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� tYOS ,, , COUNTY OF HAWAII - •��'`;''��• STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 60 11 (DRAFT 2) RESOLUTION TO TEMPORARILY DELAY COUNCIL ACTION ON GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND REZONING APPLICATIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF KA`U UNTIL THE KA`U COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE, OR UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2012, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. WHEREAS, the Hawai`i State Constitution, Article IX, Section 6, Management of State Population Growth, states: "The State and its political subdivisions, as provided by general law, shall plan and manage the growth of the population to protect and preserve the public health and welfare; except that each political subdivision, as provided by general law, may plan and manage the growth of its population in a more restrictive manner than the State "; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Charter Section 3 -15 states, in part: "The county council shall adopt by ordinance a general plan which shall set forth the council's policy for long -range comprehensive physical development of the county. It shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other purposes ... and such other matter as may, in the council's judgment, be beneficial to the social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends and shall be designed to assure the coordinated development of the county and to promote the general welfare and prosperity of its people.... (b) No public improvement or project, or subdivision or zoning ordinance, shall be initiated or adopted unless the same conforms to and implements the general plan.... "; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County General Plan, Section 15.1, Community Development Plans, states, in part: