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2.1 Purpose The purpose of County of Hawai'i Community Development Plans (CDPs) is to implement the broad goals within the General Plan on a regional basis and to translate the broad General Plan statements to specific actions. CDPs are the forum for community input into coordinating the delivery of government services to the community. 2.2. Relationship to the General Plan County of Hawaii Community Development Plans (CDPs) implement but do not supersede the General Plan. In this CDP, all references to the General Plan refer to the County of Hawai'i General Plan, February 2005 (As Amended) — unless otherwise noted. 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 Policy 1, related Figures 2-13 and Policy 12). 2.3 Planning Area X X Located in the northeastern portion of the Island and County of Hawai'i, the Hamakua CDP Planning Area encompasses the judicial districts of Hamakua and North Hilo, and a portion of the South Hilo district commonly referred to as Rural South Hilo. The Planning Area totals approximately 1,011 square miles, and includes the communities of Waipi'o Valley, Kukuihaele, Honoka'a, Ahualoa, Kalopa, Pa'auilo, 'O'okala, Laupahoehoe, Papa'aloa, Ninole, Umauma, Wailea, Hakalau, Honomu, Pepe'ekeo, Papa'ikou, Pauka'a, Wainaku, Kaiwiki and other small communities in between. See "Figure 1: Map of Hamakua Planning Area." For clarity, to distinguish between the Hamakua District and the Hamakua Planning Area, the CDP will specify which is being referenced throughout the CDP. The Hamakua CDP employs four types of strategies to achieve Community Objectives: two types of County policy, outside agency/organization initiatives, and community -led initiatives. In many cases, existing State and County policies support the implementation of Hamakua Community Objectives. For the "Existing Policies" that are particularly pertinent to the Hamakua Planning Area, they are reiterated at the beginning of the relevant section within the CDP and cited as such. Note: some existing policies were determined to be significant enough as to warrant restating them as Hamakua CDP policies either verbatim or tailored to the specific context of the Hamakua Planning Area (citations to existing policies are included). One advantage to this is that if the referenced existing policies are later changed following adoption of the CDP, the CDP policies shall stand unless otherwise amended or unless superseded by prevailing policy in the General Plan or State or federal law. Many of the existing policies from the General Plan are general statements that express policy aims, goals, or objectives (aka: Policy Intent). These policies are often open to interpretation when applied in specific instances, but they set the foundation for further controlling policies (aka: Policy Control) or County actions. 29