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RESOLUTION NO. 291 17
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 DECEMBER 31,2018,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(2016 Edition), 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 long range policy for the comprehensive physical, economic, environmental,
and sociocultural wellbeing of the county.
(a)The general plan 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, promote the general welfare, health,
and prosperity of its people....
(c) 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 County of Hawai`i General Plan (2005, as amended), 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 Planswill translate the broad General Plan
statements to specific actions as they apply to specific geographical areas...."; and
WHEREAS, the district of Hamakua was determined by the County to be suitable and in
need of a Community Development Plan in order to ensure responsible growth and to preserve
the public health and welfare ; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with the County of Hawai`i General Plan(2005, as
amended), a Hamakua Community Development Plan Steering Committee was appointed by the
Mayor and confirmed by the County Council on May 18, 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 a strong commitment to the Community Development
Plan process as a guiding principle for well-planned and responsible future growth for the
Hamakua district; and
WHEREAS,the Council adopted Resolution No. 592-16 on September 7, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of Resolution No. 592-16 was to provide notification to the
administration of the County of Hawai`i and the general public that the Council would not take
action on any rezoning applications for those geographical areas covered by the Hamakua
Community Development Plan until the plan is adopted by ordinance, or June 30, 2017,
whichever shall occur first; and
WHEREAS, the Hamakua Community Development Plan is yet to be adopted by
ordinance and the Council seeks to extend the initial timeframe provided in Resolution No. 592-
16 to allow for the adoption of this critical planning document; now, therefore,
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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 December 31, 2018, whichever shall occur first.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Mayor Harry Kim, the Director of the Department of Planning, 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 4th day of October , 2017 .
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL _ ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i _ _ AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHI,'NG 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 KANUIIA
County of Hawai`i on October 4, 2017 X
LEE LOY X
LO'HARA X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
O RUGGLES X
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COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 291 17
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