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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: July 31, 2006/August 1, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 964 /Bill No. 309 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 1:00 p.m./1:30 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 309, reports as follows: Bill No. 309, transmitted via Communication No. 964 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated June 19, 2006, presents proposed amendments to the text, policies, courses of action, Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map, and Facilities Map of the Hawaii County General Plan. Bill No. 309 outlines General Plan Interim Amendments as follows: • Planning Director's Proposed Changes to the Land Use Pattem Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map (February 24, 2006, Revised June 7, 2006), Maps "A-1"through "G-1"; and • Planning Director's Proposed Changes to General Plan Facilities Map (February 24, 2006) relating to: i) Public Facilities (Protective Services & Health and Sanitation); ii) Transportation (Roadways); iii) Land Use; and iv) Plan Implementation. Communication No. 964 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request at its meetings on May 5 and May 26, 2006. The Commission voted to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council on the Planning Director's General Plan Interim Amendments, with the exception of the proposed F-2 map change which received an unfavorable recommendation by a vote of 6-0. The Commission also did not have the required number of votes to support proposed map change A-1 that received a 3-3 vote. Unanimous votes were cast for all other proposed amendments. By letter dated March 30, 2006 to the Chair and Members of the Planning Commission, Planning Director Chris Yuen informed the Commission that the proposed deletion of the following "Course of Action" for Transportation in South Kohala, sec. 13.2.5.6.2(8), aroused a great deal of public interest: "To relieve traffic congestion through Waimea town, implement construction of (a) Parker Ranch's connector road from Kamamalu Street to Mamalahoa Highway; and (b) the County's extension of this road, between Mamalahoa Highway and Kawaihae Road in the vicinity of the Waimea solid waste transfer station." The Director noted the above "course of action" was new in the 2005 General Plan and grew out of Ordinances that rezoned Parker Ranch land to allow commercial and residential development and required Pazker Ranch to build the lateral connector road, triggered by phases of its development. Due to public concern and a pending traffic circulation study by Parsons Brinkerhoff, the Planning Director PC REPORT NO. 104