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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PLANNING <br /> DATE: April 5, 2011 Re: Comm. No. 137 /Bill No. 35 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Hawai'i County Building <br /> 25 Aupuni St. <br /> Hilo, Hawai'i <br /> TIME: 1:32 p.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 35, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 35, transmitted by Mayor William P. Kenoi, via Communication No. 137, dated <br /> March 3, 2011, is an Ordinance amending the Puna Community Development Plan, as adopted <br /> by Ordinance No. 08 -116 and amended by Ordinance No. 10 -104, relating Mass Transit Hele -On <br /> service to the Hilo and Keahole International Airports. <br /> Councilmembers Yoshimoto, Smart, and Blas stated they support this bill and that it would be a <br /> big help for those traveling and needing access to the airport. <br /> Councilmember Ikeda also stated that he supports it but voiced concerns on how it will be <br /> financed. Councilmember Ford added that she has wanted bus service to the airports for the past <br /> four years and said other routes could be adjusted if cost was an issue. <br /> Councilmember Onishi asked if anyone from Mass Transit was present and the bill was tabled <br /> until a representative from Mass Transit could be contacted; however, no one was available and <br /> it was brought from the table to be addressed. <br /> Councilmember Ikeda asked where the routes would be and wondered who will use the routes to <br /> get to the airport. <br /> Committee Chairman Hoffmann clarified that this would add the airports to existing routes, not <br /> establish new routes. He asked Planning Director Leithead Todd why Keahole Airport was <br /> included in the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP); and she replied that the PCDP <br /> Action Committee requested access to both airports. <br /> PC Report No. 16 <br />