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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: September 20, 2010 Re: Comm. No. 729/Bill 215, Draft 2 PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa 78-128 Ehukai Street Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 2:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Planning,to which was referred Bill No. 215, Draft 2, reports as follows: Bill No. 215, Draft 2,transmitted via Communication No. 729 from Council Member Pete Hoffmann, dated March 1, 2010, seeks to amend Chapter 25,Article 2, Division 4, Section 25-2-46 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to concurrency conditions by expanding existing concurrency requirements,to include parks and recreational and firefighting facilities in new developments. This matter was initially agendized for the April 19, 2010 meeting of your Committee, but was postponed. It was subsequently postponed on the May 4, 2010,to the call of the Chair,to allow time for input from the affected departments. This matter was agendized for the August 17,2010 meeting of your Committee, but due to the lengthy discussion on other agendized matters at that meeting, Council Member Pete Hoffmann agreed to postpone discussion on this matter until the September 8, 2010 meeting of your Committee. At the September 8, 2010 meeting, Council Member Pete Hoffmann informed your Committee that Fire Chief Darryl Oliveira was in agreement with the amendments. Committee Chair Donald Ikeda informed your Committee that in a recent discussion with Chief Oliveira, he(Ikeda)heard statements contrary to Mr. Hoffmann's representation. This matter was postponed to the September 20,2010 meeting, in order to assure the presence of all departments for discussion purposes. At the September 20, 2010 meeting of your Committee,two members of the public provided testimony. One member spoke in opposition to Bill No. 215, Draft 2, and one provided social commentary. Council Member Hoffmann moved to introduce the contents of Communication No. 729.4,to further amend Bill No. 215, Draft 2. Council Member Brenda Ford seconded his motion. Committee Chair Donald Ikeda asked to be allowed to step down from his seat for purposes of discussion in this matter. Planning Committee Vice-Chair Guy Enriques presided over the discussion. During the discussion of Mr. Hoffmann's most recent proposed amendment, Planning Department Director Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd and Parks and Recreation Director Bob Fitzgerald reiterated their departments' positions while that the underlying concept of the bill was a step in the right direction, the bill itself, and its proposed amendments, were flawed. PC Report No. 94