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On behalf of the EDH2O25 VisionKeepers, I am pleased to present the EnVision Downtown
Hilo 2025 VisionKeepers Progress Report for the period, January 2009 — June 2010. If you are
not familiar with EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025: A Community -Based Vision and Living Action
Plan (EDH 2025) please visit our website at www.co.hawaii.hi.us /edh2025. You will find past
Progress Reports as well as other information posted on our website.
This report is divided into four sections:
1. EDH 2025 Highlights focuses on important events and milestones that have been
achieved in the past 18 months.
2. VisionKeepers Report includes a list of past and present members and details how the
VisionKeepers' activities have contributed to the fulfillment of their roles and
responsibilities.
3. Community Involvement documents community participation in the EDH 2025
implementation process.
4. Status of the Action Plan includes updates on the implementation progress for each of
the six Focus Areas and includes a list of committed Lead Solution Partners who
implement actions in the EDH 2025 Plan. We wish to give special appreciation and
thanks to our Lead Solution Partners. It is their dedication and determination that ensures
the community's Vision is achieved.
In our July 2007 December 2008 Progress Report, we looked forward with enthusiasm to
initiating the EDH 2025: 5 -Year Action Plan Update. Periodic updates ensure that the EDH
2025 Plan stays alive (off the shelf!). In addition, one of the primary aims of community
involvement is to attract new people and partners into the implementation process, and this has
certainly been the case. Acknowledging the participation of new partners is another important
reason for updating the EDH 2025 Plan. Now, we can proudly report that the 5 -Year Action
Plan Update was completed on schedule! (See EDH 2025 Highlights for more information.)
Looking ahead, and in recognition of the financial challenges currently faced by the County of
Hawaii, the VisionKeepers decided to transition into a "VisionKeepers Network" that includes
several past members of both the VisionKeepers and the Friends of Downtown Hilo Steering
Committee. Instead of meeting monthly, we will meet as needed and communicate
electronically. This is both a cost - saving measure and a practical response to the challenges
associated with maintaining a volunteer committee over an extended period of time. The
Planning Department will continue to partner with the VisionKeepers Network in its efforts to
further the implementation of the EDH 2025 Plan, but the real impetus for the creation and
implementation of the EDH 2025 Plan is with the community. In that sense, we are all
VisionKeepers. I hope you will join me and the many other individuals, agencies, and
organizations who are working behind- the - scenes in this ground - breaking collaborative effort to
honor and fulfill the community's Vision. `Ike is Hilo!
Sincerely,
Eileen O'Hara
EDH 2025 VisionKeepers Network
June, 2010
James Leonard
EDH 2025 VisionKeepers Network
June, 2010
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 —'Ike is Hilo
C/o The County of Hawaii Planning Department
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, HI 96720
edh2025 @gmail.com www.co.hawaii.hi.us /edh2025 (808)961 -8288
Table of Contents
Letter from the VisionKeepers Network
Table of Contents
Part I - EDH 2025 Highlights
2
Part II - VisionKeepers Report
4
VisionKeepers
4
VisionKeeper Network
4
VisionKeepers - Roles and Responsibilities
5
Part III - Community Involvement
9
Part IV - Status of the Action Plan
10
Committed Lead Solution Partners
10
Focus Areas
1 1
Appendix
17
Budgets
18
Community Involvement (2004 -2008)
20
Overarching Vision
23
Contact Information
Inside Back Cover
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 1
Part I. EDH 2025 Highlights
The Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program for Downtown Hilo
In 2008, the American Institute of Architects (ALA) selected Downtown Hilo as a host community
for their 2009 Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDA`1) Program. The SD AT Program is an
interdisciplinary community assistance program that focuses on principles of sustainability. It
included a $15,000 award used to fund the cost of the program. In addition, the State Department
of Health, through their Healthy Hawai'i Initiative program, partnered with the VisionKeepers and
the Planning Department by contributing $5,000 towards Downtown Hilo's required costs as a host
community.
