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~v,w LENINGRADELARIONOFF PHONE: 961-8265 Councilmember FAX: 961-8912 J A y, w~~ OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii _ . Hawaii County Building .1 _ 25 Aupuni Street ~ - November 9, 2004 Hilo, Hawaii 9eno MEMO TO: James Y. Arakaki, Chair & Members awazt County Co it = FROM: m ad El~nofl~hair , Committee On Planning RE: Bill 163, Draft 2, Revision of the Hawaii County General Plan Please have Bill 163, Draft 2, proposed revisions to the Hawaii County General Plan referred to the Council's Planning Committee for its next agenda. At that meeting, I will request that Draft 2 be deferred pending consideration by the upcoming Council. Since introduction of Bill 163, Draft 2, two workshops about the process of developing the document were held. I have also held several meetings on my own about the proposed revisions. Some of Bill 163, Draft 2 has been met with much praise. Some of it has not. For clarification and archival purposes only, I would like to take this opportunity to address some of the anxiety being proliferated on Bill 163, Draft 2. To reiterate earlier memos from myself and the Office of the Legislative Auditor (Communications No. 45.30), in December 2001 Bill 163, was forwazded to the Council. Between 2001 and 2002, the Council held more than a dozen public meetings on Bill 163. During this time, it became obvious that the proposed plan had major shortcomings that needed to be addressed. While on many levels it contained useful information and was valiant in its attempt to solidify a policy by which to plan, it in reality was a document that had been overwhelmed with historical data, statistics, as well as vast views that spanned the spectrum. The Plan was much too wordy and contained contradictory information and policies. It was almost impossible to separate what the plan intended, how the document addressed growth and the vision it expressed for our Island. Many of us as Legislators as well as members of the public were left bewildered when trying to apply the document. A desire to simplify the document by sepazating the vast amount of text from the meat of the document was expressed by many during these early stages of review. Consequently, the Council's Planning Committee deferred the plan in November 2002. Between that deferral in November 2002 and October 2003, when I became Planning Chair, no significant action took place in relation to Bill 163. In December 2003, I DISTRICT 9 /1 S I' b Waimea, Kohala, Kawaihae, Waikoloa, Puako Comm. No.~O Ref. To: Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer ~~f. L;pf~ tinU~~ (h=(1~~