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REBECCA VILLEGAS
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai`i
Hawai`i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
POLICY COMMITTEE ON PLANNING,
LAND USE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
17'h Session
West Hawaii Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
September 17, 2025
5:00 p.m.
Notice is hereby given that the Hawaii County Council will be conducting this meeting via interactive
conference technology (ICT)pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §92-3.5. Council Members will be
participating via ICT at the:
• Hilo Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401
Members of the public may also attend from this location.
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September 16, 2025.
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by: (1) email to counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov; (2) facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or(3) mail to the
County Clerk's Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii, 96720. All written testimony,
regardless of time of receipt,will be made part of the permanent record. Please submit separate testimony
for each item.
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PCPLUED-17 September 17,2025
ORDER OF BUSINESS
CALL TO ORDER—5:00 p.m. (Recessed: 5:49 p.m.; Reconvened: September 23, 2025, at 9:01 a.m.,and
Recessed: 1:27 p.m.; Reconvened: September 30,2025, at 9:02 a.m.)
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
Pursuant to HRS § 92-3, oral testimony may be provided entirely at the beginning of the meeting, or
immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee.
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 66: ADOPTS THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I GENERAL PLAN 2045 AND REPEALS
(Draft 2) ORDINANCE NO. 05-025, AS AMENDED
Reference: Comm. 372.30
Intr. by: Council Member Kierkiewicz (B/R)
Postponed: July 9, 2025
(Note: There is a motion by Council Member Inaba, seconded by Council
Member Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, to recommend passage of Bill 66, as
amended, on first reading.)
POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 8, 2025:
Ayes: Committee Members Hustace, Kagiwada,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kimball, Onishi,
Villegas, and Chair Kierkiewicz—7
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Galimba and Inaba—2.
Excused: None.
; and
Comm. 326.2: From Council Member Kierkiewicz, dated June 24, 2025, outlining the intended
topics of discussion to be held during the Special Meetings of the Policy
Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development.
(Comm. 326.5 continues on the next page.)
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and
Comm. 326.5: From Council Member Kierkiewicz, dated September 9, 2025, transmitting a
memorandum suggesting a pathway for the September 2025 Special Meetings of
the Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development.
ADJOURNMENT—12:02 p.m. on September 30, 2025
RECESS: The Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development anticipates 4
putting this meeting into recess upon the completion of oral testimony and reconvening this meeting on
September 23, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., at the Hilo Council Chambers, and further anticipates placing the
reconvened meeting into recess again, to be reconvened at the Hilo Council Chambers on
September 30, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
Note: B/R, when listed next to the name of an Introducer, signifies that the Council Member has agreed
to introduce legislation `By Request" on behalf of the requesting party. It does not necessarily signify
support of or opposition to the proposal.
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