2025-02-18 Jackson M. Bauer Testimony

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APPENDIX A Recommended Amendments to Draft General Plan 2045 (Released in 2023), as Excerpted from Draft General Plan 2040 (Released in 2019) PROMOTING ACTIVE LIVING THROUGH RECREATION, TRAILS, & PUBLIC ACCESS Public Access& Trails SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVE Number of public access sites created through acquisition or easement or enhanced with assistance from CZM funding or staff. POLICY 404. The County of Hawai'i shall establish: public access to and along the shoreline to significant historic sites, public transit along the top of cliff, streams and other natural water courses, mauka trails, facilities, and access to sites for gathering, hunting, and other recreational purposes and in accordance with Hawai'i County Code Chapter 34. [Rationale: Based on existing County Code 34, General Plan Policy 12.3 (I, m), Ka'u CDP Policy 81, and Hamakua CDP Policy 48] 405. Subdividers of six or more lots, parcels, units, or interests shall be required to dedicate land for public access for pedestrian travel from a public highway or street to the land below the high-water mark on any coastal shoreline or to areas in the mountains where there are existing facilities for hiking, hunting, fruit-picking, ti leaf sliding, and other recreational purposes, and where there are existing mountain trails. [Rationale: Based on existing HRS 46-6.5 and HCC 34-4(c)).] 406. Prior to disposing of, leasing, or transferring public lands, including public roads or trails, public access potentials shall be assessed, documented and protected if public access use is in the public's interest. [Rationale: Based on existing HRS Section 46-1.5, Hamakua CDP Policy 50, and General Plan 12.3 (n).] 407. Ensure that publicly owned historic trails and roads are properly identified, and consultation occurs to protect the public's interests. [Rationale: Based on the Highways Act of 1892, Hamakua CDP Policy 50, and the General Plan 12.3 (n).]