2025-02-18 Jackson M. Bauer Testimony

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4.52 Actively implement the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail Memorandum of Understanding. 4.53 Appropriate, finance, allot, and encumber Capital Improvement Projects in support of trail development as part of a regional trail system. 4.54 Add public access requirements as listed in Hawai'i County Code Chapter 34 Public Access to apply to Chapter 23 Subdivision Code, SMA review, zoning code, special permits, etc. [Code] 4.55 Develop and implement a public-private program to establish and manage specific access points and trails. SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVE Develop and maintain a public access program that integrates recreation, subsistence, and cultural access priorities. POLICY 415. Integrate Public Access into County department priorities in the following ways: a) Incorporate public access and development into a program overseen by the Planning Department as per Chapter 34. b) Integrate PONC property management and maintenance into the Parks and Recreation code in Chapter 2: Article 11 and Chapter 15: Parks and Recreation. c) Develop adequate staff to carry out the provisions of Chapter 2 Article 42, relating to the PONC maintenance fund (as per: Section 2-214.2 (b). Pursuant to section 10-16(c) of the Charter, the maintenance fund shall be administered and managed by the department of parks and recreation. Adequate staff to carry out the provisions of this article and section 10-16 of the Charter shall be provided in the department of parks and recreation. [Rationale: Based on identified gaps in addressing or applying public access regulations and procedures consistently between the various County Departments. The County lacks capacity to fulfill its existing public access objectives without increasing staff capacity, maintenance capacity, and without having clearer directives between the various departments to implement a cohesive public access program.] 416. Integrate County public access priorities in all aspects of land use decisions and permit reviews.