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12. Why have all lines delineating privately-owned TMKs in the 9/23 GP2045 online land use <br /> map been removed from the 7/24 draft GP2045 map when that same information is available <br /> online through the tax assessor's office? <br /> I'm not sure what you are referring to. I do not recall that we provided a distinction between public and <br /> private parcels. I will have to inquire about this. In the interactive map when a parcel or polygon is <br /> clicked, an information window appears and one of the items is "Link to Property Assessment" which <br /> goes to the RPT website and shows the owner. <br /> 13. Why are following essential terms used in the state constitution and in state Supreme Court <br /> legal precedent scarcely mentioned and. when mentioned, not stated within the context of the <br /> legal operating environment in which the General Plan exists? <br /> "Public trust", page 39, Biocultural Stewardship Challenges, "The county has a limited budget for <br /> its large-scale geographic responsibility for the protection of public trust natural and cultural <br /> resources." 14. Why is budget a limiting factor when policies, procedures, and processes are <br /> the methods by which the county carries out its affirmative duty to protect the public trust? <br /> This is noted as a challenge because budget is often a limiting factor with a lot of things the county may <br /> want or need to implement. Our island is very large and has relatively low tax revenue per area as a <br /> whole. Most policies and procedures are implemented through some process that requires funding. <br /> "Public trust", page 40, Biocultural Stewardship Opportunities", "The county can take a more <br /> proactive role in exercising its protective public trust role for natural and cultural <br /> resources." 15. Why is this an "opportunity" when it should be policy, such as "The county has <br /> affirmative duty throughout any decision-making process to protect the county's environmental <br /> and cultural resources."? <br /> Many of the policies in the biocultural chapter are related to different elements of public trust without <br /> using the term specifically each and every time, such as protection of forests, watersheds, groundwater <br /> recharge, riparian and natural environments, etc. <br /> "Public trust", page 41, Biocultural Stewardship Policy 1.1, "Minimize and mitigate significant <br /> impacts, such as degradation, incompatible uses, or other threats to Native Hawaiian habitats <br /> and public trust resources." 16. Why are cumulative impacts not addressed as required in <br /> Hawai'i Revised Statutes 343? <br /> Cumulative impacts are inherent in the policy language. Feel free to add a comment to add cumulative <br /> to the language. <br /> 17. Why is there no "Action" for protecting the public trust in the 7/24 draft GP? <br /> Again, there are many actions related to public trust without using the term, such as preservation of <br /> wetland, native species, wildlife, rivers, coastal waters, and other noted above. <br /> 18. Why is there no mention of the term "affirmative duty" in the 7/24 draft GP, when the state <br /> Supreme Court has ruled the county has an affirmative duty to protect public trust resources, <br /> which includes kanaka maoli resources, at every stage of any decision-making process? <br /> 4 <br />