After a preliminary site visit, in May 2009 a team of six (6) AIA architects visited Hilo and met with
numerous key stakeholders and Lead Solution Partners during a three -day workshop. The
workshop included two public meetings which approximately 130 community members attended.
The SD AT Program provided a unique opportunity for multiple partners to come together to assess
Downtown Hilo and the EDH 2025 Plan from the perspective of social, economic, and
environmental sustainability. The recommendations from the SDAT team offered guidance on ways
to refine the EDH 2025 fiction Plan to better promote conscientious implementation.
Their recommendations are now contained in a 54 -page report which is available on the AAA Web
site, http: / /www.aia.org /about /initiatives /AIAS075426.
• Members of the SDAT Team answer questions during a public meeting
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 2
EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025: 5 -Year Action Plan Update
In January 2010, the draft EDH 2025: 5 -Year fiction Plan
Update was submitted to the Planning Director. This was an
enormous accomplishment that came to fruition only because
of the dedicated participation and assistance from many Lead
Solution Partners and key stakeholders.
The updates, which include an easier -to -read fiction Plan
Matrix, new strategies, and new actions, ensure that the Plan
remains alive and relevant to the changing needs and conditions
of the community.
• The Action Plan Review Workshop
on October 9, 2009
Ideas for new strategies and actions were collected at each stage of the community involvement
process since plan adoption in 2005. On October 9, 2009, a large Action Plan Review Workshop
was held at the Downtown Hilo YWCA. During the Workshop, 60 Lead Solution Partners
discussed revisions and additions to the EDH 2025 Plan. additional meetings were held subsequent
•A Vision Concept illustration of the Hilo
Farmer's Market area
to the Workshop to further refine the updates.
Another exciting addition to the EDH 2025 Plan is the
"Vision Concept." The Vision Concept is a series of five (5)
illustrations, hand -drawn by local artist Charles Snyder, that
provide a visual rendering of how Downtown Hilo could
look in 2025. It enhances the written EDH 2025 Plan by
providing a visual representation of design- related features in
public spaces throughout Downtown Hilo.
In January 2010, the draft Vision Concept was presented at
numerous venues around Downtown Hilo. At these events,
comments and feedback were collected and used as the
driving force in finalizing the Vision Concept. The end result
is a set of illustrations that have been truly brought to life
with brilliant watercolor.
On May 7, 2010, the EDH 2025: 5 -Year fiction Plan Update
received a favorable recommendation from the Windward
• On June 26, 2010, 18 people
attended a Vision Concept
Planning Commission, and it now moves forward to the Hawaii presentation and community talk
County Council Planning Committee. We invite you to view the story at the Hilo Public Library
document on our Web site, http: / /co.hawaii.hl.us /edh2025.
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 3
Part II. VisionKeepers Report
VisionKeepers 2006 -2010
The following is a list of all past members of the VisionKeepers and a list of those currently serving
on the new VisionKeepers Network.
Sudha Achar
Cheryl "Quack" Moore
Keith Akiyama
James Morin
Barbara Andersen
Paul Nash
Julie Cade Bon
Kathleen Nielsen
Andrew Chun
Eileen O'Hara
Leah Craft
Donna Saiki
Kaholo Daguman
Dolly Strazar
William "Tip" Davis
Ellen Takazawa
Neil Erickson
Julie Tulang
Bonnie Geiger
Caleb Yamanaka
Sonia Juvik
Susan Gagorik, Planning Department Liaison
Tiana Kaluhiwa
Alex Frost, Hawaii County Resource Center
James Leonard
Liaison
Jeremy McComber
Kylie Alexandra, Community Planning Assistant
Alice Moon
Marlene Murray, Recorder
VisionKeepers
Network
Kaholo Daguman
Tom Goya
Eileen O'Hara
Ellen Takazawa
James Leonard
Mission Statement Anita Politano -Steckel
The Mission of the EDH 2025 Donna Saiki
VisionKeepers is to energize,
guide, inspire and
strengthen partnerships
within the community to
implement the plan.
