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

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• Explore ways in which public access arrangements can alleviate landowner, land manager, and agriculture producers concerns. • Encourage the development of partnerships with community organizations capable of assisting with public access management. • Encourage partnerships, funding, and liability protection for community level management of public access. • Study community level public access management approaches in order to identify best management practices that will promote success. • Work with interested community organizations to develop guidelines for "community access" that can qualify as "public access". • Work with community advisors to develop broadly accepted criteria for prioritizing accesses when resources are limited to acquire, open and manage them. • Analyze and evaluate the Public Access Code (HCC Chapter 34) and propose amendments to make it more practical and effective. • Identify important lands for potential easement and acquisition for shoreline access • Public access -focused groups can be formed to manage specific accesses, such as "Friends of Public Access". Other Resources: Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, Department of Land and Natural Resources (Na Ala Hele, SHPD, DOFAW, Parks), County of Hawai'i (Planning, Parks and Recreation, Finance (Property Management), PONC, Cultural Resources Commission, Game Management Advisory Commission), Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, The Nature Conservancy, Ala Kahakai Trail Association, Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawai'i (PATH), Friends of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Three Mountain Alliance, American Trails, Respected Access, Partnership for the National Trails System See also Community Action 40: Work with State and private landowners to develop and maintain additional trails for non -motorized recreation. 4.9 Preserving Sacred Places: Waipi'o Valley and Mauna Kea Community Action 16: Form a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity for community empowerment to develop a Land Management Partnership. Need: Following the Great Mahele in 1848, Charles Kana'ina assumed ownership of 5,800 acres in Waipi'o Valley. Ultimately Charles Reed Bishop purchased the land, and in 1896 the land was conveyed to Bishop Museum. The Museum continues to lease its land to Waipi'o Valley taro farmers. A history of differing perspectives in the Valley on natural and cultural resource protection, water and stream maintenance management, public access, and tourism have resulted in little progress towards resolution of these fundamental issues over the years. Since 1999, the Community Circle of Waipi'o Valley has been meeting on generally a monthly basis to identify and discuss issues and concerns relative to the Waipi'o Valley. The draft Waipi'o Valley Community Action Plan was developed in response to the issues, concerns, and suggestions that were raised at the Community Circle of Waipi'o Valley Meetings, as well as from other discussions with other community members. The Action Plan represents a broad range of interests, issues, ideals and concerns and serves as a Community Action Guide: 2018 28