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O 0 0 0 O INTRODUCTION O O Purpose and Organization O The County of Hawaii General Plan directs the Planning Department to prepare an annual report to monitor progress towards the General Plan goals, objectives and policies. This document is the first O report. O The General Plan is organized into thirteen substantive sections. In this report, those sections are clustered into the three, broad goal areas for sustaining Hawaii Island's environment, economy, and O community. Within those goal areas, County agencies have specific roles and responsibilities, which correspond with O sections of the General Plan. The table below demonstrates the connections between goal areas, sections of the General Plan, and the responsibilities of various County agencies. The organization of this report follows that of the table. O O O Goal Areas General Plan Sections County Units Responsible Natural Beauty (7) Planning, Finance Preserve and Enhance Natural Resources and Shoreline (8) Planning O Natural Resources Environmental Quality (4) Environmental Management Historic Sites 6 Planning Q Energy (3) Research and Development O Build and Maintain Public Facilities (10) Public Works, Finance Basic Infrastructure Public Utilities (11) Environmental Management, Q and the Economy Water Supply O Transportation (13) Mass Transit, Public Works Land Use (14) Planning Q Economy 2 Research and Development O Flooding and Natural Hazards (5) Civil Defense, Public Works Develop and Protect Housing (9) Housing and Community Development O the Community Public Safety (10) Fire, Police O Recreation (12) Parks and Recreation Other* Ain O O *The General Plan does not include any goals explicitly related to the responsibilities of the Office of Aging, the Department of Liquor Control, and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. The Offices of Q Management, the Corporation Counsel, and the County Clerk as well as the Departments of Finance, O Human Resources, and Data Systems serve the goals of the General Plan by providing leadership, legal support, information access, financial management, staffing, and technological support for the other O County departments. O O Limitations O The General Plan includes hundreds of goals and policies, and this report does not cover them O comprehensively. First, some goals are specific to a district or two. Second, a comprehensive report would be very long. Moreover, it's impossible: progress in meeting some of the goals and policies can't O be measured regularly. Therefore, those goals and policies that are most representative and affect the O entire County were selected for inclusion in this report. O O Hawaii County General Plan Annual Report, 2008 1 O