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will ensure that new development and renovation of existing buildings are consistent <br />with the Overarching Vision and other planning documents. <br />Community Design Patterns is built upon the effort to sustain Downtown Hilo for the <br />future. It is a result of: 1) the grassroots community planning process that led to the <br />adoption of EDH 2025; and 2) the continuing implementation efforts of EDH 2025 from <br />2005 -2010. This document also builds upon Rule 6: Downtown Hilo Urban Design Rules, <br />which was originally adopted by the Hawai'i Redevelopment Agency (HRA) in 1987 and <br />used to review all development in Downtown Hilo until the HRA dissolved in 2000. <br />Many of the recommendations included in Rule 6 strive to enhance and preserve <br />Downtown Hilo as an attractive, safe, and pedestrian - friendly place. Lastly, this <br />document also incorporates 'best practices' from many communities who have adopted <br />design guidelines and from design experts who have worked with communities across <br />the United States. <br />STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION <br />Community design works best when it acknowledges a community's sense of <br />identity and collective vision for the future. Great places are built when a variety <br />of ideas or things to do are incorporated in a development. Stakeholder <br />participation ensures that new development integrates history, local culture, and <br />environmental features to ensure that the development is consistent with the <br />overall goals of a community. <br />This Guidebook is intended to guide development in a manner that is responsive <br />to the needs and values of our community in terms of how and where growth <br />occurs. Ideally, plans for new development and renovation to existing buildings <br />or public spaces that are submitted to the Planning Department will integrate <br />appropriate design patterns. Additional stakeholder discussion or review can be <br />conducted, as needed, to encourage dialogue on unresolved issues and to <br />validate further integration of appropriate design patterns into a development. <br />ii I Page Community Design Patterns: A Guidebook for Downtown Hilo •June 2010 DRAFT <br />