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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: September 23, 2008 Re: Comm. 1445Bi11365 PLACE: Councilroom Ben Franklin Building, 2"d Floor 333 Kilauea Avenue Hilo, Hawaii TI1V1E: 2:30 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bi11365, reports as follows: Bill 365, transmitted via Communication 1445 from Mayor Harry Kim, dated September 8, 2008, presents the draft North Kohala Community Development Plan as submitted by the North Kohala Community Development Plan (CDP) Steering Committee. Communication 1445 reports that the Hawaii County Planning Commission, as required by Chapter 4, Sec. 6-4.3(C), Hawaii County Charter, considered the above request and conducted public hearings on August 7, 2008, August 22, 2008, and September 4, 2008, to review the draft North Kohala Community Development Plan. The Planning Team for the North Kohala CDP consisted of the Consultant, Townscape, Inc., the County of Hawaii Planning Department, the Office of the Mayor, and the Department of Research and Development. Over the past three years, a number of activities oriented around the Community Readiness Project and the North Kohala CDP were provided to inform the North Kohala community about the CDP program, develop capacity in the district, and gathering input from community members. Community meetings were held on August 8, 2007, January 12, 2008 and April 16, 2008. Approximately 400+ people attended these meetings. Focus Groups were formed to address each of four priority issues: Growth Management, Public Access, Affordable Housing, and Infrastructure. In excess of twenty Focus Group meetings were held between October, 2007 and May, 2008. The Commission voted to send a favorable recommendation to the County Council for adoption by ordinance of the North Kohala Community Development Plan, together with a proposal to clarify language for six (6) proposed points and two (2) corrections. Communication 1349 notes that on June 12, 2008 the North Kohala CDP Steering Committee voted unanimously to send the Pre-final Draft to the Hawaii County Planning Commission, however, at a subsequent meeting of the Steering Committee held on July 9, 2008, several members noted that corrections to the North Kohala CDP were necessary to accurately reflect decisions that were previously voted upon. PC Report No. 94