Legislative Findings

I Liheslatura recognizes that since the early 1960’s, Guam has experienced population, economic and physical growth rates that are among the highest in the region; that Guam and her people have benefitted greatly from all levels of socio-economic and physical development which has thus far taken place but it is the desire of the people of Guam to sustain and encourage the development of the island in a manner that would foster greater economic opportunities and stability for Guam without adversely affecting the cultural, environmental, social and natural resources unique to the island; that without careful study of the types and scale of socio-economic development anticipated for Guam and her residents, there will continue to be an absence of foresight, direction and guidance present in the current and future stages of development needed by Guam to sustain the desired standards and quality of living for its people; that to fully enjoy the benefits that can and would be derived from Guam’s limited human and natural resources, development in Guam CH. 1 OFFICE OF I MAGA’HÅGA/MAGA’LÅHI [THE GOVERNOR] must be guided by Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan that reflects the desires and aspirations of all who are guided by it; that a process for formulating Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan shall be established which shall identify the roles, authorities, responsibilities and processes involved in the formulation of the plan; That there is a pressing need to establish policies which reflect the people’s aspirations with respect to the future development of Guam - policies which evolve from sound strategic planning initiatives; policies that take into account all diverse elements of community needs and desires; policies that would channel the deployment of resources to meet the following goals and objectives:

(a)To upgrade the quality of life for Guam’s people;

(b)To create conditions and opportunities whereby people fully participate and benefit at every level of social and economic activity;

(c)To maintain balance and equity between development and the environment in order to preserve the unique culture, traditions and beauty of the island;

(d)To optimize the use of resources to meet present and future infrastructure and suprastructure requirements of the people of Guam;

(e)To develop and maintain infrastructure capacity at a level that could sustain future population, socio-economic and physical growth.