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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-02-01 TPDCDP PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 1, 2008 A regularly advertised hearing on the PLANNING DIRECTOR’S AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 7, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR AMENDMENT THEREOF was called to order at 9:47 a.m. in the County of Hawaii, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii, with Chairman Rodney Watanabe presiding. PRESENT: Rodney Watanabe ABSENT & EXCUSED: Takashi Domingo Kimo Alameda Rene’ Siracusa Lani Bowman Andrew Iwashita Shelly Ogata Alvin Rho Rell Woodward Ivan Torigoe, Deputy Corporation Counsel Christopher Yuen, Planning Director Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager Phyllis Fujimoto, Staff Planner Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner And approximately nine people from the public in attendance. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR Amendment to Chapter 2, Article 7, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) relating to the Planning Commission’s review of a draft community development plan or amendment thereof. The purpose of the amendment is to provide a time frame for the Planning Commission’s review and recommendation to the County Council on a draft Community Development Plan or amendment. WATANABE: Item 3 is initiated by the Planning Director, Amendment to Chapter 2, Article 7, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended). And I guess we would call upon the Director to provide the explanation to that. Or are you going to provide it? DARROW: Not No. 3. WATANABE: By the way, this is the first reading so we’re not going to take action on this. Am I correct? YUEN: Agenda Item No. 3 is an amendment to, actually it’s to Chapter 2 of the County Code which contains some general procedural rules. And the purpose of this is to set a EXHIBIT C 1 timeframe for the Planning Commission’s review of a community development plan. We have a number of community development plans in the works. They are being, there are at different stages. But what happens with them is they’ll be, the draft plan will be reviewed and has to be approved by the community development plan steering committee. Then it comes up to the Planning Commission for its review; and then it goes to the County Council. And either way it will come out of the Planning Commission with a favorable or unfavorable recommendation from the Commission. The County Council has the final say on it. As you know from other actions, all of the things that you review where you have a recommendation have timetables on that. So a change of zone you’re supposed to act within a certain period of time. A General Plan Amendment you’re supposed to act within a certain period of time. There was never anything for the Community Development Plan. So it wasn’t clear what happens if it comes to your agenda and say there’s a 4-4 vote. Does it get deferred to another meeting, does it keep getting deferred if we don’t have a full enough membership to come to a majority of the full membership on the community development plan? So in order to look ahead and set a timeframe, we basically followed the timeframe that the Commission has for a General Plan Amendment or, and being that that’s also a fairly serious matter. And so the idea behind this is to set a timeframe. And if the Commission is unable to garner five votes, favorable or unfavorable, on the Community Development Plan, then it would still go up to the Council at the end of that time period. WATANABE: Thank you, Mr. Director. Do we have any questions for the Director on this? This is the first reading so we will be hearing this again in West Hawaii? YUEN: Yes. We’ll take this to the next meeting in Kona and then ask you to take a vote on it. But we’re here for any kind of questions, discussions, public testimony on this. WATANABE: Okay. At this point I have no one signed up to testify. Is there anyone in the audience who would like to testify on this issue? So then I guess we -. Do we take a vote to continue this? TORIGOE: You can take a vote on this or doing a consensus -. WATANABE: Okay, shall we then by consensus elect to continue this to the next West Hawaii meeting? Mr. Alameda, yes -? ALAMEDA: I just, I like it. I think it’s thinking ahead. And if I need to make a motion to defer it to the next meeting I’ll do so. But if you want to call consensus that’s fine, too? WATANABE: Okay, by consensus is fine. Okay, all those in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. WATANABE: Any opposed? Okay, then the matter is continued to our next West Hawaii meeting. EXHIBIT C 2 The discussion ended at 10:05 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Sharon M. Nomura, East Hawaii Secretary EXHIBIT C 3