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Bevanmarquez, Jean
From: Council Testimony [counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:00 PM
To: Mitchell, Megan
Subject: FW: Testimony on Bill 329
From: Charles Flaherty [mailto:oneheart@aloha.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:46 AM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: 'Virginia Isbell'; 'Bob and Julie Jacobson'; Pilago, K. Angel; Hoffmann, Pete; Arakaki, James; Higa, Stacy;
Ikeda, Donald; Holschuh, Fred; Safarik, Gary
Subject: Testimony on Bill 329
September 19, 2006
Re: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983
Aloha Mr. Chair and members of the Planning Committee,
Needless to say, concurrency legislation is difficult and complex. It will take all of you working together to craft
legislation that will result in good public health, safety, and general welfare.
Now that you've had the opportunity to read Council member Isbell's concurrency Bills 328 and 329, 1 hope you
now realize that it was a mistake to have defeated Mr. Hoffman's concurrency Bills 318 and 319 two weeks ago.
As you can now see, Mr. Hoffman's proposed legislation contained essential elements that are not included in
Bills 328 and 329. His proposed bills establish legal levels of service to be administered, rather than allowing
administrators to arbitrarily set levels of service. His proposed bills exempted affordable housing projects,
recognizing that such projects within Urban Expansion area will lessen commuting and, therefore, traffic.
It was wrong for members of this Council to have favored a political agenda over the best interests of their
constituencies. It was wrong to have played politics at a time when this community is suffering the consequences
of rampant, unplanned growth.
It is time to make amends. I ask that Bills 318 and 319 be reintroduced and referred together with Bills 328 and
329. All four bills contain elements essential for comprehensive and legally enforceable concurrency legislation.
Mahalo,
Charles Flaherty
P O Box 922
Captain Cook HI 96704
Comm. No. O 37~
Ref. To:Ir•"i
Ref. Date, 9 2006
9/19/2006