Legislative Intent

(a)It is the intent of I Liheslatura:

(1)to integrate its policy-making efforts with public and private interests engaged in physical, social and economic development planning for the island;

(2)to establish a process and mechanism through which duly adopted policies of Guam are linked with all elements of governmental and non-governmental development planning and implementation activity, the island having experienced the ill-effects of fragmented and disjointed development efforts resulting from the absence of both an integrated planning process and [the] Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan that contain rational parameters for Guam’s growth;

(3)that all planning efforts that occur in Guam, be they private or public, adhere and conform to the adopted policies, goals and objectives set forth in [the] Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan;

(4)to ensure that the people of Guam are not subjected to unbridled and unmanageable growth that would threaten the benefits, comforts and privileges to which each Guam resident is entitled; and

(5)that the formulation of the Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan serve to guide the island’s growth and development up to and through the Twenty-First Century. I Liheslatura wishes to collectively draw input, participation and expertise from all segments of the community in the effort to establish comprehensive planning for Guam and to solicit the services of development planning experts from both the public and private sectors.

(b)In its desire to establish short-range and comprehensive long term development objectives for Guam, inclusive of but not limited to the areas of education, visitor industry, economic development, CH. 1 OFFICE OF I MAGA’HÅGA/MAGA’LÅHI [THE GOVERNOR] community development, health, transportation, communication, public safety, agriculture, taxation, culture, labor and human resources, recreation, environment, and political development, I Liheslatura hereby establishes strategies for initiating comprehensive planning for Guam and the formulation of the Guåhan 2050 Sustainability Plan. These strategies shall be as follows:

(1)To determine the extent that Guam’s land, water and human resources limit urban and rural development;

(2)To plan for the preservation of the natural charm and character of Guam within the framework of a growing population and modern technology;

(3)To establish specified areas of use within urban, suburban, rural, agriculture, conservation, industrial, and resort contexts;

(4)To provide a development pattern that enhances the comfort, convenience and economic welfare of the individual;

(5)To prepare land-use capability criteria as a basis for real property evaluation that equalize the divergent qualities of location;

(6)To reappraise the extent of public, private and Federal land tenure in Guam and provide guidelines for relocation of inefficient or inappropriate uses;

(7)To plan for the development and extension of necessary infrastructure and transportation facilities;

(8)To plan for a high quality environment essentially free from pollution and with adequate and well-kept open space throughout Guam’s varying activity centers;

(9)To prepare criteria of substandard neighborhoods and identify areas that meet these criteria;

(10)To recommend creative legislation regulating Guam’s use of land for the protection of future generations. Nothing in this Chapter is intended to limit the scope of any element or the areas of concern cited herein. However, it is the intention of I Liheslatura to fully integrate all planning elements and concerns within a viable development planning mechanism.