Alice Noon
Kanam Mon
Susan Gagorik
Kylie Alexandra
Marlene Murray
Vision Statement
Our Vision is that the
community embraces,
implements, and celebrates
the community -based
Vision and Living Action
Plan.
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 4
Roles and Responsibilities
This section provides information on how the VisionKeepers met their Roles and Responsibilities
from January 2009 —June 2010.
1. Promote the EDH 2025 Plan 0 W — M
This is the primary responsibility of the Vision Keepers and is met both directly and indirectly
through the fulfillment of all their Roles and Responsibilities.
EDH 2025 Exhibits:
■ Earth Day Fair at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, April 24, 2009.
.i Sustainability Fair at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, September 4, 2009.
2. Support and encourage existing Lead Solution Partners to successfully
accomplish their actions. A
M Numerous Lead Solution Partner Gatherings were held, which afforded the opportunity to
network with each other and encouraged the sharing of information and resources.
■ Lead Solution Partners also attended Working Group Sessions as part of the Sustainable
Design assessment Team Program.
■ In 2008, EDH 2025 obtained council discretionary funds to utilize for Easy Wins. EDH
partnered with the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association, who did a fantastic job on
the revitalization of Liholiho Park, which was completed in June 2009, and on the design
and installation of interpretive signage at Kalakaua Park and the Naha Stone at the Hilo
Public Library, both of which were unveiled to the public in December 2009.
3. Identify and outreach to new Lead Solution Partners.
Through networking and collaboration, many new partners have become involved in the
implementation of the EDH 2025 Plan. There are presently 41 committed Lead Solution
Partners, an increase from 18 in 2005, when the Plan was originally adopted. (See page 10
for a complete list of Committed Lead Solution Partners.)
■ The Hilo High School Key Club has formed a youth committee, "EnVision Now," to begin
working on projects in Downtown Hilo. The VisionKeepers have supported the formation
of this new committee.
EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 5
■ The VisionKeepers have connected with multiple Potential Partners including the Hawai'i
Island Economic Development Board, Disability Rights Hawaii, and the Hawaii
Community Collective.
4. Share information regarding current news and changes in and around
Downtown Hilo.
The VisionKeepers prepared press releases for all major EDH 2025 events, including the
Sustainable Design assessment Team Program, fiction Plan Update Open Houses, the
Vision Concept, and the proposed amendments to Chapter 25 (Zoning) of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), as amended.
■ The SDAT Program received front page coverage in the Hawai'i Tribune Herald.
■ Vision Keepers participated in numerous radio interviews.
■ The VisionKeepers worked closely with the Hilo Downtown Improvement association, and
EDH 2025 updates are regularly included in their "Around Downtown Column" in the
Hawaii Tribune Herald.
5. Host a Town Meeting to report progress of the Action Plan to the wider
community.
■ In 2009, two public meetings were held in conjunction with the Sustainable Design
Assessment Team program for Downtown Hilo. There were approximately 130 attendees at
the two meetings.
6. Showcase and celebrate Easy Wins.
d Liholiho Park was revitalized by the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association (HDLA)
with the work completed in June 2009. Periodic maintenance will be performed by the Hilo
High School Key Club /EnVision Now.
■ The Downtown Hilo Fire Safety Survey was conducted in July 2009 in a joint effort between
the Fire Department, Planning Department, Vision Keepers, and HDLG.
■ The Hilo Community Celebration of Family Day was held in November 2009 as part of the
Playful Cities USA project.
■ Interpretive Signs at Kalakaua Park and by the Naha Stones at the Hilo Public Library were
installed and dedicated in December 2009. The project was overseen by the HDLA.
EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 6
■ A mural depicting Honoli'i beach was completed in May 2010, in a joint effort between the
East Hawaii Cultural Center and the Furlough Friday Kids.
7. Produce an Annual Report for County Administration, Planning
Commission, County Council, Lead Solution Partners, funders, and the
community.
■ The Envision Downtown Hilo 2025: A Community -Based Vision and Living Action
Plan Progress Report, January 2009 — June 2010 was published in June 2010.
8. Work with the Planning Department to sustain the EDH 2025 Visioning
and Implementation Process and recommend suggestions for an island -
wide process.
