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i <br /> I <br /> <br /> r : HavwaN State Association of Counties r <br /> <br /> Counties of Kaua y Maui, Hawaii and City and County of Honolulu <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE CONSIDER TRANSFERRING THE <br /> DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE LAND USE <br /> COMMISSION TO EACH RESPECTIVE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in 1961 the Hawaii state legislature established the Land Use <br /> Commission ("LUC") to be responsible for preserving and protecting Hawaii's lands and <br /> encouraging those uses to which lands are best suited, as well as to administer a state- <br /> wide zoning law, and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the LUC is composed of nine members, who are appointed by the <br /> governor and confirmed by the state senate, and their primary role is to ensure that <br /> areas of state concern are addressed and considered in the land use decision making <br /> process; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the LUC establishes the district boundaries for the entire state, acts <br /> on petitions for boundary changes submitted by private landowners, developers and <br /> state and county agencies, and also acts on requests for special use permits within the <br /> agricultural and rural districts; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Hawaii state land use law requires the LUC to take into account <br /> the general plan of the respective county; and <br /> WHEREAS, the planning division of the city and county of Honolulu's department <br /> of planning and permitting, the planning department of Maui cotinty,,,the planning <br /> department of Kauai county, and the planning of Hawaii county maintain and update the <br /> general plans of the counties; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, prior to 1961, the duties, functions and responsibilities of the state <br /> LUC were handled by each respective county's planning department; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, decisions made at the municipal level will best support grassroots <br /> decision-making by those communities that may be impacted by any proposed <br /> development; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the latest general fund revenue collection report covering the first <br /> two months of the fiscal year actual revenue collections have fallen by 5 percent which <br /> is steeper than the 1.5 percent decline for fiscal year 2010 the Council on Revenues <br /> projected in August 2009; and <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> OCS/092209/11.01 /HM <br />