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'P-17-pa: 3: 44AM;tB085283a63 t808SLH3a63 # li a <br /> ~ ~ ~ ;i DEC 1'' ~`I ~ r;~: <br /> ~ <br /> ~c~_ <br /> LAND USE RESEARCH <br /> FOUNDATION OF HAWAII <br /> 70o Bishop Street, Ste. i9z8 ' <br /> Honolulu. Hawaii g68~3 <br /> Phone Sze-4717 <br /> Fax 536-oi3z <br /> December 20, 2004 <br /> The Honorable Pete Hoffmarm and K. Angel Pilago, Co-Chairs, and Members <br /> Committee on Planning <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> <br /> ' County of Hawaii <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 BY FACSIMILE: (8081961-8912 <br /> Dear Co-Chairs Hoffmann and Pilago, and Committee Members: <br /> RE: BILL NO. 163 [DRAFT 3] FOR AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE COUNTY OF <br /> HAWAII GENERAL PLAN AND REPEALING ORDINANCE N0.89-142, AS <br /> AMENDED <br /> My name is Dean Uchida, Executive Director of the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii <br /> (LURF), a private, non-profit research and trade association whose members include major <br /> Hawaii landowners, developers and a utility company. One of LURF's missions is to advocate <br /> for reasonable and rational land use planning, legislation and regulations affecting common <br /> <br /> i problems in Hawaii. <br /> LURF is testifying in regard to Bill No. 163 and the County of Hawaii General Plan Revision <br /> Program because of our overall concern that the General Plan be a meaningful guide to public- <br /> <br /> ' private investment for growth and development in the County, rather than a regulatory document <br /> requiring individual project consistency and concurrency of infrastructure as preconditions to <br /> firture development approvals. We believe that the General Plan, when revised, should remain <br /> tme to the intent of the Hawaii County Charter, Section 3-15 of which provides that the General <br /> Plan shall set forth policy for the long-range comprehensive physical development of the County, <br /> and shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards, and principles for the most <br /> desirable use of land within the County. <br /> <br /> j By way of background, we understand the following with respect to the General Plan Revision <br /> Program which has taken place to date. On June 14 and 15, 2004, the Committee on Planning <br /> held workshops on Bill No. 7 63, Draft 2, which proposes to repeal the current General Plan <br /> (adopted in 1989) and replace it in its entirety. The comprehensive review of the General Plan <br /> began in January, 2002, when the Planning Director transmitted Bill No. 163 [Draft 1 ] to the <br /> Comm. No. Z• <br /> Ref. Ta: PresentW <br /> ~z~r. ~~te nFr. ~ n Anne <br /> <br />