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The Community Development Plans are intended to be a forum for community input into managing growth and coordinating the delivery of government services to the community. The Community Development Plans will translate broad General Plan statements to specific actions as they apply to specific geographical areas. A Community Development Plan should direct physical development and public improvements within a specific area. The Community Development Plan may contain detailed land use and zoning guide maps, plans for roadways, drainage, parks and other infrastructure and public facilities, architectural design guidelines, planning for watersheds and other natural features, and any other matters relating to the planning area. The Community Development Plans may be initiated by either the Planning Director or the County Council. The need for a Community Development Plan is further specified in the General Plan wherein it states that the process of creating a Community Development Plan, or in the process of creating a Community Development Plan, it may be determined that the General Plan should be amended. The Community Development Plan shall focus on action. The courses of action specified in each element of the General Plan need greater detail and need to be coordinated by district. The Community Development Plans shall recommend amendments as appropriate to codes, including the Zoning Code, maps or administration and enforcement. Community Development Plan shall consider appropriate and incentive measures to achieve various objectives as applicable, like student housing. Community Development Plan shall identify acquisition priorities. Community Development Plan shall identify and prioritize public facility projects important to the community. Community Development Plan shall identify desired programs and the community’s role in planning and implementing the programs. And the Community Development Plan shall identify desired projects for public development or redevelopment. All of this is to basically achieve the stated purpose of the Community Development Plan to get active community participation in the process. And it’s my known opinion that getting you, the community involved in the process, the Community Development Plan process, is the only way that we can avoid having developments like Oahu and Maui and those kinds. Because the process we’ve involved in right now is the EXHIBIT A 8