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WHEREAS, in compliance with the Hawai`i County General Plan, the Ka`u Community Development Plan Steering Committee has been appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by Council; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Plan process has created an effective outreach program to define community vision and gather public input through a series of facilitated community meetings in Ka`u; and WHEREAS, the Planning Department, the County Council, and the Ka`u community have demonstrated their strong commitment to the Community Development Plan process as a guiding principle for well - planned and responsible future growth for the district of Ka`u; and WHEREAS, a temporary delay regarding new General Plan amendments and rezoning applications in the Ka`u district will allow the community, through a legitimate and deliberate Community Development Planning process, to define how best to solve existing problems and plan for the community's future; and WHEREAS, the Ka`u Community Development Planning process, including adoption, is expected to take 18 months to complete; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, that Council action on General Plan amendments and rezoning applications occurring in the district of Ka`u be temporarily delayed until the Ka`u Community Development Plan is adopted by ordinance, or until December 31, 2012, whichever shall occur first. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the temporary delay of Council action on General Plan amendments and rezoning applications shall not affect or apply to any and all pending applications, which have been accepted by Planning Department as complete, assigned a file number, and are being processed by Planning Department staff on or before this resolution's adoption date. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that temporary delay of Council action on General Plan amendment and rezoning applications shall not affect or apply to any and all by federal,