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HI HR56
Resolution
Status
3/7/2013
Primary Sponsor
Rida Cabanilla Arakawa
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AI Summary
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Urges the owner of Hoopili lands to preserve approximately 1,497 acres for agricultural use rather than develop them for urban residential and commercial purposes.
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Notes that Hoopili represents nearly one-third of Oahu's 4,800 acres of food-producing agricultural land and contains highly fertile soil classified as molosols and vertisols.
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Highlights that Hoopili currently produces 40 percent of Oahu's fresh broccoli, beans, romaine lettuce, and zucchini, and more than 70 percent of Oahu's fresh corn, cantaloupe, pumpkin, and honeydew melon.
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Expresses concern that the approved development plan includes 11,750 homes and 3 million square feet of commercial space while allocating only 159 acres for commercial farms and gardens.
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Warns that removing the prime fertile soil for development would make it impossible for the land to revert to agricultural use in the future.
Legislative Description
Hoopili Development; Land Use Commission
Last Action
The Committee in AGR recommends the measure be passed with Amendments. The votes in AGR were as follows: 5 Ayes: Wooley, Brower; Ayes with reservations: Onishi, Ohno, Cheape; 5 Noes: Cachola, Choy, Takayama, Tokioka, Tsuji; and 1 Excused: Ward; and the recommendation was not adopted.
4/1/2013