■ The VisionKeepers presented The VisionKeepers' Guide to Implementing Your
Community Plan to the Kona CDP Action Committee and the Puna CDP Action
Committee.
■ The EDH 2025 Project Manager and Community Planning Assistant attended regular
meetings with staff from the various district -wide community development plans.
■ Meetings were held with stakeholders and Lead Solution Partners to discuss the translation
of the EDH 2025 Plan into regulatory language and recommendations for design
patterns /guidelines.
9. Assist the Planning Department with guiding the community involvement
process for updating the Living Action Plan every five years and
Community Vision every 20 years.
■ See "Highlights" on page 2 for more information on the process for the EDH 2025: 5
Year - Action Plan Update. A draft is available on the EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025
Website, http : / /www.co.hawaii.hi.us /edh2025.
■ An fiction Plan Review Workshop was held on October 9, 2009 to review proposed changes
to the fiction Plan, consider new strategies and actions, and prioritize strategies.
■ Meetings with Lead Solution Partners were held for each of the six Focus Areas to review
changes and additions to the fiction Plan.
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 7
■ Open House Displays for the fiction Plan Update and the Vision Concept were held at the
Hilo Palace Theater, the Hilo Farmer's Market, the Hilo Public Library, and the County
Aupuni Complex in January 2010.
■ On May 7, 2010, the EDH 2025: 5 -Year Action Plan Update was given a favorable
recommendation by the Windward Planning Commission. It now moves forward to the
Council Planning Committee.
10. Evaluate the effectiveness of the VisionKeepers.
■ In recognition of the current economic challenges and the difficulties that community
groups have with sustaining volunteers, the VisionKeepers are evolving from a committee
model to a network model. We are in the process of reconnecting with past members to
establish a "Vision Keepers Network" which will no longer meet monthly, but rather
communicate primarily via email, as needed.
11. Monitor the Vision Action Plan (track changes, measure progress in the
Action Plan.)
■ This is an ongoing process. Refer to pages 11 —16 in this report for progress charts for each
of the six Focus areas.
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12. Document the Implementation story to serve as a model for other
communities.
■ The EDH 2025: 5 -Year Action Plan Update includes a section on the implementation of
the Plan from Nov. 2005 — Jan. 2010.
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 8
Part III. Community Involvement
METHOD OF ACHIEVING CORE
CORE VALUES
VALUES
NUMBER
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS
JANUARY 2009 -JUNE 2010
VisionKeeper Monthly Meetings
9
n/a
Executive Committee Meetings
12
n/a
Special VisionKeeper Meetings
1
n/a
Build Local
Subcommittee /Core Team Meetings
45
n/a
1
Leadership
Capacity
Presentations to County
Council/Planning Commission
1
n/a
Conferences, Workshops, Training
3
6
Lead Solution Partner Gatherings
5
148
VisionKeeper Presentations to Lead
Solution Partner Organizations
3
n/a
Lead Solution Partner Presentations at
VisionKeeper Meetings
7
n/a
VisionKeeper /Lead Solution Partner or
Stakeholder Meetings (Individual
19
n/a
Appointments)
VisionKeeper participation in Lead
Solution Partner Public Meetings
4
n/a
Encourage
Partnerships and
VisionKeeper participation in
Planning Department Meetings
14
n/a
2
Community/
Government
SDAT Site Visit Meetings
12
n/a
Collaboration
SDAT Working Group Sessions
2
118
Additional SDAT Meetings
4
n/a
Action Plan Review Meetings with
Lead Solution Partners /Stakeholders
4
73
Zoning Code Amendments Meetings
with Stakeholders
7
72
Community Design Patterns Meeting
with Stakeholders
1
27
SDAT Public Meetings
2
130
Vision Concept Library Presentation
1
18
Continue
Press Releases
9
n/a
Community
Newspaper Articles
2
n/a
3
Involvement,
Outreach,
Newspaper Submissions
1
n/a
Networking, and
Education
Radio Interviews
1
n/a
EDH 2025 News Reports in the HDIA
Newsletter
2
n/a
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 9
Part IV. Status of the Action Plan
Lead Solution Partners (LSPs) are existing community or government organizations who have
committed to the Community Vision and are identified in the Plan to take the lead role for initiating
or implementing an Action(s) in the Living Action Plan.
