20017-02-6 HCDP Community Action Guide FINALIZED 06.01.2018 FINAL

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Department of Transportation (HDOT) administers a Hawai'i Scenic Byways Program which designates transportation corridors as scenic byways. The Scenic Byway process is community driven, facilitated by a community sponsor that wishes to lead the preservation, protection and/or promotion of the byway with a Local Advisory Committee and Corridor Management Plan and benefits the community in the following ways: • Awareness and appreciation of historic, archaeological, natural, scenic, cultural and/or recreational sites and stories along the byway; you can't protect, preserve or enhance what you don't know you have. • Collaboration and working together with different generations and different organizations — community "stakeholders." • Insight into the community planning process. • Creating a community vision for the byway that can be shared with organizations and/or government agencies having jurisdiction over the road or byway areas. • Ability to let new residents, developers, and visitors know about the community's priorities and concerns. • The information gathering process creates a prioritized list of action items to share and implement as resources are available. A Scenic Corridor could also be established, pursuant HCC section 25-6-60. For transportation corridors that require a comprehensive planning approach, the Hawai'i County Council may, by ordinance, establish all or portions of public roadways and an appropriate portion of the adjacent property as a scenic corridor. Any standards and conditions not included in the underlying zoning related, but not limited, to signage, lighting, design standards, access management, landscaping, parking, height, historic and cultural preservation, view planes, and/or setbacks, must be included as part of the scenic corridor management plan and adopted by scenic corridor enabling ordinance by the Council. The scenic corridor management plan must demonstrate the need for the adoption of special standards and conditions in order to preserve, maintain, protect, or enhance the intrinsic character of the corridor. Potential Community Lead: Action Committee Potential Community Partners: Landowners, Laupahoehoe Train Museum, Hilo Hamakua Development Corporation Potential Allies: County of Hawai'i (Planning, Parks & Recreation, Public Works), Hawai'i Tourism Authority and Big Island Visitors Bureau, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, National Association of Gateway Communities, National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations, Ka Welina Network, Pacific Worlds, Project for Public Spaces, Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawai'i (PATH) Potential Next Steps: If the Scenic Byway option is pursued the Action Committee can provide leadership by: Nomination - This step is intended to determine if the byway is eligible for the program. Community Action Guide: 2018 17