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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: September I, 1998 Re: C-873/Bill No. 256 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:45 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 256, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 873, dated May 29, 1998, regarding the request to amend Condition B of Ordinance No. 90-144 by Wainaku Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses at Paukaa, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-7-38:3, reports as follows: Bill No. 256 amends Ordinance No. 90-144, which reclassified 7.184 acres of land from Agricultural (A-20a) to Agricultural (A-3a), by amending Condition B to include a time extension of five years to secure Final Subdivision Approval. The applicant had initially submitted a Subdivision Application (91-] 68) on October 23, 1991, within the one-year time frame called for by Ordinance 90-144. Tentative Approval was granted on May 23, 1992, and Final Subdivision Approval was supposed to have been issued prior to May 23. 1993. The applicant's failure to obtain Final Subdivision Approval by May 23, 1993 resulted in the Subdivision Application 91-168 being declared null and void on February 9, 1994. The Planning Commission, at its .Ianuary 26, 1995 meeting, recommended approval of the applicant's request to amend Condition B of Ordinance No. 90-144 to allow for an extension of time to resubmit the Subdivision Application and subsequently to secure Final Subdivision Approval. Bill No. 52 was submitted to the Committee on Planning in March 1995, however, no action was taken. Atter reviewing this previously deferred bill at the July 1, 1997 Planning Committee meeting, Bill No. 52 and related communications were referred back to the Planning Department to amend the title and content, to request updated agency information and comments, and to have the Planning Commission review the application again. The Planning Commission submitted replacement Bill No. 256 on May 29, 1998 and Your Committee recommended to close file on Bill No. 52 on June 15, 1998. Bill No. 256 appeared on the June 15, 1998 Planning Committee agenda and was deferred until the June 3Q 1998 meeting, so Councilmember Dominic Yagong could obtain the input of the Paukaa Community Association in regard to this bill. Because Councilmember Yagong needed more time to receive input fi~om the Paukaa Community, Bilf No. 256 was not agendized until the August 18, 1998 Planning Committee meeting. At the August 18, 1998 meeting, Councilmember Yagong mentioned that he needed more information on the flood study from the Department of Public Works, so Bill No. 256 was deferred to the September I, 1998 meeting. PC-143