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PLANNING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
REPORT NO. 30
Hawaii County Council
Hilo,Hawaii
The following are the recommendations of the Planning, Research
and Development Committee which were considered at its, meeting of
June 10, 1974:
COMMUNICATIONS
iTo. 659.1: PROGRESS REPORT
KOHALA PLANNING & COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Copy of letter to Mayor Bruce McCall from Philip
Yoshimura dated May 21, 1974, submitting a progress
report on various projects in Kohala.
Receive and file.
�No. 725.1: HILO DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Copy of letter to the Hawaii County Planning Commission
from Mary W. Earl, Civics Chairman, Hilo Womans Club,
dated March 14, 1974, offering suggestions on the
Downtown Development Plan.
Acc-, c- 725.2 : Copy of letter to the Hawaii County Planning Commission
from Mary W. Earl, Civics Chairman, Hilo Womans Club,
dated March 14, 1974.
&-, e . 725.3 : From Arthur W. Martin, Chairman, Planning Commission,
dated May 6, 1974, recommending approval of the Hilo
Downtown Development Plan and acceptance of the
proposed revisions, as presented by the consultants
and contained in their report dated April 19, 1974,
with the exceptions, as listed.
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725.4: From PRDC Chairman John Farias , Jr. , dated June 3, 1974,
transmitting for review and attention statements and
letters regarding the Hilo Downtown Development Plan.
4ec d- 725.5 : From Masashi Chiba, President, Japanese Chamber of
Commerce and Industry of Hawaii, dated June 5 , 1974,
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urging that the Downtown Development Plan be implemented
with the following revisions :
1. It is not necessary to establish a Downtown Develop-
ment Commission; and
2. Retain the original Belt, Collins plan which allows
for a ten-story height limitation.
/LQ, c - 725.6 : From Joseph Andrews, Chairman, Legislative Committee,
Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce, dated June 10, 1974,
endorsing the plan as proposed by Belt, Collins &
Associates , without the following amendments that
were suggested by the Planning Commission:
1. Revision of the height limitations ; and
2. Establishment of a Downtown Development Commission.
Pet. 11: Petition from landowners, tenants and interested business-
men of Hilo recommending the immediate adoption of the
Downtown Development Plan as originally presented by
Belt, Collins with its amendments with the following
exceptions :
1. Revert back to the present legal ten-story limit
in the designated areas of the plan; and
2. Another Downtown Development Commission not be
adopted.
Recommend the following actions
on the proposed revisions to the
Preliminary Hilo Downtown Develop-
ment Plan, as presented by Belt,
Collins and Associates , Ltd. and
contained in their report of
April 19, 1974:
1. Approve Items 4 to 10,
inclusive.
2. Reject Items 1, 2, 3, and
11.
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&c C- No. 742.2 : FUTURE USE OF FEDERAL BUILDING (POST OFFICE)
From Dorothea Carvalho dated May 22, 1974, requesting
the Council to consider the future use of the Federal
Building as an art gallery in the review of plans for
future Hilo.
Receive and file and transmit
copy of the communication to
the administration for their
information.
No. 815 : SIGN VARIANCE REQUEST - MOYA'S CATERING
From Kenzo Uehara, Moya' s Catering, dated April 26,
1974, requesting a variance to erect a plastic
sign (4'x3' ) with their name which will hang along
with their Union 76 sign on their property.
,( a- 815. 1: From Edward Harada, Chief Engineer, dated May 20,
1974, informingthey that concur with the Planning
Department for approval of the variance.
Recommend approval of the
variance request.
7No. 833: COUNTY OF HAWAII LOT INVENTORY
From Raymond H. Suefuji, Planning Director, dated
May 2, 1974, informing that as reflected in the Land
Use Report as of December 1971, there were 105,481
lots within the County. However, they are now in
the process of updating the Land Use Report to reflect
the changes since December 1971 and as soon as the
report is updated, they will forward the new informa-
tion to the PRDC.
Receive and file.
7No. 850: ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
From Richard E. Marland, Interim Director, Office of
Environmental Quality Control, dated May 13, 1974,
submitting for information a copy of the minutes of
their meetings and site visits to the County of Hawaii
and County of Maui, May 8, 9, and 10, 1974.
Receive and file.
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RESOLUTION
No. 233 : MAUNA KEA MASTER PLAN (C-822/PRDC-29 )
Pledges support in the participation of the master
planning and management of land use on Mauna Kea to
protect the natural, scientific, recreational and
archaeological values of the mountain.
Approve and recommend adoption.
BILL
No. 52 : AMENDMENT TO ZONING CODE
Amends Chapter 8 (Zoning Code) , Hawaii County Code,
relating to procedures for the administration and
enforcement thereof.
Approve and recommend adoption
of Bill 52 on second and final
reading.
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JO ' FARIAS , JR. , CHAI . /I.
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FRANK DE LUZ , III , VICE CHAIRMAN
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WILLIAM S . K WAHARA, MEMBER
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