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Hawai‘i County General Plan <br />July 1, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Community Association, the Board of Water Supply, the Cultural Resource <br />Commission, and the Environmental Management Commission. <br /> Topic-Focused Workshops to provide focus on Economic Development, <br />Infrastructure, Land Use and Natural Resources (Hilo, Kailua-Kona). <br /> Coffee Hour Presentations to County and State governmental bodies. <br /> <br /> <br />Summary of Public Comment <br /> <br />Section of Plan <br />(Total Comments/ <br />Comment Themes <br />Percent Prompting <br />Revisions) <br />Clarify GP authority, the future of CDPs, and relationships <br />Introduction <br />between County plans; Provide rationale for policies containing <br />(47/100%) <br />“shall” <br />Natural Resource Clarify County’s role in planning and management <br />Planning (679/23%) <br />Align land use and infrastructure capacity; Add infrastructure <br />Infrastructure <br />maps; <br />Planning (775/27%) <br />Address deficiencies related to wastewater and solid waste <br />Economic and Address food planning, aging-in-place, and changes in tourism; <br />Opportunity Planning Identify locations of affordable housing <br />(648/44%) <br />Community Address deficiencies with historic preservation, access for <br />Placemaking disabled persons, and restricted access to unique resources; <br />(648/44%) Add trail maps; Clarify service levels for parks, fire, police <br />Align land use with infrastructure capacity and Kona CDP; Clarify <br />Land Use Planning definitions; Include hazards in land use mapping; Include <br />(759/100%) rationale for land use designations, adding one for STVRs and <br />revisiting Mahukona & Discovery Harbor <br />Prioritize CIP projects; Expand funding/financing options; <br />Implementation Address GP/budget relationship; Clarify implementation time <br />(149/98%) frames and agency roles <br /> <br />Miscellaneous Summarize what has changed from 2005 GP <br />(244/99%) <br /> <br />Revised Timeline of the General Plan Comprehensive Review <br /> <br />The original timeline envisioned completion of the comprehensive review by end of <br />calendar year 2020. Four factors have extended the timeline of the General Plan <br />comprehensive review: 1) Higher than expected volume of public comments; 2) <br /> <br />