HCDP COMBINED DOCUMENT FINAL 03.29.2018 FINISHED

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Builds a Sustainable, Local Economy (Section 6) ■ Preserves opportunities to live off the land ■ Guides the implementation of regional economic development strategies ■ Guides the development of a regional education, enterprise development, and research network ■ Guides regional strategies to increase "buying local" ■ Guides efforts to strengthen the local agriculture value chain ■ Allows for the diversification of agriculture -based businesses and rural uses on agricultural lands ■ Guides the development of local, renewable, distributed energy networks ■ Guides the development of a place -based approach to community tourism TYPES OF CDP STRATEGIES Section 2 of the CDP briefly introduces the types of CDP strategies and the legal applicability of each. In the case of direct conflicts between a CDP and the General Plan, the General Plan shall be controlling. In order to bring the Hamakua CDP and the General Plan into alignment, the CDP recommends specific amendments to the General Plan as a follow-up to the CDP. The Hamakua CDP employs four types of strategies to achieve Community Objectives: two types of County policy, an advocacy platform, and community action. There are two types of County policies in the CDP: 1. "Land Use Policies" are the land use policy guidance for the Hamakua CDP planning area and will be implemented through all County of Hawai'i actions. In addition, the Land Use Policies inform County recommendations to other agencies, including the State Land Use Commission regarding district boundary amendments, special permits, and other applications in the Hamakua Planning Area. The Land Use Policies within the Hamakua CDP may limit the range of decisions that can be made in the future; for instance, land use policies that specifically designate future settlement or transportation patterns. These binding, sometimes restrictive policy controls may include use of the term "shall," which, from a legal standpoint, means the policy is imperative or mandatory. 2. "County Actions" are CDP policies to guide future County priorities and initiatives, including operating and capital budgets. These policies are not mandated, legally -binding, or self - implementing; rather, they often require additional legislative and administrative directives before being implemented (e.g., land acquisition, capital improvement appropriations, code changes, incentive measures, etc.). Within the body of the CDP, official policy language from Land Use Policies and County Actions are italicized, whereas any explanatory language, references, or other information necessary to explain the intent or implementation of the policy, is in regular text. None of the Hamakua Community Objectives can be achieved by the County alone. Some important policies fall outside jurisdiction, while other initiatives must be led by the community. Therefore, the CDP includes two additional types of strategies: E]