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Coordinate Focus Group meetings to capture local knowledge and expertise on priority planning issues • Work with the Steering Committee to develop and incorporate a vision statement, community values, and guiding principals into the CDP • Develop a Community Profile and Environmental Concept Plan based on Profiles that were developed by the Community Readiness Program (CRP) Team for North Kohala. • Develop strategies and action plans for addressing priority issues for the most critical land use/community development issues for North Kohala. • Develop a series of iterations of the NKCDP beginning with Working Papers, followed by a Preliminary Draft, a Public Review Draft, a Prefinal Draft, and culminating with the Final Draft once the NKCDP is approved by the Hawaii County Council. • Provide technical support through the NKCDP approval process by assisting the Planning Department with presentation(s) to the Planning Commission, and County Council and incorporating amendments. THE PLANNING TEAM Townscape, Inc., Planning Consultant • Bruce Tsuchida, Principal-in-Charge • Harmonee Williams, Planner County of Hawaii (COH) Planning Department • Chris J. Yuen, Planning Director • Allen A. Salavea, Project Manager • Christian Kay, Planner COH Office of the Mayor • Roy T. Takemoto, Special Assistant to the Mayor Department of Research and Development • Jane Testa, Director • Alex Frost, Hawaii County Resource Center COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Over the last three years, a number of activities oriented around the Community Readiness Project (CRP) and the NKCDP were provided to inform the North Kohala community about the CDP program, develop capacity in the district, and ultimately gather input from community members. The activities were designed to be accessible to all residents keeping in mind those who worked out of district, which necessitated the need to hold meetings in locations and at times that fit various schedules. 2