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<br /> REPORT OF THE
<br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
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<br /> DATE: August 12, 2008 Re: Comm. 1349/Bill 333
<br /> PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa
<br /> 78-128 Ehukai Street
<br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
<br /> TIME: 3:00 p.m.
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<br /> Council Chair and Members
<br /> Hawaii County Council
<br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720
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<br /> Your Committee on Planning; to which was referred Bill 333, reports as follows:
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<br /> Bill 333, transmitted via Communication 1349 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated July 23, 2008,
<br /> presents the draft Kona Community Development Plan as submitted by the Kona Community
<br /> Development Plan (CDP) Steering Committee and its consultant, Wilson Okamoto Corporation.
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<br /> Communication 1349 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by
<br /> Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request and conducted
<br /> public hearings on June 20, 2008, July 10, 2008, and July 18, 2008 to review the draft Kona
<br /> Community Development Plan. The Commission concurs with the Planning Director's
<br /> recommendation to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council for adoption by
<br /> ordinance of the Kona Community Development Plan.
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<br /> Communication 1349 notes that in the Spring of 2005 a Request For Proposal was issued and
<br /> that Wilson Okamoto Corporation was selected as the consultant for the Kona CDP. In
<br /> September 2005, two kick-off meetings were held, one in North Kona and another in South
<br /> Kona. Between November, 2005 and January 2006 one hundred nine small group meetings were
<br /> held with over eight hundred participants that generated 3,496 ideas. These ideas were sorted `
<br /> into eighteen categories and used in evaluating policy priorities. On February 18, 2006 a
<br /> "Mapping the Future" workshop was held and approximately 350 attended to brainstorm where
<br /> future growth in North and South Kona should occur. Thereafter, two charrettes (working public
<br /> meetings) were held, in March and in June, 2006 and eleven working groups were formed to
<br /> address the following topics: Agriculture, Government, Land Use, Transportation, Housing,
<br /> Natural Resources, Cultural Resources, Recreation, Public Facilities, Infrastructure, and
<br /> Services, Energy, Flooding.
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<br /> At the August 12, 2008, Committee on Planning meeting, the following members of the public
<br /> provided testimony in support of the Kona CDP: George A. Wilkins, Fred Housel, Peggy Ratliff,
<br /> Cynthia Punihaole Kennedy, Ken Melrose (Chair of the Kona CDP), Curtis Tyler, Tsing Young,
<br /> Denny Coffman (representing the Hawaii Democratic Party), Diane Gaylord, Gretchen Lawson
<br /> (member, CDP Steering Committee), Duane Erway (on behalf of Plan to Protect), and Janice
<br /> Palma-Glennie. Councilmember Naeole noted her interest in the section of the Kona CDP that
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<br /> PC Report No. 90
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