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can't do anything about, the Feds can't do anything about that really require local leadership and
<br />initiative.
<br />And, so the CDP is clear about those four distinct types of strategies, and it's really helpful
<br />because, in part, once it's adopted, implementation then is very clear. Planning Department
<br />knows what it needs to do to guide its land use decision making. CIP priorities are clear. We
<br />can clearly communicate to DLNR. You know, DOA, what we'd like them to do to support
<br />community, and then the community has a roadmap itself for moving forward on achieving the
<br />community's objectives.
<br />This really doesn't do justice to the CDP, but this is the CDP in a nutshell. So, it becomes a
<br />County policy document, guides Federal and State agencies, and guides community-based action
<br />to do four fundamental things. And, those numbers are simply correlated with the sections in the
<br />CDP.
<br />So, Section 3 is the land use section where we—where the community tries to be clear about
<br />what the preferred settlement patterns are and how it, and what tools it thinks are appropriate to
<br />use to achieve those settlement patterns. Section 4, then, is the environmental piece, and there's
<br />subsections for all the different types of natural and cultural resourcescoastline, agriculture,
<br />mauka forests, historic resources, etc. Fifth is community infrastructureroads, water, parks,
<br />schools, etc.
<br />And, then, finally economic development. And that was another bit of a difference in Ka`uis
<br />because, (a) because the economy really was the highest priority in the community development
<br />planning process and (b) even though we knew it was largely outside County jurisdiction, we
<br />thought it would be an injustice to not give the economic section as much attention as we gave
<br />everything else. And, so, you'll see that chapter or Section 6 of the CDP is just as robust and
<br />detailed as the, the other sections of the plan.
<br />Okay, so that work was done, and a draft CDP was developed. And as I mentioned earlier, it
<br />then went to the Steering Committee, and they went through an extension, exhaustive review
<br />themselves, then they made a lot of refinements, and then they said, okay, it's ready for
<br />community review. And, we didn't just hold a hearing like this, explain, do a 45 -minute
<br />presentation and ask for comment. We bent over backwards to make it easy for people to
<br />understand what's in the plan and provide meaningful feedback. We had, we obviously, the plan
<br />was available in hard copy in various community centers and libraries. You could rent a copy.
<br />You could buy a copy. You could review it at the Planning Department. We would deliver it to
<br />your house if you wanted one. So, the CDP was available for review.
<br />We also had what we called, "Speak -Outs" which is where in a room like this, you put up posters
<br />with stations, organized roughly by the way the CDP is organized. And, people could see on a
<br />poster fundamentally what the CDP is trying to achieve and how. And, then people could put
<br />post -it notes on it, provide, could just talk story, and there were recorders there who would
<br />transcribe everything people were saying so we, so we were able to capture thousands of
<br />comments that way through people just talking story, asking questions, sharing their perspective
<br />on what they saw and heard.
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