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f?..- --- -.0,.. ,tY Oi M COUNTY OF HAWAII :•[.6 ''.'/:• STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 45 13 A RESOLUTION URGING THE 2013 HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS SENATE BILL NO. 1 AND HOUSE BILL NO. 8 TO EFFECTIVELY ABOLISH THE PUBLIC LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WHEREAS, in 2011 the Hawai`i State Legislature approved Senate Bill No. 1555, SD2, HD2, CD1, to create the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC), which was signed into law as Act 55 by the Honorable Governor Neil Abercrombie on May 20, 2011, which was then codified as Chapter 171C of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes ("HRS 171C"); and WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 1555 was shepherded through the Legislature disregarding various legislative procedures, thereby dismissing public input and participation; and WHEREAS, no amendment or rule revision will restore the public's trust and faith, which is reason alone to repeal HRS 171C and Section 171-2(12); and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Council has numerous concerns about the PLDC, including the following: (1) HRS 171C removes County oversight of any PLDC development; (2) The County of Hawai`i currently has severe problems with traffic circulation, insufficient number of police officers and fire fighters, and insufficient potable water wells and sewer capabilities in many areas. Allowing uncontrolled development in violation of our zoning, building, subdivision, and flood control codes would exacerbate these problems and may burden the taxpayers with increased expenses in the future; (3) Only revenue-generating uses are specifically mentioned in HRS 171C, so the "optimal use" appears to be those businesses that can generate the highest amount of revenue (hotels, resorts, commercial centers, agri-business for genetically modified crops, etc.), with no regard for parks or other types of community resources;