September 26, 2015 FINAL SC Minutes

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Ms. Gomes reviewed the Aloha Etiquette and opened the floor to public testimony. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: There was no public comment at this time. BUSINESS: Overview of the "Preliminary Working Draft" of the Hamakua CDP: Ms. Gloor reiterated that the goal of this agenda item is to ensure that all Steering Committee members have a complete understanding of the "Preliminary Working Draft" CDP and reminded the Steering Committee that the CDP was developed through extensive community and stakeholder engagement which resulted in the following documents: • Hamakua Community Profile (2010) • Values and Vision Statement (2011) • Hamakua proposed Strategies for Consideration (2011) • Community Objectives (2013) • Draft Analysis Documents (2014) Ms. Gloor continued by explaining the three documents the Steering Committee would be using during the meeting: • CDP Draft — Concise document that includes all the strategies • CDP Rationale Document — More comprehensive document that includes the Policies and Kokua Actions with their explanations — but does not include Community Actions • CDP Community Action Guide — Includes the Community Actions and background information to help the community implement the actions. Ms. Gloor emphasized that this is a preliminary working draft and that revisions are expected based on Steering Committee feedback as well as Community feedback. She went on to provide a detailed explanation of the structure and navigation of the Draft CDP document, using a projected electronic version. Ms. Gloor emphasized the importance of Section 2, Applicability, which states the purpose of the CDP, the CDPs relationship with the Hawaii County General Plan, the types of strategies that govern the CDP, and their roles in implementation. There are two types of County Policies: • Land Use Polices — the official land use policy guidance for the Hamakua CDP planning area and shall be implemented though all County of Hawaii actions. • County Actions — the official County policies to guide future County priorities and initiatives, including operating and capital budgets. Because none of the Hamakua Community Objectives can be achieved by the County alone, there are two additional types of Strategies: • Kokua Actions — actions that would help advance CDP Objectives, but are within the jurisdiction of non -County governmental agencies or other entities. • Community Actions — community-based, collaborative actions are initiatives that must be led by the community with support from a broad range of organizations and agencies. Section 5 Overview Mr. Agres outlined the process — after Ms. Gloor provides an overview of Section 5, the SC will have the opportunity to ask any quick clarifying questions that can be easily addressed. After Page 13