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Home My WebLink AboutRES 592 Draft 01 2014-2016 I1 -: .�� . .COUNTY OF HAWAII ':6 '°=�'rc• STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 592 16 A RESOLUTION TO POSTPONE COUNCIL ACTION ON REZONING APPLICATIONS IN THE HAMAKUA DISTRICT,WAIPI`O THROUGH KAIWIKI, UNTIL THE HAMAKUA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE, OR UNTIL JUNE 30, 2017, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. WHEREAS, the Hawai`i State Constitution, Article IX, Section 6, Management of State Population Growth, states: "The State and its political subdivisions, as provided by general law, shall plan and manage the growth of the population to protect and preserve the public health and welfare; except that each political subdivision, as provided by general law, may plan and manage the growth of its population in a more restrictive manner than the State."; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Charter, Section 3-15, from which the General Plan emerged as a major policy document, states, in part: "The county council shall adopt by ordinance a general plan which shall set forth the council's policy for long-range comprehensive physical development of the county. It shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other purposes... and such other matter as may, in the council's judgment, be beneficial to the social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends and shall be designed to assure the coordinated development of the county and to promote the general welfare and prosperity of its people.... (b) No public improvement or project, or subdivision or zoning ordinance, shall be initiated or adopted unless the same conforms to and implements the general plan...."; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County General Plan, Section 15.1, Community Development Plans, states, in part: "The Community Development Plans are intended to be the forum for community input into managing growth and coordinating the delivery of government services to the community. The Community Development Plans will translate the broad General Plan statements to specific actions as they apply to specific geographical areas...."; and WHEREAS, to ensure responsible growth to preserve public health and welfare, the Planning Director selected the district of Hamakua as most suitable and in need of a Community Development Plan; and WHEREAS, in compliance with the Hawai`i County General Plan, a Hamakua Community Development Plan Steering Committee was appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the County Council on May 19, 2010; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Plan process has created an effective outreach program to define community vision via public input through facilitated community meetings and public workshops; and WHEREAS, the Mayor, the Planning Department, the County Council, and the Hamakua community have demonstrated strong commitment to the Community Development Plan process as a guiding principle for well-planned and responsible future growth for the Hamakua district; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that Council action on rezoning applications in the Hamakua district, Waipi`o through Kaiwiki (as shown in Exhibit A), be postponed until the Hamakua Community Development Plan is adopted by ordinance, or until June 30, 2017, whichever shall occur first. 2 BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, the Director of the Planning Department, the Director of the Department of Public Works, the Director of the Department of Finance, the Windward Planning Commission, and the Hamakua Community Development Plan Steering Committee. Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 7th day of September , 2016 • INTRODUCED BY: i COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X DAVID X I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the ILAGAN County of Hawai`i on September 7, 2016 - X KANUHA X ONISHI X ATTEST: PALEKA X '� POINDEXTER X ,_.....,a.,.,_, W I LLE X ( `N,t �U mss' V w✓ 8 1 0 _O 4 Reference: C-980/PC-72 COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 592 16 3 LEGEND T Kata`i Hamakua CDP I I Judicial Districts d Oahu Planning Area -- Ni`ihau 11111, Molokai Southern Boundary Maui -' .. % r * Communities Lana`i� a t' Pa c Jf. 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