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p) Provide cultural and safety information at trail heads; q) Provide for substantive community input to the County Planning Department and the County Council in order to finalize and accept priority access. Include community input in program policy. r) "Whenever the County assumes the responsibility for posting and maintaining signage and maintaining public accesses and other public infrastructure, a specific County agency will be identified and assigned the aforementioned responsibilities. [Code, Public Access] 4.57 Amend the subdivision code to better address public access issues in the following ways: a) Revise/Develop enforcement protocols for public access violations,, including fines for noncompliance and mechanisms to remove private obstructions from public accesses; b) Review Hawai'i County Code Chapter 34 requirements for public access standards, including design that fits into surrounding community, environment, and conditions. Establish parameters for requiring appropriate right-of-way, parking, and comfort stations for various types of public accesses/trails and incorporate these into Chapter 34; c) Amend Hawaii County Code Chapter 34 to develop a clear methodology to modify public access routes in order to adapt to sea level rise, landslides and erosion, and other impacts related to environmental impacts and climate change; d) Amend Hawaii County Code Chapter 34, Rule 21, Chapter 23, and Chapter25 CA 1.1.1 to ensure access and trail rights -of -way during subdivision. [County Code] 4.58 Complete an inventory and database of significant natural resource areas with recreational and trail connectivity value. 4.59 Adopt an on -going program of identification, designation, and acquisition of areas with existing or potential recreational resources, such as land with sandy beaches and other prime areas for shoreline recreation in cooperation with appropriate governmental agencies. 4.60 Develop procedural rules and templates for public access agreements and Grant of Easement (GOE) to facilitate consistency and to provide mechanisms for tracking, follow- through, and geographic information system (GIS) identification in County of Hawaii systems, etc.