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STEWART MAEDA
County Clerk
JON HENRICKS
Deputy County Clerk
County of Hawai`i
Office of the County Clerk
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August 13, 2015 Sent via E-Mail
To: Duane Kanuha, Director
Planning Department
From: Stewart Maeda, Clerk
Office of the County Clerk
Subject: Resolution 237-15
As directed in the above resolution, which was adopted by the Council of the County of Hawai`i on
August 5, 2015, I am forwarding your copy.
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COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAI`I
RESOLUTION NO. 237 15
A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII
GENERAL PLAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS, RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT.
WHEREAS, Hawai`i County Planning Director, Duane Kanuha initiated a
comprehensive review of the County of Hawai`i General Plan on February 6, 2015; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 16.1(3) of the General Plan, Director Kanuha
established June 6, 2015 as the deadline for Council initiated amendments to the Plan during the
comprehensive review process; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the Council Planning Committee's request to postpone
this deadline, Director Kanuha postponed the deadline for Council initiated amendments until
September 8, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Council submits this resolution in response to Director Kanuha's
invitation to submit amendments to the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, Hawai`i County's Mass Transit systems provide residents with a vital
means of transportation to employment, services, and activities; and
WHEREAS, Hawai`i County Mass Transit systems promote and enhance pedestrian
activities, reduce congestion on roadways, and increase economic development opportunities;
and
WHEREAS, to support and improve the County's Mass Transit system, the Council
added a project to the Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 to 2016, to prepare a countywide
Mass Transit Master Plan to provide an overall framework for transit improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Mass Transit Master Plan should include timelines, criteria,
administrative procedures, and legal guidelines for projected infrastructure needs in both the
short and the long-term as well as transit alternatives such as hub and spoke systems,
infrastructure needs in a primarily rural environment, improved schedules and stop locations, and
Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades; and
WHEREAS, integrating elements of the Mass Transit Master Plan into the County of
Hawai`i General Plan would promote the creation of a variety of public transportation systems in
Hawai`i County that are affordable, efficient, accessible, and safe; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Planning Director consider the following proposals during the Director's review and analysis of
suggestions offered during this initial phase of the comprehensive review process and ultimately
incorporate them as possible, into the final proposed amendments to the Hawai`i County General
Plan:
1. If the Mass Transit Master Plan for Hawai`i County is completed in sufficient time,
incorporate it into the General Plan update; and
2. Incorporate provisions into the General Plan to assure that Mass Transit policies and
facilities are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to Hawai`i County Planning Director, Duane Kanuha and Mass Transit Administrator,
Tiffany Kai.
Dated at Hilo Hawai`i, this 5th day of August 2015.
INTRODUCED BY
DANNY PALEKA
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES NOES ABS EX
COUNTY COUNCIL
CHUNG - AYE
DAVID - AYE
EOFF - AYE
ILAGAN - AYE
KANUHA - ABS
ONISHI - AYE
PALEKA - AYE
POINDEXTER - AYE
WILLE - ABS
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Reference: C-397/Waived PC
RESOLUTION NO. 237 15
County of Hawai`i
Hilo, Hawai`i
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL ofthe ILAGAN
County of Hawai`i on August 5, 2015 X
ATTEST:
COUNTY CLERK
CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
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