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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: April 5, 2011 Re: Comm. No. 137/ Bill No. 37 PLACE: Council Chambers Hawai'i County Building 25 Aupuni St. Hilo, Hawai'i TIME: 1:32 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 37, reports as follows: Bill No. 37, transmitted by Mayor William P. Kenoi, via Communication No. 137 dated March 3, 2011, is an Ordinance amending the Puna Community Development Plan, as adopted by Ordinance No. 08 -116 and amended by Ordinance No. 10 -104, relating to Community Parks. This bill allows for a community involvement process to determine the location of three community parks in the Hawaiian Acres subdivision. Councilmember Ford asked if the three sites in the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) were chosen by Hawaiian Acres homeowners and if there was community input in picking the sites. She asked if someone from the Steering Committee was present. Ms. Stephanie Bath, former member of the PCDP Steering Committee, came forward and explained that many sites were identified by the committee but none were definitively chosen. The locations listed in the PCDP were potential sites. Councilmember Onishi called on public testifier Patrice Macdonald to come forward and answer questions. Ms. Macdonald stated the connector roads will go through forest preserve areas and said there were better locations. She also stated that the subdivision already has parks and believes that a park by the community center would be a better location. Mr. Brown stated that the steering committee was no longer in existence. He added that the connector roads are not supposed to be major thoroughfares and might not even be paved. He further stated that any impact could be deemphasized by placing parks at the point of connectivity to other subdivisions and did not understand the reference to forest preserves because there are none in the subdivision. PC Report No. 18