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Harry KimMichael Yee <br /> Director <br />Mayor <br />Daryn Arai <br />DeputyDirector <br />East Hawai‘i Office <br />West Hawai‘i Office <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 <br />74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />Kailua-Kona,Hawai‘i96740 County of Hawai‘i <br />Phone (808) 961-8288 <br />Phone (808) 323-4770 <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />Fax (808) 961-8742 <br />Fax (808) 327-3563 <br />Testimony of <br />MICHAEL YEE <br />Planning Director <br />Before the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Tourism and Technology <br />and the Committee on Water and Land <br />Monday, March 20, 2017 <br />2:45PM <br />State Capitol, Conference Room 414 <br />In consideration of <br />HB 1310HD1, RELATING TO THE WAIAKEA PENINSULA REDEVELOPMENT <br />DISTRICT <br />HB 1469 HD1, RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS <br />HB 1479HD2, RELATING TO THE HILO COMMUNITY ECONMOIC DISTRICT <br />The Planning Department has been involved in the planning phases of proposed redevelopment <br />act <br />unintended consequence of the State’s leasing policies under HRS 171 has been the lack of <br />reinvestment by lessees into the infrastructure of leased properties and the infrastructures’ <br />subsequent decline. Hilo is particularly affected by these leasing policies as there are substantial <br />tracts of State lands in our community. Planning and the BDHRA are supportive of proposed <br />legislation to stimulate reinvestment and economic growth through changes to the State’s leasing <br />policies. Planning and the BDHRA also agree that the properties identified in HB1310 HD1, <br />HB1479 HD2, and SB1292 SD2 could benefit from revisions to leasing policies and from <br />comprehensive planning efforts to identify a successful path forward that supports the lessees <br />and the broader interests and concerns of our community. <br />Planning and the BDHRA are aware that theLegislature must consider the two structurally <br />different approaches these bills are proposing; redevelopment under DLNR direction through <br />under HB1479 HD2 and SB1292 SD2. The strengths and benefits of both entities should be <br />considered as these bills move forward. <br />www.cohplanningdept.com Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer planning@hawaiicounty.gov <br /> <br />