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sCitizens must be given a long notice period, well before the submittal to LUC, if their parcel is targeted to be on the IAL list; and must be accorded due process if there is a disagreement. sCitizens must also have input on the selection criteria for parcels sCitizens must have the benefit of a study like Kauai to be confident that the IAL is process is fair: especially given the serious risks that small acreage parcels will face if they are designated IAL. sLastly if small acreage owners are on the PUC list they must be entitled to incentives that are targeted at small farms (the large case commercial incentives do not apply to small farms for the most part) including: ►property tax forgiveness ►crop subsidies ►compensation for any diminution of property value *A separate planning track should be launched now by Hawaii County to study IAL only. *The County should create and frequently update a separate website to educate the public about the IAL process that will lead to the submittal of parcels to the LUC; and how State IAL differs from current agricultural zoning. *ISSUE 6: When the County certifies the list of IAL parcels Land Use Commission (LUC) and it is adopted by the LUC, the County will be required to adopt County ordinances that implement the use restrictions in the State Constitution and State law that will require the County to adopt the more strict and inflexible standards in the State law for conforming uses. To the extent that County IAL may be just the County agricultural zoning now, that status will change in the near future. The obligation for counties to submit lists has been in place since July, 2011; and Oahu and Kauai are close to submitting their lists having already done a IAL suitability study of agricultural parcels island wide. Regulations that will come with IAL designation when the County IAL lists have been submitted to the LUC and when the LUC approves parcels for IAL include: *HRS 205-43 "county ... land use plans, [and] ordinances... shall be consistent with and implement [State IAL]... policies .... [including] (3) Direct nonagricultural ... from important agricultural lands .... (4) Limit physical improvements on important agricultural lands to maintain affordability of these lands...." [] *HRS 205-45.5 allows farm dwellings and employee housing for farmers, employees and their immediate family members .... The farm dwellings and employee housing units shall be used exclusively by farmers and their immediate family members who actively and currently farm on important agricultural land .... the immediate family members... shall not live in separate house .... the landowner shall not plan or develop a residential subdivision on the important agricultural land all