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MTV as y4 tiff; COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. ] 92-05 Draft 2 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING "THE "ENVISION DOWNTOWN H[LO 2025: A COMMUNITY-BASED VISION AND LIVING ACTION PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN HILO (DECEMBER 2005)" AS A COMMUNITY VISIONING AND PLANNING PROCESS THAT CAN SERVE AS A MODEL FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. WHEREAS, the Island of Hawaii is faced with a host of challenges that are occurring on the global and local level, including, population growth, rapid social and demographic changes, economic shifts, creating a balance between preserving our natural resources and development, among others, all which affect our communities' wellbeing and quality of life; and WHERF,AS, Downtown I Lilo, valued for its small-town atmosphere, historic buildings, and unique location between Hilo E3ay, Mauna Kea, and Mauna Loa, is a special and vital part of our Island community: and WHER>';AS, no community is immune to the challenges resulting from change and every community can benefit from thinking strategically about its future; and WHEREAS, in 2004-2005, the Friends of Downtown Hilo Steering Committee, a group of volunteers, facilitated acommunity-based planning process to create a Vision and Living Action Plan for Downtown I Iilo; and WHEREAS, a community visioning process takes community members through a defined process to achieve a shared vision of their future; and WHEREAS, a creative community outreach effort was undertaken to promote a broad level of public im~olvement in the planning process; and WHERF,AS, the process of creating a community vision for Downtown Hilo included efforts to build leadership capacity, to encourage collaboration between government and community, and to develop community partnerships; and WHEREAS, the process engaged in to create this Community-Based Vision and Living Action Plan can serve as a model for other communities in the County of Hawaii who wish to develop a V ision fur their community; and WHEREAS, the newly drafted Plan entitled "Envision Downtown Hilo 2025: a Community-Based Vision and Living Action Plan (August 2005)" is a result of the community's considerable efforts; and