HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-09-11 PL-INT-2024-008591 GP 2045 Draft Comments - C. Flaherty DeVera, Ashley
From: Chuck Flaherty <
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 7:05 AM
To: Planning CDP; Planning General Plan; Planning Internet Mail
Cc: Kimball, Heather; Jennifer Kagawada; Lee Loy, Sue; Kanealii-Kleinfelder, Matt;
Kierkiewicz, Ashley; Galimba, Michelle M.; Villegas, Rebecca
Subject: CDP AC-GP meetings
Aloha,
It was just pointed out to me yesterday that the General Plan Community Meetings have been scheduled
at the same time as CDP Action Committee meetings, but are being listed on the County Calendar as two
separate meetings being held at the same time.
What is most concerning about this inexplicable obfuscation is:
1) the CDP AC meeting has other agenda items listed on its agenda, not just consideration of the draft
General Plan 2045, and
2) there is no link provided in the agendas to the online draft GP2045 and/or to the link for the .pdf
version.
Given the draft GP2045 is an immensely complex document and the CDP AC meetings are only allowed to
run for 2 hours:
1) why weren't the "community meetings" listed in the "public notice" not identified as CDP AC meetings
when the public notice was sent by the Planning Department?
2) why is the GP2045 review not the sole agenda item scheduled?
3) why is there no link to the GP2045 document for the GP agenda item?
It is frustrating that the Planning Department is continuing to perpetuate the bizarre experience the CDP
ACs had during with the initial comment period of the 9/23 draft GP2045, that is, not placing
comprehensive review of the draft GP2045 as the exclusive agenda item for the CDP AC meetings until
they had achieved sufficient information to make informed recommendations.
As V-P candidate Tim Walz likes say, "this is just plain weird", unless the goal is to limit public
participation and feedback in favor of "backroom" special interests.
Finally, why is the Planning Director referring to comments received prior to the release of the 9/23 draft
GP2045 when the 9/23 draft was a complete gut-and-replacement of both the current GP and the GP2040
released in 2019?
Mahalo,
Chuck Flaherty