The Waianae Sustainable Communities Plan has passed, with the “purple spot” of industrial zoning left in it. Here’s how it went down:

First, a quick answer on a second proposal to remove the purple spot: it was a no-go.

Six Honolulu City Council members objected to Tulsi Gabbard‘s amendment. Only Tom Berg and Breene Harimoto joined her. Berg apologized to his colleagues, saying he’d told members of his community he thought the Council would vote 9-0 to support agriculture, but that “guesstimates” are often wrong.

He made a last-ditch effort to defer final action until an updated version of the Oahu General Plan is adopted by the Council, as has been requested by a couple of neighborhood boards. Such a deferral would have likely killed the bill, since the General Plan update is a long way off. The request died quickly, with seven objecting.

Bill 50, in the same form that was passed out of committee last week, just gained final approval by a 6-3 vote. Gabbard, Harimoto and Berg voted no. Stanley Chang voted aye with reservations.