Committed Lead Solution Partners
Alice Moon & Company Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency
Army Corps of Engineers Hilo Bay Watershed Advisory Group
Big Island Resource Conservation & Hilo Downtown Improvement
Development Council Association
County of Hawaii Dept. of Public Works Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce
County of Hawaii Dept. of
Environmental Management
County of Hawaii Mass Transit Agency
County of Hawaii Office of Housing &
Community Development
County of Hawaii Office of the
Prosecuting Attorney
County of Hawaii Planning Dept.
County of Hawaii Parks & Recreation
County of Hawaii Police Dept.
County of Hawaii Research &
Development
Community Alliance Partners
EDH 2025 VisionKeepers
East Hawaii Cultural Council
Friends of Hilo Public Library
Hawaii County Council
Hawaii Fire Dept.
Hawaii Community Collective
Hawaii Island Board of Realtors
Hilo Farmers Market, LLC
Hilo High School Key Club /EnVision
Now
Hilo Public Library
Ka Hui Pa`ani
Kaipalaoa Landing Working Group
Lyman Museum
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Palace Theater
Recycle Hawaii
State of Hawaii Dept. of Health
State of Hawaii Dept. of Transportation
Tropical Visions
University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program
University of Hawaii at Hilo College of
Arts and Science Dean's Office
UHH Conference Center
Wailuku River Walk Steering Committee
YWCA of Hawaii Island
TOTAL NUMBER OF LEAD SOLUTION PARTNERS: 41
EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 10
Vision Focus Area 1- Creating Economic Vitality
Initiated Actions
Completed Actions
New Actions
Total ,fictions: 31
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
New Strategies and Actions:
Action 1.16 Develop bike paths between Downtown and the educational institutions
Action 1.23 emend County code to allow restaurants to have sidewalk seating in
designated areas
Action 1.64 Recognize businesses that adopt Zero Waste goals
Action 1.65 Identify and promote "Green" businesses
Action 1.66 Create an educational kiosk about the impact of plastics on the marine
environment
Strategy 1.7 Improve relationships between Downtown Hilo and regional
educational institutions
Action 1.71 Involve local businesses in welcoming back students at the start of each
academic year
Action 1.72 Market Downtown to students and faculty and promote educational and
recreational resources
Strategy 1.8 Create financial opportunities to support a prosperous Downtown Hilo
Action 1.83 Identify new sources of grant funding to initiate community projects
Strategy 1.9 Enhance the sustainability of Downtown Hilo through business
incubation and retention programs
Action 1.91 Maintain and build positive relationships with new businesses through the
distribution of welcome packets
Action 1.92 Create incentives to utilize rental spaces for new small- business incubators
For more information about EDH 2025 actions, please view the Plan online: http: / /Co.howaii.hi. usledh2025
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 11
Vision Focus Area 2 - Preserving Our Environment
Initiated Actions
Completed Actions
New Actions
Total Actions: 33
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
New Strategies and Actions:
Action 2.11 Publish the Hilo Bayfront Trails conceptual master plan
Action 2.13 Develop the Kaipalaoa Landing Park
Action 2.14 Construct the Hilo Bayfront trail
Action 2.22 Protect and restore significant view corridors
Action 2.33 Facilitate community education about the Hilo Bay Watershed and Hilo Bay
Action 2.37 Retrofit storm drains and dry wells, to reduce pollution to the Bay
Action 2.53
Develop pocket parks
Action 2.54
Develop and maintain Liholiho Park as a pocket park-
Action 2.55
Install hanging baskets
Action 2.56
Celebrate Downtown gateways with signage and landscaping
Action 2.58
Create boulevard treatments along Waianuenue avenue
Action 2.61 Assess the frequency of closures of Bayfront Highway from hazardous
conditions
Strategy 2.7 Prepare for impacts of climate change and establish measures to
reduce energy consumption
Action 2.71 Include sea -level rise data in long -term implementation strategies
Action 2.72 Develop areas where visitors can "plant" a tree to offset the carbon footprint
created by travel to Hawai'i Island
Action 2.73 Create tax incentives for business that convert to renewable energy sources
Action 2.74 Promote carpooling to reduce the number of cars and energy consumption
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 12
Vision Focus Area 3 - Strengthening and Sustaining Our Community
Initiated Actions
Completed Actions
New Actions
Total Actions: 27
New Strategies and Actions:
Action 3.11 Establish a Youth Committee
Action 3.13 Promote Downtown as a "Playful City U.S.A."
