WHEREAS, the City Charter empowers the Director of Planning and Permitting to review the executive operating and capital program and budget for conformance to the purposes of the general and development plans; and

    WHEREAS, the City Charter requires the annual executive budget to contain an explanation of the relationship of the budget to the general and development plans of the City; and

    WHEREAS, the City Charter requires development plans consisting of conceptual schemes for implementing and accomplishing the development objectives and policies of the general plan within the City; a map; statements of standards and principles with respect to land uses; statements of urban design principles and controls; and priorities to facilitate coordination of major development activities; and

    WHEREAS, the 1992 Charter amendments made the development plans more conceptual and less oriented to specific projects or public facilities; and

    WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu has adopted a new development plan for the Primary Urban Center which reaffirms the role of the Primary Urban Center in implementing the directed growth policies of the general plan; and

    WHEREAS, the new development plan for the Primary Urban Center requires the City Council to adopt a public infrastructure map for the Primary Urban Center development plan by resolution; and

    WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) conducted a comprehensive and thorough review of 294 projects shown on the development plan public facilities map for the Primary Urban Center; and

    WHEREAS, the DPP recommends that 139 projects be transferred from the development plan public facilities map for the Primary Urban Center to the proposed public infrastructure map for the Primary Urban Center attached hereto as Exhibit A, and by reference made a part thereof; and

WHEREAS, the public infrastructure map for the Primary Urban Center shall not be deemed part of the development plan; and

WHEREAS, the public infrastructure map for the Primary Urban Center shall only show those designated major municipal facilities to be funded in the capital improvement program budget and certain designated public utility facilities; and

    WHEREAS, the public infrastructure map for the Primary Urban Center shall be used as a guide in budgeting and funding public improvement projects; and

    WHEREAS, Exhibit B attached hereto is a list of all those eligible projects that the DPP recommends transferring from the development plan public facilities map for the Primary Urban Center to the Primary Urban Center Public Infrastructure Map in
Exhibit A; and

    WHEREAS, Exhibit C-1, attached hereto is a list of all those eligible projects that the DPP does not recommend transferring from the development plan public facilities map for the Primary Urban Center to the Primary Urban Center Public Infrastructure Map in Exhibit A; and

    WHEREAS, Exhibit D-1, attached hereto is a list of those projects which were included on the development plan public facilities map but are not eligible to be transferred to the PUC PIM, either because they are not city projects or are not a type of facility required to be shown on a PIM; now, therefore,

    BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City and County of Honolulu that the public infrastructure map for the Primary Urban Center, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and by reference made a part hereof be adopted; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED by the Council of the City and County of Honolulu that the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit copies of this Resolution and the related exhibits to Mr. Eric G. Crispin, AIA, Director of Planning and Permitting; Mr. Ivan Lui-Kwan, Director, Department of Budget and Fiscal Services; Mr. Timothy E. Steinberger, P.E., Director, Department of Design and Construction; Mr. Attilio K. Leonardi, Fire Chief, Honolulu Fire Department; Mr. Glen R. Kajiyama, Acting Chief of Police, Honolulu Police Department; Mr. William D. Balfour, Director, Department of Parks and Recreation; Mr. Frank J. Doyle, P.E., Director, Department of Environmental Services; Mr. Clifford S. Jamile, Manager and Chief Engineer, Board of Water Supply; Ms. Cheryl D. Soon, Director, Department of Transportation Services; and Mr. Barry Fukunaga, Director, Department of Enterprise Services immediately upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

                         Donovan Dela Cruz (BR)

                        

                        
DATE OF INTRODUCTION:
                        
August 26, 2004
        
Honolulu, Hawaii                     Councilmembers