HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0042.006 2004-2006 Bethea, Skip
From: Peter Heffron [heffron@hialoha.net]
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:38 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: REQUEST: General Plan Discussion, Committee on Planning, Dec 20, 2004, 2:00 PM, Hawaii
County Councilroom
Importance: High
Dear Mayor Kim and Honorable Hawaii County Council Members:
This is to request that in the limited time available in Monday afternoon's
(December 20, 2004) Planning Committee meeting, that sufficient time--at
least 45 minutes--be devoted to:
1. Summarizing the proposed revised Hawaii County General Plan process and
outputs to date.
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2. The basic reasons for the delay in producing a final, approved General
Plan.
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3. Suggestions for resolving the challenges in #2, above, including
(proposed):
a) Naming a special, heterogeneous, non-partisan commission` to review J
the General Plan versions and the processes used to produce them, 1e
and reporting findings and recommended next steps to Mayor Kim,
the County Council, and the public--within 2 months of being named. -
b) Identifying an appropriate 'best practice' county plan to use for
comparison and as model. (The recent "g/11 Commission" is proof
that such non-partisan efforts can have positive effects.)
c) Consensus regarding afollow-up plan to address the above.
Non-partisan. Ask people to participate in the commission who generally
represent the ethnic, gender, and religious makeup of the County, planning
experts, land use-experts, and so on.
Mahalo for considering these ideas. Please let me know if any clarifications
are needed.
Aloha,
-Peter Heffron
Hilo, Hawaii
808-934-0527
heffron@hialoha.net
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