6. Implementation.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments

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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on General Plan Implementaion Comment Source Date • Include schools/students input (5th grade-12th grade). Take to Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 classes-one grade level per school • Consider a district-based source of financing if they (in that district)want specific infrastructure/projects Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Le., park improvements in Waimea • Better priorities o Allocating strictly to priorities Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Don't let non-priorities take budgeted monies • Keep TAT revenues earned in Big Island on this island Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • GP should have mechanisms that allow for pilot Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 program/innovation and flexibility of all processes for these "test" or"pilot projects" should be allowed • How do we "bridge" GP kuleana with state initiatives--always Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 overlapping areas • We need more of this. Look for a permanent location to keep educating. Feels really functional and working-- is not a show and Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 tell Can County make special fees/taxes for road funding (e.g., rent-a- Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 car or trucking/commercial tax) Hydrogen power •Transportation and electricity(decentralized) Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 • Resilience in cases of disaster Accountability and monitoring. As Plan is implemented, constant monitoring and evaluation is needed to be sure we assess what is Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 working and what is not • Recommend: annual review of Plan --where are we? Time the Gen Plan review initiation and adoption process to not Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 coincide with election years How meaningful is plan if you're not monitoring/gauging success Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 factors How will the implementation of road usage fees affect us in Ka'u? Commuting to work is roughly 130 miles round trip-- it must be Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 distributed equitably So many Policy and Action items that it's not feasible that county will implement a meaningful percentage of them Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 • Each of them need to be prioritized and measurable (currently not) Priorities need to be consistent throughout the plan from Intro- Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Action Develop a faster way to amend policies of plan that after Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 implementation is determined not good 1