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1.3 Relationship of CDPs to the County General Plan County of Hawaii Community Development Plans (CDPs) implement but do not supersede the County General Plan. In the case of conflicts between a CDP and the General Plan, the General Plan prevails. In order to bring the Hamakua CDP and the General Plan into alignment, the CDP recommends specific amendments to the General Plan (see Policies 1 and 12). 1.4 Where did the Hamakua CDP come from? The Hamakua CDP was developed in three stages, which are described in Appendix V2 of the CDP. Each stage was driven by extensive community input and concluded with a clear decision by the CDP Steering Committee, the volunteer advisory committee charged with recommending a CDP to the County. During the first stage, community members identified core community values and a vision of what they'd like to see in Hamakua in 2030, as summarized in Sections 1.7.1 and 1.7.2 of the CDP. At the end of that stage, the Steering Committee affirmed a Values and Visions Statement that has since served as a compass point guiding the planning process. Next, a detailed profile of the community (Appendix V3) was developed based on community knowledge and expertise as well as existing data, reports, and studies. Section 1.6 of the CDP summarized the community assets and challenges identified in the profile. That stage concluded when the Steering Committee integrated the Values and Vision Statement with the Community Profile, from which the Community Objectives were developed (listed in Section 1.8.1 of the CDP). In the third stage, extensive research was conducted to identify the range of strategies that could be used to achieve those objectives. From those strategies, a combination of policies and actions was identified that, when implemented together, will realize the community's vision for the future. Those strategies were compiled into the preliminary "working draft" of the CDP. The Hamakua CDP Steering Committee reviewed that draft, discussed it, and made recommendations for revisions. Next, the broader community and stakeholders had the same opportunity, and the Steering Committee used that input to make further revisions before it was satisfied that the CDP truly reflects community preferences. 1.5 How were CDP strategies identified? The Community Objectives are the foundation of the CDP. All of the CDP strategies are designed to implement one or more of the objectives. Appendix V2 explains the process followed to identify strategies to achieve Community Objectives. To make that process as transparent as possible, Appendix V5 includes summaries of the rationale behind each of the CDP policies and K6kua Actions. To keep the CDP as concise as possible, only limited information from the appendix is repeated and references direct the interested reader to relevant sections of the analysis. 5 Hamakua CDP Guidance to Agencies