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Puna Community Development Plan Implementation Update May 2011 Action Item Update 2.2.3 a. Enact a Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone • The AC ranked as a top five priority item. (BRBZ), either separately or as an overlay district • Action Task Group (ATG) formed under for the Volcano Area. Malama I Ka `Aina subcommittee • ATG consulting with UNESCO & Volcanoes NP. • ATG considering BRBZ boundaries and input from potentially impacted communities 2.3.3 e. In areas below 100 feet above Mean Sea • The AC ranked as a top five priority item. Level, propose amendments to the applicable • ATG formed under Malama I Ka Aina laws, ordinances and regulations that require all subcommittee to explore options to deal with black wastewater disposal systems to be adverse impacts resulting from private waste - contained, pumpable units or be connected to a water systems in Kapoho area subdivisions. collective treatment facility. 3.1.3 b. Establish the following general • The County opened the new Pahoa police classifications and locations for village and town station in February 2011, which offers centers in Puna: driver's license renewal and vehicle • Kea'au, Pahoa and Hawaiian Paradise Park registration services. shall serve as Regional Town Centers to provide a wide range of services for the Puna district. 3.3.3 a. Develop a centrally located, 24 -hour, • Puna Community Medical Center, a non - full- service medical facility, with trauma care, in profit, has opened in the Pahoa Marketplace. Puna. Establish multiple level facilities offering • Kea'au Urgent Care clinic opened in Kea'au primary medical and dental services in village village. centers in Upper and Lower Puna. Expand existing County - funded transportation service to carry people from subdivisions to medical facilities. 3.3.3 b. Establish "one- stop" social services • The Neighborhood Place of Puna opened their assistance center at various locations. second site in Mountain View offering one- stop access to a variety of social services. 3.3.3 c. Build partnerships between County and • HCBED offering savings accounts to non - profit organizations for social services and students. economic development • Puna Community Action Team providing Ohana Family Fun Days at various locations to bring social services and County program information to each community. 6