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[INTRODUCTION <br /> This section provides an overview of the General Plan with respect to its history, the <br /> program and planning process used in its development and the intended means of implementing <br /> the plan. The introduction also presents a discussion of the County's historical trends and <br /> alternative employment and population projections. <br /> OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL PLAN <br /> The County of Hawaii's General Plan is the policy document for the long-range <br /> comprehensive development of the island of Hawaii. The General Plan provides the direction for <br /> <br /> the future growth of the County. It brings into focus the relationship between residents and their <br /> <br /> pursuits and institutions, offering policy statements which embody the expressed goals for present <br /> and future generations.] <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> <br /> PURPOSE OF THE GENERAL PLAN <br /> The County of Hawaii's General Plan is the policy document for the lone ranee <br /> <br /> comprehensive development of the island of Hawaii. The purposes of the General Plan are <br /> <br /> to: <br /> • Guide the pattern of future development in this County based on lone-term goals; <br /> • Identify the visions, values, and priorities important to the people of this County; <br /> • Provide the framework for reeulatorV decisions, capital improvement priorities. <br /> acauisition strategies, and other pertinent government programs within the <br /> County organization and coordinated with State and Federal programs. <br /> • Improve the physical environment of the County as a setting for human activities: <br /> to make it more functional, beautiful, healthful, interesting, and efficient. <br /> • Promote and safeguard the public interest and the interest of the County as a <br /> whole. <br /> • Facilitate the democratic determination of community policies concerning the <br /> utilization of its natural, man-made, and human resources. <br /> • Effect political and technical coordination in community improvement and <br /> development. <br /> • Iniect long-range considerations into the determination of short-ranee actions and <br /> implementation. <br /> 3 <br /> Introduction <br /> <br />