2025-01-16 Chuck Flaherty, Moku Loa Group, Sierra Group

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r) Whenever the County assumes the responsibility for posting and maintaining signage and maintaining public accesses and other public infrastructure, a specific County agency will be identified and assigned the aforementioned responsibilities. [Code, Public Access] 4.57 Amend the subdivision code to better address public access issues in the following ways: a) Revise/Develop enforcement protocols for public access violations, including fines for noncompliance and mechanisms to remove private obstructions from public accesses; b) Review Hawaii County Code Chapter 34 requirements for public access standards, including design that fits into surrounding community, environment, and conditions. Establish parameters for requiring appropriate right-of-way,parking, and comfort stations for various types of public accesses/trails and incorporate these into Chapter 34; c) Amend Hawaii County Code Chapter 34 to develop a clear methodology to modify public access routes in order to adapt to sea level rise, landslides and erosion, and other impacts related to environmental impacts and climate change; d) Amend Hawaii County Code Chapter 34, Rule 21, Chapter 23, and Chapter25 CA 1.1.1 to ensure access and trail rights-of-way during subdivision. [Code] 4.58 Complete an inventory and database of significant natural resource areas with recreational and trail connectivity value. 4.59 Adopt an on-going program of identification, designation, and acquisition of areas with existing or potential recreational resources, such as land with sandy beaches and other prime areas for shoreline recreation in cooperation with appropriate governmental agencies. 4.60 Develop procedural rules and templates for public access agreements and Grant of Easement(GOE)to facilitate consistency and to provide mechanisms for tracking, follow-through, and geographic information system (GIS) identification in County of Hawaii systems, etc. 4.61 Develop procedural guidelines for renegotiating access agreements. 4.62 Renegotiate public accesses that were developed prior to Chapter 34 to be consistent with Chapter 34. 4.63 Evaluate and initiate Charter& code amendments related to Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resource Preservation (PONC). These may include: a) Clearly distinguish categories of PONC property, such as active or passive use, conservation,restoration, natural buffer areas, access uses, etc. (for AGENCY ACTION). instance, lands acquired to provide access versus lands acquired to preserve from development that may not be appropriate for public access). b) Amend Charter Section 10-5 c & f to allow PONC funds to be used for the planning, design, development of new buildings, facilities, (including comfort stations) or infrastructure such as roads,paths, bridges, culverts, ramps, or drainage features if such improvements are necessary to meet the objectives of public safety and to meet the purposes outlined in Hawaii County Code 2-214.1. [Code]