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BRPDlnitGPAmend.GPAmendTiming.doc-02/21/2014 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR CHANGE TO AMENDMENT PROCEDURES OF THE GENERAL PLAN The Planning Director has submitted the attached bill (Exhibit 1)proposing an amendment to Chapter 16"Amendment Procedures", Section 16.1 "Comprehensive Review,"part (1) of the County of Hawaii General Plan(2005 Edition, as amended) in order to allow for the comprehensive review of the General Plan to be initiated 10 years after adoption of the previous comprehensive amendments,rather than the submittal of the comprehensive amendments to the County Council within that same time frame. PROPOSED AMENDMENT The requested amendment would change the timeframe for initiating the General Plan comprehensive review. The amendment is to Section 16.1 "Comprehensive Review,"part(1) of the County of Hawaii General Plan(2005 Edition, as amended) is as follows(material to be deleted is bracketed and struck out, with added material underscored): "The Planning Director shall initiate a comprehensive review of the General Plan and prepare a set of recommended amendments for independent review by the Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions and then adoption by the County Council. The comprehensive review shall be [submitted to the r,,tmty Goia ei fl initiated not more than ten years after the date of adoption of the previous amendments resulting from a comprehensive review." BACKGROUND 2005—Start the Review by February 2015: The General Plan is the policy document for the long-range comprehensive development of the island of Hawaii. Chapter 16 of the General Plan outlines procedures for its amendment. The last comprehensive review of the General Plan concluded with its adoption by Ordinance No. 05-25 in February 2005. Section 16.1(1) specified that"The Planning Director shall initiate a comprehensive review of the General Plan every ten years after the initial date of adoption of the General Plan and the date of adoption of subsequent 1 Re: Bill 239/Comm. 819