HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 107 Draft 01 1972-1976Countyof Hawaii—State of Hawaii
Resolution No*'.:=
WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii is charged with the responsibility
of formulating and implementing policies which will provide
for a healthy agricultural sector in a strong, balanced economy;
and
WHEREAS, the impending beef shortage on the mainland
and throughout the world underscores the vital importance
of ranching to the economy of the Big Island and State of
Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, the leasing policies of the State of Hawaii
in the past have resulted in the control of major agricultural
lands by a few major land holders; and
WHEREAS, there is little, if any, objective evidence
to indicate that the leasing of ranch lands in parcels greater
than four hundred to five hundred acres in size results in
any economies of scale; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the County of Hawaii believes
that the State of Hawaii should be willing to embark upon
new lease policies that will make ranch lands readily available
to relatively small ranches as well as to large ranches;
and
WHEREAS, the variance procedures afforded by the Subdivision
Control Code, Chapter 9 of the Hawaii County Code, allow
the Planning Commission of the County of Hawaii to grant
variances from the improvements required by the Subdivision
Control Code upon the presentation of information indicating
that the granting of a variance will be in the furtherance
of the goals enunciated in the County of Hawaii General Plan,
Ordinance No. 439, Revised Ordinances of the County of Hawaii;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Honorable John A. Burns, Governor,
State of Hawaii, the Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Land and Natural Resources be requested to
formulate and implement a policy of leasing public lands
which will include a comprehensive program providing for
the lease of small parcels, including, but not limited to
parcels of four hundred to five hundred acres in size.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to transmit true copies of this
resolution to the Honorable John A. Burns, Governor, State