|
Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair
<br />and Members of the County Council
<br />County of Hawaii
<br />March 19, 2025
<br />Page 5
<br />26. Page 111, Policy 17.1, amend to read: "Ensure Native Hawaiian access rights are clearly
<br />expressed in County code, policies, and procedures, while also protecting sacred sites and
<br />burials in accordance with applicable state laws and state historic preservation laws."
<br />27. Page 159, remove Action 32.h and 321 and add to policies on page 158, starting at 32.20
<br />and renumbering the remaining, and add "prioritize to" at the beginning of each policy.
<br />Action 32.h would become new Policy 32.20, to read: "Prioritize to establish, map, and
<br />maintain alternative and emergency evacuation routes in each high -risk hazard area.".
<br />Action 32.k would become new Policy 32.21, to read: "Prioritize to develop and/or
<br />improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of
<br />ingress/egress."
<br />28. Page 159, Action 32.q, amend to read: "Seek funding and support continued scientific
<br />research relating to hazards (e.g., research on erosion rates, slumping rates, slope stability
<br />studies, sea level rise rates, tsunami inundation mapping, coastal stream flood mapping,
<br />fire and wildfire, etc.).", and review the General Plan to include "fire and wildfire" in any
<br />list of natural disasters or hazards.
<br />29. Page 159, Action 32.v, amend to read: "Adopt incentives, such as tax deductions, to
<br />encourage retrofitting of existing structures for resilience against earthquakes, hurricanes,
<br />tsunamis, floods, and fire and wildfire."
<br />30. Page 190, under Objective 42, add new Policy 42.5 to read: "Research and develop an
<br />`Aina Kupuna program that would exempt 100% of real property taxes of qualifying
<br />kuleana landowners as referenced by the Kuleana Act of 1850."
<br />31. Page 205, Policy 46.9, amend to read: "Support and invest in regenerative agricultural
<br />practices and restoration involving traditional ecological knowledge systems and
<br />practices through revitalization of the Ahupua`a system, restoration of ancient Lo`i, Loko
<br />I`a, traditional agricultural field and water systems, with decision -making through
<br />leadership of culturally informed land stewards, agriculturalists, scientists, etc., to
<br />advance and perpetuate cultural practices and food security."
<br />32. Page 206, add new Action 46.s, to read: "Support and invest in all cultural food
<br />programs, including food preservation."
<br />
|