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<br />Flooding and Natural Hazards <br /> <br />Add CIP projects that address flooding (2.3) <br /> <br /> <br />Prepare water management plans (2.3.3) <br /> <br /> <br />Develop community relief centers (general recommendation) <br /> <br /> <br />Consider strategies that restrict grubbing and grading in flood prone areas that changes topography <br /> <br />that could contribute to flooding. <br /> <br />Encourage state legislation to prohibit cesspools as a means for wastewater disposal in areas below <br /> <br />1,000 feet Mean Sea Level, with the objective of protecting both water quality in coastal areas, as well <br />as in the aquifer, particularly the portion underlying State-owned lands in the Maku’u area, where <br />there is potential to develop the source for community potable water wells and agricultural irrigation <br />purposes. OBJECTIVE (2.3.2.a) DOES THIS APPLY TO (11.2.2.c)? <br /> <br />Historic Sites <br /> <br />Encourage use of Design Guidelines (2.1.2b) <br /> <br /> <br />Advocate for improved database of historic sites (general recommendation) <br /> <br /> <br />Structures and cultural sites that are significant to Puna’s history and cultural traditions are preserved <br /> <br />(2.1.1.a) <br /> <br />Awareness and appreciation of host culture is expanded (2.1.1.d) <br /> <br /> <br />ADD “Kanaka” Building Code (2.1.2.d) <br /> <br /> <br />Retrieve and record information on trails and historic resources in the Puna, including research of old <br /> <br />survey and plat maps and various records of Mahele, Land Commission and Royal Patents (2.4.3.b) <br /> <br />Amendments to the County building code for structures utilizing traditional Hawaiian building design <br /> <br />and construction methods (2.1.3.b) <br /> <br />Natural Beauty <br /> <br />Consider scenic turnouts and linear parks with the intent to protect the intrinsic qualities of the areas <br /> <br />(Hwy 137) <br /> <br />Consider wildlife corridors and utilizing native plants for landscaping in park projects. <br /> <br /> <br />Natural Resources and Shoreline <br /> <br />Fully utilize PONC funds (general recommendation) <br /> <br /> <br />Add BRBZ to GP or additional tools for preservation of the BRBZ area (2.2.2a.) <br /> <br /> <br />Add development controls for areas subject to subsidence (2.4.3) <br /> <br /> <br />Support the development and preservation of wildlife corridors <br /> <br /> <br />Develop strategies for combating invasive species (2.2.2) <br /> <br /> <br />Consider PCDP section 2.2.2.b.d.e <br /> <br /> <br />Where does the GP address tax incentives for native forests, restoration and abatement of invasive <br /> <br />species (2.2.2.b.c.d.e) <br /> <br />Reduce the minimum lot size to qualify for the native forest preservation tax reduction and allow it in <br /> <br />any zoning district. Enrollment of a lot in this program is voluntary, but it is binding and permanent, <br />and attached to effective measures to prevent significant clearing or other adverse alterations of the <br />forest cover (2.2.3.e) <br /> <br />Inappropriate and disproportionate County zoning can be adjusted in order to maintain and increase <br /> <br />the quality of life and to preserve valued natural and cultural resources (3.1.1.e) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />