Communication No. 2020-01- NKCDP Kupuna Moopuna Testimony

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From: Kupuna Moopuna Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 9:43 AM To: Council Testimony Subject: TESTIMONY - GREDC - Nov 17, 2020 - Communication 659.13 Attachments: 2017 CDP Ebulletin Final.pdf, Overview — Hawaii County Community Development Plans.pdf Kupuna for the Mo`opuna committed to the mall -being ofI7awal`l for° the nextgenerations to come Committee on Governmental Relations and Economic Development November 17, 2020 1:00pm Re: Communication 659.13 — COMMENTS Aloha, Mahalo, Council Member Kaneali`i — Kleinfelder, for Communication 659.13 which requests an update from the Mayor's office, including representatives from both the current and incoming administration, regarding transition plans and pending projects. We, too, request an update on the following plan/project: Where is Hilo`s Community Development Plan (CDP) in the Hawaii County General Plan (GP) 2040? It has been over a year since the draft GP 2040 was made available in August 2019 for public comment. We engaged and had meetings with the planning department and with this administration regarding our concerns pertaining to Hilo`s CDP. We were told that "Hilo does not have a CDP" and in order to develop a current Hilo CDP to replace the grossly outdated Hilo CDP of 1975, funding would need to be in the budget. We want to ensure the transition includes the funding necessary to develop a current Hilo CDP to be included in the GP 2040. We were also assured repeatedly that an appendix of policies from the GP 2005 affecting Hilo would be included in the GP 2040 as a placeholder until a current Hilo CDP is