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REPORT OF THE
<br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
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<br /> DATE: June 20, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 972/Resolution No. 381-06
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<br /> PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa
<br /> TIME: 10:30 a.m.
<br /> Council Chair and Members
<br /> Hawaii County Council
<br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720
<br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Communication No. 927 and attached Resolution
<br /> 381-06, reports as follows:
<br /> Resolution No. 381-06, transmitted by Communication No. 927 from Council Member K. Angel Pilago,
<br /> dated May 25, 2006, presents a Resolution to Postpone Rezoning Applications in the Districts of North
<br /> and South Kona until the Kona Community Development Plan is Adopted by Ordinance.
<br /> Resolution No. 381-06, Draft 2, transmitted by Communication No. 927.1 from Council Member K.
<br /> Angel Pilago, dated June 15, 2006, amended Resolution No. 381-06, adding the following provision:
<br /> "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that postponement of Council action on rezoning
<br /> applications shall not affect or apply to any and all federal, State and County community-based and/or
<br /> self-help housing projects involving agencies and programs including, but not limited to, the
<br /> following:
<br /> The State Department of Hawaiian Homelands housing projects;
<br /> • The State Housing and Community Development Corporation ofHawai`i ("HCDCH")
<br /> program;
<br /> • The Waikoloa Employee Housing Project; and
<br /> • The Habitat for Humanities program, elderly housing projects, and homeless shelters.'
<br /> Communication No. 927.2 from Council Member K. Angel Pilago, dated June 19, 2006, is a
<br /> correspondence that describes how "moratorium" tools were enacted and implemented by Maui County
<br /> and elsewhere in the nation and proved to be a positive tool for effective smart growth.
<br /> At the June 2Q, 2006 Committee on Planning meeting approximately nineteen (19) people testified in
<br /> support of Resolution 381-06, seven (7) opposed the resolution and three (3) were undecided. Written
<br /> testimonies were also received prior to the meeting from members of the public who were unable to
<br /> attend and testify in person.
<br /> Members of the public who testified in support of the resolution were: Janice Palma-Glennie, Andy
<br /> Archibald, Dan Olson, Charles Flaherty, Gordana Leonard, Marshall Blann, Esta Marshall, Shazon
<br /> "Samie" Stanbro, Brenda Ford, Lei Kihoi, Larry Ford, Judith Ferkeke (had to leave), Ambika Kosada,
<br /> Kauwila Duell, John Carlstrom (had to leave), Shannon Rudolph (had to leave), Joel Gimpel, Elizabeth
<br /> Meyerson and Mikahala Roy.
<br /> Members of the public who testified in opposition to the resolution were: Alan Dickler, Ann Kern (had to
<br /> leave), Barron Bernie, Mark Reisling (Loca17, Carpenters Union), William Pazis, Marnie Herkes, and
<br /> Scott Bell (Hawai`i Island Board of Realtors). Members of the public who neither favored nor opposed
<br /> the resolution bu[ offered statements were: Donald Rulo, Lisa Choquette and J. Curtis Tyler.
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