2015-05-27 KCDP Minutes Final - Laserfiche WebLink

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47 1. Telephonic update from April Surprenant on the County's General Plan 48 Revision. 49 50 April began to explain that this is a long process. In regard to Doug Payne's 51 request for monthly updates, they will do their best to try and update the 52 Action Committee members as much as possible, but there may not be major 53 changes from one month to the next. She explained that they will do their 54 best to give updates as much as possible. 55 56 She went on to discuss that the General Plan needs to be organized in a way 57 that addresses the principle audiences in mind. These would be major 58 landowners, public and private planners, the planning commissions, action 59 committees, county council and all various county agencies. Curtis Tyler 60 asked about the residents and whether they would be included in this list, 61 and April confirmed that they are absolutely part of this, however, in terms of 62 how it's organized, the people who really read this on a regular basis are the 63 decision makers in the county. 64 65 She went on to explain that the General Plan needs to be simplified focusing 66 on core objectives and policies that address island wide issues, and therefore 67 leaving the more localized topics for the regional development plans. The 68 staff will be identifying the pros and cons of different General Plan formats 69 from other islands or jurisdictions on the mainland to see what they can 70 learn. She explained that they will be looking to see how other General Plans 71 have been handled in a web based format as well. 73 April went on to explain that the Planning Department feels that the General 74 Plan should provide more direction to the CDPs. Many of the CDPs address 75 island wide issues, and they are not always consistent in how those are 76 addressed. So right now, they are going through a process of reconciling the 77 CDPs and the current GP and how that will land going forward. 78 79 The Planning Department will also be looking at Chapter 15 and clarifying 80 things like the annual report and how it is used. They are hoping to organize 81 it in a better way and are also exploring the options of a finance plan falling 82 into place next year depending on funding. Chapter 16 will also be a part of 83 the amendment process. Part of that process will be increased use of GIS to 84 make the GP more of a living document. As part of the GP review, the 85 Department is working on a contract to develop an Open Space and Natural 86 Resources Plan to more clearly define where growth is to occur. 87 88 April went on to explain the various phases of the General Plan. Currently, 89 they are in Phase 1, which is the initial input and review process. This is 90 where everyone has an opportunity to offer suggestions, which is what most 91 of the Action Committees have done. 92