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AL KONISHI `~~`rp~`` CONSTANCE R. KIRIU <br /> County Clerk Legislative Auditor <br /> JAY MENDE <br /> Deputy County Clerk <br /> County of Hawai `i <br /> Office of the County Clerk <br /> 25 Aupuni Stree7 <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96710 <br /> Telephone: (808) 961-8386 Facsimile: (808) 961-8572 <br /> November 9, 2004 <br /> TO: Leningrad Elarionoff, Chair <br /> Committee on Planning <br /> FROM: Constance R. Kiriu <br /> Legislative Auditor <br /> Charmaine Doran <br /> Assistant to the Legislative Auditor <br /> RE: Bill No. 163, Draft 3 <br /> General Plan Comprehensive Review <br /> As you requested, we have prepared the attached Bill No. 163, Draft 3 after considering public testimony, <br /> council member comments and Planning Director Chris Yuen's memorandum dated June 14, 2004, on Bill <br /> No. 163, Draft 2. We also met with the Planning Director and interested council members after the <br /> Planning Committee workshops on Draft 2. <br /> Many suggestions have been incorporated into Draft 3 as a result of those discussions and public <br /> testimony. Those include requiring development plans to be adopted by ordinance, dropping the <br /> reference to the non-regulatory nature of the General Plan, making a distinction between development <br /> plans and facility plans, providing separate objective and policies for intensive agricultural lands, <br /> reinstating district courses of action, restoring several policies in the'Natural Beauty, Resources, and <br /> Environmental Quality Element,' and changing the page numbering format. Except for one correction, no <br /> map changes have been proposed from Draft 2 to Draft 3. Individual LUPAG map and facilities map <br /> changes should ultimately be reflected as the text is amended by council members. <br /> COMMENTS <br /> Doesn't the County have aGenera/ P/an? <br /> Another common misunderstanding we heard in testimony was the idea that Bill No. 163 should be <br /> passed in order to have a General Plan. The County of Hawaii has a General Plan (Ordinance No. 439, as <br /> amended) which is fully in effect and will continue to be the comprehensive policy planning document for <br /> this County until otherwise amended. The process currently undertaken is the comprehensive review of <br /> <br /> the existing General Plan, which is mandated by the plan itself. The existing General Plan until otherwise <br /> amended, will continue to be implemented through the County's public improvements and projects, and <br /> adopted subdivision and zoning ordinances. <br /> Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br />