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INTROD UCT10N Chapter 53 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes allows a County Council to create a local redevelopment agency consisting of five members. The first redevelopment agency was created by Resolution No. 458 of the Board of Supervisors, Hawaii County, in May 1960, to assist with the Kaiko'o project. Upon completion of that project on September 30, 1971, the Commission went on an inactive status. The Hawaii Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency "), was reactivated in March 1980, by Resolution No. 563 of the County Council, County of Hawaii, to establish and carry out an economic revitalization assistance program for downtown Hilo. State law allowing the (creation of the Agency requires that the County Plan- ning Commission determine "blighted areas "; and only after such a determination is made can the Agency proceed with surveys, studies and plans for the area.- in July 1980, the Hilo downtown area, as designated in the adopted Hilo Downtown - Development Plan (HDDP) and Resolution No. 563, was determined "blighted" for the purpose of establishing boundaries within which the Agency could work. A portion of the areas commonly referred to as Pu'ureo and Kukuau were also included for consideration by the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency in exercising its duties pursuant to Chapter 53 -5 (HRS). On June 5, 1985, the County Council, County of Hawaii, passed Resolution 59 -85 adopting the Downtown Hilo Redevelopment Plan (DHRP), February 1985, as the basic action plan for revitalization efforts in downtown Hilo, Pu'u'eo and a portion of Kuk5au. This redevelopment plan replaced the 1974 Hilo Downtown Development Plan (HDDP). In May 1980, the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency held a public hearing prior to adoption of the Administrative Rules under which the Agency operates. During this adoption process the Agency adopted four rules of practice and procedure; Rule No. 1 -- Rules of General Applicability, Rule No. 2 - Proceedings before the Commis- sion, Rule No. 3 - Rules Applicable to Rulemaking Proceedings, and Rule No. 4 - Ruies Applicable to Declaratory Rulings. The Agency's Rule Flo. 5 - Rules Applicable to Contested Case Hearings was developed and studied in 1986, presented at an April 1987 public hearing and adopted at a public meeting held the same day by the Commissioners. A second rule estab- lishing the design guidelines for downtown Hilo and the foregoing subject of this printing was also initiated in 1986 and culminated in its adoption by the Agency on June 19, 1987. Both rules became law following their subsequent filing with the County Clerk and Lieutenant Governor's office as required.