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Chapter 4: Waimea Town Plan <br /> This Conceptual Plan is presented as an important linking step between the Focus Group <br /> discussions and the resulting "Planning Notes" (November 2007) and the more detailed Action <br /> Programs that the CDP Team has developed on specific plan elements, including: <br /> 1. Strategies to "save the pu'u" <br /> 2. Strategies for preserving small farms, small ranches, and open spaces in East Waimea, and <br /> expanding farming activities <br /> 3. Plans for implementing walkways and bikeways along major roads <br /> A note on the Conceptual Plan graphics and text:the graphic includes a variety of land use elements <br /> and ideas, including: <br /> • Existing Land Uses (black text on the graphic) <br /> • Projects and developments planned by various agencies and land owners (blue text) <br /> • Concepts and land uses recommended by the CDP (red text) <br /> The Conceptual Plan text provided here addresses most of but not all of the elements shown on the <br /> graphic. The text also includes some policies and details that are not shown on the graphic. Thus, <br /> text and graphics are presented as mutually supporting planning tools, but are not "identical" in <br /> content. <br /> Note: the term "Waimea Community" is used in many places in this CDP text. Our working <br /> definition of the "Waimea Community" is all of the people who live in and work in and are <br /> associated with the town of Waimea, including but of course not limited to recognized community <br /> leaders and the members of various Waimea-based social, educational, cultural, and business <br /> organizations. <br /> Based on input from the Community Meetings and Focus Group Meetings, the South Kohala <br /> Steering Committee meetings, and planning studies undertaken to date, suggested Overall Policies <br /> for Land Use in Waimea Town are: <br /> Waimea Policy 1. PRESERVATION OF WAIMEA'S SENSE OF PLACE shall be the principal, <br /> overarching land use policy for Waimea. This policy shall be implemented <br /> through measures for responsible growth, and through the preservation and <br /> protection of important lands and resources, including important cultural <br /> and historic sites and structures, important agricultural lands, and visually <br /> and environmentally important open space areas in Waimea Town. <br /> Waimea Policy 2. "RESPONSIBLE GROWTH" shall be an overarching land use policy for <br /> Waimea. Adequate infrastructure, including roads, water supply, electrical <br /> power, drainage structures, schools, and parks, shall be provided by public <br /> and/or private entities before any large-scale new residential or <br /> commercial projects can be considered for approval by the County. <br /> Waimea Policy 3. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP shall be an overarching land use <br /> policy for Waimea. Land use decisions shall be based on wise <br /> management practices for forests, watersheds, natural drainage ways and <br /> streams, native ecosystems, and important agricultural lands. <br /> Waimea Policy 4. DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WAIMEA. County Government <br /> and the Waimea community shall work with major area land owners, <br /> including the State of Hawai'i, Parker Ranch and the Department of <br /> Hawaiian Home Lands, to plan and implement affordable housing projects <br /> for low and moderate income people of Waimea. <br /> South Kohala CDP November, 2008 <br /> FINAL Page 67 <br />