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CHAPTER 4 <br />Policies to guide how each objective will be achieved. The <br />policies that use the word "shall" are mandatory directives <br />to County agencies provided that in the case of any conflict <br />with existing United States or Hawaii State and/or County <br />laws, rules, or regulations particularly any such laws, rules <br />or regulations related to the protection, conservation, <br />maintenance, restoration, and/or preservation of cultural <br />and/or natural resources, the existing Hawaii State and/or <br />County laws, rules and regulations shall prevail. Among <br />the most significant are those presented in Section 4.2 <br />Land Use. These policies may be implemented through <br />land use decisions and development permits issued after <br />the Kona CDP is adopted. Such policies, however, would <br />not be retroactive to prior decision-making and existing <br />zoning. Some mandatory policies require balancing with <br />other policies, particularly those that require county <br />funding. Other policies that use the word "should" are not <br />legally binding as they recommend desired actions <br />especially those affecting agencies over which the plan <br />does not have authority (e.g. State agencies, utilities, non- <br />profits). Each policy is identified by the alpha -numeric code <br />for its corresponding objective, followed by a decimal and <br />its numeric sequence. For example, "Policy TRAN-3.2" is <br />the second policy of the third objective in the <br />Transportation Element. <br />Actions that specify how the policy will be implemented. <br />An action may be a precursor to implementing a policy or <br />may specify what is required or recommended to <br />implement it. The list of actions are meant to be refined <br />during the process of implementation in consideration of <br />available resources, preservation or conservation studies <br />required by Federal and State law, feasibility and impact <br />analysis, and other factors. Thus, these actions are not <br />legally binding but are meant to be implemented in good <br />faith. The Action Committee (AC) shall have the authority <br />to revise the action and report any such revision in the <br />Committee's annual report (see Section 5.2.1). Each <br />action identifies, by acronym (see sidebar), the specific <br />agencies or organizations recommended to implement or <br />GoALs, OBJECTivES, <br />POLICIES, AND ACTIONS <br />Acronyms/Abbreviations <br />App. <br />Applicant <br />BUS. <br />Businesses <br />CD <br />Civil Defense <br />COE <br />US Army Corps of Engineers <br />COMM <br />Community-based Organization <br />DATA <br />County Data Systems <br />DBEDT <br />State Department of Business, <br />Economic Development, and <br />Tourism <br />DEM <br />County Department of Environmental <br />Management <br />DC <br />Design Center <br />DOA <br />State Department of Agriculture <br />DOE <br />State Department of Education <br />DOH <br />Department of Health <br />DOT <br />State Department of Transportation <br />DHHL <br />State Department of Hawaiian Home <br />Lands <br />DLNR <br />State Department of Land & Natural <br />Resources <br />DPW <br />County Department of Public Works <br />DWS <br />County Department of Water Supply <br />Fin. <br />County Finance Department <br />HCCRC <br />Hawai'i County Cultural Resources <br />Commission <br />HELCO <br />Hawai'i Electric and Light Company <br />HHFDC <br />Hawai'i Housing Finance and <br />Development Corporation <br />KCC <br />Kona Chamber of Commerce <br />KCRC <br />Kona Cultural Resources Committee <br />KVBID <br />Kailua Village Business Improvement <br />District <br />KVDC <br />Kailua Village Design Commission <br />Mayor's <br />County Mayor's Office <br />MT <br />County Mass Transit Agency <br />NELHA <br />Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai'i <br />NPS <br />National Park Service <br />OA <br />County Office of Aging <br />OHCD <br />County Office of Housing and <br />Community Development <br />OSC <br />County Open Space Commission <br />OSP <br />Office of State Planning <br />PATH <br />People's Advocacy for Trails Hawai'i <br />PC <br />County Planning Commission <br />PD <br />County Planning Department <br />PR <br />County Department of Parks & <br />Recreation <br />QLT <br />Queen Lili'uokalani Trust <br />R&D <br />County Research & Development <br />SHPD <br />State Historic Preservation Division <br />State <br />State agency <br />SWCD <br />Soil Water Conservation District <br />TNC <br />The Nature Conservancy <br />UH <br />University of Hawai'i <br />participate in implementing the action. Each action also <br />recommends when the action should be implemented, whether it is on-going, within one to two <br />years, within two to three years, within three to five years or within five to ten years. Each Action is <br />identified by the alpha -numeric code for its corresponding policy, followed by an alphabet <br />sequence. For example, "Action ENV -1.4a" is the first action of the fourth policy of the first <br />objective in the Environmental Resources Element. All of the Actions are summarized in <br />Implementation Matrix in Chapter 5 Action Plan. <br />4-2 KONA CDP <br />