2024-11-20 Kupuna for the Mo'opuna

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future members of the public continue to have an institutional memory of the relationship between DHHL and the County. Incorporating a reference to this document in the 2045 County General Plan Update will better guarantee that this institutional memory is perpetuated in future generations. The 2002 MOU is enclosed for your convenience and reference. • Likewise, DHHL requests that its 2022 DHHL General Plan Update be referenced and / or included in the 2045 County General Plan Update either as an appendices or other appropriate section of the County General Plan [emphasis added]. The 2022 DHHL General Plan Update identifies land use designations that the HHC may apply to Hawaiian Home Lands. The DHHL General Plan should be a reference to the County. While the county verbally acknowledges the HHCA's authority over DHHL lands, the county refused to commit this to writing in the GP 2045 Draft, which will be to the detriment of HHCA beneficiaries forced to expend time, energy, and resources to ensure and protect the well-being of the people and the `aina. A recent example of this is the continued attempt by the County and State to build a connector road from Puna to Hilo via Railroad Avenue, right through the heart of our Pana`ewa community, even though the Pana`ewa Regional Plan and the DHHL General Plan 2022 confirm that no such connector road(s) shall be built. This continued aggression forced homesteaders to take action in civil protest. While the government backed off—for now - the General Plan 2045 Draft still includes collector/connector roads from Puna to Hilo via Railroad Avenue that must be removed, Again, we ask that the Leeward Planning Commission require the above changes to the GP 2045 Draf so this overarching long-range planning policy document for land use for several decades truly be consistent with the well-being of the next generations to come. Mahalo, Kupuna for the Mo`opuna Pana`ewa, Hawaii Attachments (3): (1) DHHL Comments on the County of Hawaii 2045 General Plan - February 28, 2024 (4 pages) (2) Memorandum of Agreement Between the County of Hawaii and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands - December 27, 2002 (5 pages) (3) DHHL Comments on Draft County of Hawaii General Plan Update - October 31, 2019 & August 30, 2017 (1 1pages)