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Department seeks community input to discuss which specific items would be appropriate to uplift/promote to the General Plan. A benefit of this strategy would include increased consistency between the General Plan and the CDPs which could improve policy implementation island -wide. This will also allow subsequently updated CDPs to have an increased focus on the issues which directly and uniquely impact their region Several of the Action Committee members raised concern for a lack of specific examples in the presentation. In the process of gaining an understanding of the general strategy of the updated General Plan's structure, they hoped to be provided a draft document for revisal prior to the beginning of the adoption process. Planning staff explained their current status on the project which has involved gathering the preliminary pieces and that there is no existing draft in progress to share at that time; they also explained their intent on ensuring that the Action Committee understands the drafting strategy in the meantime. The Action Committee members requested a matrix of the Kona CDP policies showing their relationship to the policies in the General Plan in order to gain transparency on which policies may be effected by this new strategy. The Action Committee sought to encourage more collaboration with the Planning Department in the process of drafting the new General Plan and expressed an overall concern of being informed of changes "after the fact." An Action Committee member asked for general "themes" to have an idea of what will be covered in this next General Plan in order to understand how that would affect the Kona CDP in the future. In absence of having any prepared themes to share with the Action Committee, staff identified a few potential examples including: containing urbanization, improved quality of life, retaining open space, preserving agricultural potential, preserving cultural assets, and recognizing natural hazards. In response to some perception that the General Plan Update process was inappropriately "top down" instead of driven from regional communities, Planning staff explained that the Department -led process has included outreach events prior to and in the early stages of the update process, including introducing the proposed update plan to all Action Committees and soliciting public input. Suggestions have been and are being taken into consideration as the Department has moved forward into designing the form and content of the updated General Plan. Staff added that these recent public presentations to the Action Committees about the update process and formative thinking have been made with the intention of getting the Action Committees' community-based input at every major step of Plan development. Other topics of discussion included: the timeline of the General Plan update in relation to the future updates of the Kona CDP, and ensuring that this process allows future input to be included; tracking previously completed projects; seeking community input on any conflicting CDP and General Plan policies; maintaining an increased level of community outreach and transparency; and requests to include the following topics into the General Plan update: smart growth principles, road standards, and means to coordinate with large businesses/organizations on the island. The presentation slides that were displaying during this agenda item can be viewed and downloaded from the following website: http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/89784/Pagel.aspx 2. Communication no. 2017-02 CIP Recommendation Letter: Committee member Payne moved to approve sending the letter. Seconded by Committee member David. The motion to send the letter passed with 8 votes aye and 0 votes nay. www.hiplannin,-dept.com kont0hawaiicounty.-ov Page 2