2018-05-03 Hearing Transcript - Hamakua CDP

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Honomu, Pepe`ekeo, and Papa`ikou. So, a very broad presentation of the community. And, these folks also have very different backgrounds. Again, just to keep a broad perspective of the community. The Steering Committee is an advisory County committee, advising the Planning Director to help produce a high quality CDP for the people of Hamakua. The role is to work with the Planning Department and professional consultants to assist in tailoring the planning process to the unique characteristics of Hamakua and the community and to promote the planning process within various sectors of the community to maximize participation while maintaining a neutral and approachable approach. And, finally, they also are to monitor the development of the CDP, always keeping in mind the interests of the Hamakua region as a whole. Therefore, the primary responsibility of the Hamakua CDP Steering Committee is to make sure the CDP truly reflects the will of the Hamakua community. And, again, thank you folks so much for your dedication and commitment to this process. Before the—the Hamakua CDP process was engaged, we really had to come up with a timeline to understand those key decision points that needed to be made and the different phases of the process. So, this first phase was really about identifying the vision of Hamakua. This was initiated in September 2009, and during this first phase, community members identified core community values and a vision of what they'd like to see for Hamakua in 2030. Based on record breaking community input, six key issues and priorities were identified: local economy, recreation, education, health care, `Hina, and public services. At the end of the first stage in 2011, the Steering Committee affirmed a values and vision statement that has since served as a compass guiding the planning process. `O ka mea kupono `Hina ka mea kupono kanaka. What is good for the land is good for the people. The next phase was to learn about Hamakua and to develop the community profile. This, again, required extensive community and stakeholder engagement through a series of sub -regional workshops. The Steering Committee integrated the values and vision statement with insights from that community profile and developed the community objectives. The Steering Committee established 13 community objectives which served as a foundation for the CDP. These objectives served as guiding stars for the strategy development and, in fact, all the strategies were designed to implement one or more of those objectives. In the third phase of the planning process, the working draft of the CDP was developed. The Steering Committee reviewed that draft, discussed it, and made recommendations for revisions. I will walk you through how the draft was developed, the types of policies you'll see in the draft, and what the CDP should be able to accomplish through implementation. EXHIBIT D 4