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COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS Chapter 15 of the County General Plan provides the regions around the island with the opportunity for the creation of Community Development Plans (CDP). The General Plan requires that the CDP's shall be adopted by the County Council as an ordinance, giving the CDP the force of law. See Exh. 1 (letter by Planning Director to Steering Committee) for a general discussion of what it means to adopt a CDP by ordinance, and what aspects of the CDP's will be binding in a legal sense. The CDP process offers a forum for receiving community input into managing growth, delivery of government services, resources preservation and any other matters relating to the planning area, and integrating this input into Goals, Objectives, Policies, and Actions as they apply to specific geographical regions around the island. KONA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN (KONA CDP) The Planning Department advertised a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Community Development Plan for North and South Kona in the spring of 2005. A committee chose the consultant, Wilson Okamoto Corporation, to serve as the lead consultant working with staff and the community in the drafting of the Plan. The RFP stated that the CDP for Kona, "shall be a pilot CDP to test new planning and community participation methods." The following objectives for the Kona CDP were included in the Scope of Work that was approved by Hawaii County. • Inclusiveness. • Building a partnership of government and community. • Focus the Plan to result in practical and pragmatic implementation. • Identify the significant features that define the uniqueness of the community but also protect private rights and do not stifle individual creativity. ATTACH: Conan. 1349 - l - Bill 333