HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0042.035 2004-2006 Murashige, Laura '
From: Peter Heffron [heffron@hialoha.net] ;
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 11:38 PM i 1 '
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: REQUEST: General Plan Discussion, Committee on Planning,'Clec 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.
2. The basic reasons for the delay in producing a final, approved General Plan.
3. Suggestions for resolving the challenges in #2, above, including (proposed):
a) Naming a special, heterogeneous, non-partisan commission* to review the General Plan
versions and the processes used to produce them, 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 "9/11 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(a)h ialoha.net
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