6. Implementation.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments

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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on General Plan Implementaion Comment Source Date Income and expenses by district-County financial statement Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 *Tax incentive districts Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Federal infrastructure funding opportunity need to be prepared to Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 fight for it Prioritize grants to go first to environmentally friendly projects Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 • Throwing money at the problem is not the solutions, it's how Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 you prioritize the money spending and use of people (general?) Execution of plan is poor(implementation?) Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Way behind development Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Follow regulations to be eligible for federal funds. Lost hundreds in Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 grant opportunity.Thousands in past 2 decades. The more we can get the GP to be for everyone and implemented will be great. Projects take on average 10 years and a cost of$80 Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 million Integration of implementation of plan is important and the Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 realization that the GP is not just for the planning dept. CIP needs to be driven by these plans (GP & CDP) Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Increase budget for DPW t for mitigation etc. Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Look at projection of fuel tax Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Flexible to new and effective ways for infrastructure -especially on Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 farms Growth follows infrastructure - plan needs to identify infrastructure Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Plan assumes greater role in water monitoring that is under state Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Need to realize that infrastructure needs to be prioritized in growth Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 opportunity areas Roadways -fire prone areas and mitigation Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 TODS -concentrating growth with infrastructure need to consider Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 centers and elevation How to manage retreat as infrastructure Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Water wells down in Kona on a regular basis-could evolve to a Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 crisis Waste water- have we really tested best practices? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 4