari Kimura, and Shirley David. Action Committee Members Absent -Excused: Shane Palacat-Nelsen. Planning Department Staff: Keola Childs, Kona CDP Planner, and Heather Bartlett, Planner. Members of the public: Twelve. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING ITEMS ON AGENDA: Two members of the public provided comment at the beginning of the meeting. 1. Steven Birchfield, representing himself, commented on Agenda Item 2. He suggested that the Action Committee should consider the creation of a "sensitivity subcommittee" which would use accurate data about the condition of the local economy to aid the Action Committee in making informed planning decisions. He suggested using current year data and comparing it to past year data to try to better understand what factors are causing changes and therefore better determine what planning decisions might be most appropriate. Mr. Birchfield also made reference to the Missler lawsuit to draw a correlation between the potential roadblocks the legal issues create for government agencies and a decrease in development for the Hawaii County. He stated that in 2005, 2800 new housing units were developed, while in 2015 there were only 851, and that in 2005 there were 18,000 SNAP Welfare recipients on the island while in 2014 that number jumped to 45,000 (or about 25% of the population). Mr. Birchfield expressed concern about these perceived roadblocks in development on the Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Page I