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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING Dn'FE: January 4, 2005 Re: Communication No. 493Bi11 No. lfi3 PI.nCF.: Councilroom hIMF.: 2:00 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council hilo.llawai'i 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 163 and Communication No. 493, reports as lollows: Bill No. 163, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim on .lanuary 16, 2002 via Communication No. 493. repeals Ordinance No. 89-142 (1989 General Plan) and replaces it in its entirety. As required by the f lawai'i County Charter, the County Council in 1971, adopted by ordinance a General Plan which set forth the Council's policy for long range comprehensive physical development for the County. The General Plan adopted in 1989, required a comprehensive review of itself commence in 1999. Based on extensive community input, Bill No. 163 proposes numerous amendments to the General Plan as part of this current comprehensive review. Bill No. 163 proposes numerous amendments to the General Plan including revisions to the following elements and components: Economic, Energy. Environmental Quality, Flooding and Other Natural hazards, Historic Sites. Natural Beauty, Natural Resources and Shoreline, Housing, Public Facilities, Public Utilities, Recreation. 17ansportation. Land Use. Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Maps, Facilities Maps, the Plan's Introduction, Plan Implementation and Amendment Procedures. In addition to Bill No. 163, Communication No. 493 also transmitted: 1) A ramseyered draft to identity the latest version of the Planning Director's proposed changes from the 1989 General Plan; 2) A list of proposed Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map changes proposed by the Planning Director; 3) 'I~hc Planning Commission's letter ofOctober 19.2001, requesting that the Planning Director consider certain moditications to his proposed amendments; and 4) The Planning Director's letter of November 30, 2001. in response to the Planning Commission and explaining action on items requested by the Commission. Your Committee, then chaired by Councilmember Bobby Jean I,eithead-Todd, first considered Communication No. 493 and Bill No. 163 on February 20. 2002. During this meeting, Planning Director Chris Yuen prop°idcd members with inldrmation about the background and origins of the proposed legislation. Your Committee delcircd Bill No. 163 pending a series of public hearings. Between June 2002 and October 2002_ your Committee held public hearings in seven separate council districts. Your Committee also considered Bill No. 163 in October and November of 2002 and conducted workshops on the matter in February and April of 2003.