2024-09-25 PL-INT-2024-008750 GP 2045 Draft Comments - C. Flaherty

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• Carbon Assessment of Hawai'i landcover and habitat analysis (John Jacobi, 2015) • Historic Lava Flows (HVO, All available years) • 2015 UH-Hilo Agricultural Baseline crops and pasture data (SDAV, 2015) • Federal and State Owned Lands from Hawai'i County assessor data Landcover data was used to define more intentional boundaries for natural areas.The following criteria shaped decisions around the Natural Areas designation: • State owned lands—retained Natural • Bare Lands in landcover and historic lava flows—Classified as Natural • Wetlands in landcover and Cemetery in County Parks—Classified as Natural • Native dominant use in landcover—Classified as Natural • Agriculture dominant use—Classified as Agriculture (includes developed, alien forests) • Pastoral dominant use—Classified as Pastoral Consideration: 2019 future land use was under review at the same time the 2018 Kilauea Lower East Rift Zone (2018 LERZ) eruption recovery process was underway.At that time,the area impacted by the eruption was assigned a land use designation of Pending so as not to conflict with concurrent planning processes. Action:The Pending designations in the 2018 LERZ impact area were reviewed to assign appropriate future uses that would not conflict with the recovery efforts and would appropriately convey the demonstrated risk of the location.The County land area also increased in this area by approximately 766 acres due to the lava flowing into Kapoho Bay and reshaping the coastline in that area. The lava flows were assigned Natural. Island areas surrounded by lava or kipuka were assigned agricultural use designations to match agricultural studies for productive crop use and or pastoral uses.The Kapoho residential area was also under lava flow.The former urban uses in this area were assigned natural to match these condtions. Consideration: Parks were not always showing as recreation or conservation. Action: Data layers for County, State, and Federal Parks were cross-referenced with the proposed land use designations. Park areas not designated as recreation or conservation use were adjusted to match park boundaries. Parks in SLU conservation are noted as GPLU conservation, active parks with active use areas are noted as recreation, and public lands not in active use are noted as natural or conservation, such as PONC properties. Consideration: Industrial land uses in LUPAG and the 2019 proposed future land use plan were often inconsistent or showed conflicting boundaries with zoning and other plans. Action: All industrial areas designated in LUPAG,the 2019 proposed land use plan, zoning, CDPs, and other area plans were identified and reviewed to compare boundaries for consistency. ,00 Focused Planning Solutions LLC '"` Page 3 of 18