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STATE Of 116001111 013'60 MBt1To80-AwAnAm HOMO Lame aat August 10, 2013 The Honorable Michael Yet, Director County of ]-16001.1 Planning Department 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, H] 46740 Abba Mr. Yew Sulajeet: DHHL Comments Regarding County of Hawaii General Plan Update The Department of Hawaiian Homo Lands (DEIHL) has teen made aware of the County of Hawaii's (C011) General Plan Update process and has participated In two workshops that the County conducted on August 24 and 26 of 2016 (sx enclosure). DHHL. has approximmely 118.000 acres an Hawaii Island. There are nppensimately 2,500 homestead Lessees that reside in Hawaii County and 14,500 Withal applicants on DHHL's Hawaii Island homestead wailOst. The General Plan should take into consideration the needs of these unique populations. Daring the August 2016 workshops, 014111, informed the County of DHHL's long-rangedevelopment Mans that are documented in its 20621iawai i Island Plan end 2009 Hawaii Island Update for West Hawaii. As a follow-up to those August 2016 County General Plan workshops, DHHL. would like to remind the County ofDHHL`s existing plans on Hawaii Island via this letter. DHHL currently milium a planning system Mat consists of 34iers. Tier 1 includes the DH111. General Plan winds consists of statewide goals and politics. 11er-2 plans include subject -mance specific program plans as ore11 es Island Plans specific so each island on which 171HH. has land 0oldinga. Tier -3 plans include regional plans and special area plans that pertain to specific regions and locations within each island. The comments that follow are based upon the plans in die DHHL Planning System that have been adopted by the Hawaiian Homes Commission and that certain specifically to Hawaii Island. These plans can also he Found on the 01-11{L website at: pn p:lfdl:IOLawaii. acvino The Honorable Michael Yee August 30, 2017 Pdge 2 2002 DEIHL Hawaii Ishmd Plan and 2009 Island Plan Update for West Ha wail Island Plans articulate DHHL's land use designations (LUD) for its lands on each island and are analogous to the COH's General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) designations. Island Plans also articulate DHHL's priority areas for future homestead development. Please incorporate DHHL's Hawaii Island Island Plan Land Use Designations into the COH's General Plan LUPAG. Future County services and infrastructure should he directed to locations where DHHL has identified in its Hawaii Island Plan for current and future land uses that include: residential homestead, agriculuual homestead, pastoral homestead, commercial, industrial, and community -use. A breakdown of acreage of DHHL lands on Hawaii. Island by DHHL LUD is presented below. Land Use Designation Acres Percent of Total Acres Residential Homestead 4,421 3.7 Subsistence Agriculture Homestead 2,486 2.0 Sopplemenlal Agriculture Homestead 4,132 3.4 Pastoral Homestead 90,514 34.2 Community Use 1 105 09 General Agriculture 37,236 31.4 Commercial 913 0.7 Industrial 36 0.003 Conservation 18,485 15.6 Special District 8,423 7.1 TOTAL 118,489 100 Additionally, DHHL would like to advocate that the County General Plan LUPAG direct future development that is not compatible with the purposes of the Hawaiian Homes Commissien Act to be located well away from DHHL lands. For the County Planning Department's convenience hard copies of the 2002 DHHL Hawai'e Island Plan and 2009 DHHL Hawaii Island Plan Update for West Hawaii have been enclosed with this letter. DHHL's GIS shape0le depicting DHHL's Hawaii Island Plan LUD is also enclosed with this letter on CD.