Action 3.14 Organize a "Celebration of Family" Day
Action 3.15 Involve K -12 schools in developing after - school activities
Action 3.16 Designate an area for skateboard use
Action 3.23 Prepare progress reports and conduct periodic updates of EDH 2025
Action 3.31 Revitalize Kalakaua Park as a Heritage Area and central gathering place
Action 3.32 Install more benches
Action 3.33 Install picnic tables at Mo`oheau Park
Action 3.34 Develop a free Wi -Fi network
Action 3.42 Convene Kupuna from all cultures to share their stories as guidance for the
future
Action 3.44 Create a storytelling fund
Strategy 3.6 Implement programs to support community - capacity building
Action 3.61 Provide education to community groups to help develop leadership skills and
organizational structure
Action 3.62 Host periodic facilitation training sessions
Action 3.63 Host Project Management Training
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 13
Vision Focus Area 4- Enhancing Education, Culture and the Arts
Initiated Actions
Completed Actions
New Actions
Total Actions: 14
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
New Strategies and Actions:
Action 4.22 Develop signage for Kalakaua Park and Naha Stones
Action 4.24 Identify and honor Downtown Hilo's ancient heiaus
Strategy 4.4
Create educational and vocational opportunities in Downtown Hilo
Action 4.41
Provide student internship opportunities in Downtown
Action 4.42
Identify organizations that provide vocational training
Strategy 4.5 Create opportunities for visible art to enhance public spaces
Action 4.51 Develop murals
Action 4.52 Install banners on light poles along hamehameha avenue
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 14
Vision Focus Area 5 - Promoting Health and Safety
Initiated Actions
Completed Actions
New Actions
Total Actions: 21
0 2 4 6 810 12 J
New Strategies and Actions:
Action 5.11 Update the "Multi- Hazard Mitigation Plan: County of Hawai'i — May 2005"
Action 5.16 Form a Hilo Bay CERTeam
Action 5.22 Establish police bike patrols
Action 5.25 Train businesses on how to minimize crime through environmental design
Action 5.26 Improve lighting at Kalakaua Park
Action 5.33 Improve the safety features of crosswalks
Action 5.34 Map accessible features such as sidewalks, curb cuts, restrooms, and benches
Action 5.35 Improve sidewalk surfaces
Strategy 5.4 Promote healthy lifestyles to enhance the well -being of all residents
and visitors
Action 5.41 Create infrastructure to encourage physical fitness
Action 5.42 Promote healthy eating when possible
Action 5.43 Promote drug -free living and education
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 15
Vision Focus Area 6 - Managing Growth
Total Actions: 21
Initiated Actions J6_
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Completed Actions
New Actions 11,
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
New Strategies and Actions:
Action 6.11 Develop a master plan to include traffic circulation, parking, and pedestrian
streetscapes
Action 6.14 Improve multi -modal and pedestrian access on designated streets in
Downtown
Action 6.15 Identify streets for implementing traffic calming measures
Action 6.16 Develop landscaped curb extensions
Action 6.21 Construct a multi -story parking structure around the edge of Downtown
Action 6.32 Amend the CDH District and Plan Approval sections of the Zoning Code to
be consistent with the Overarching Vision for 2025
Action 6.33 Host an AI A Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program for Downtown
Hilo
Action 6.34 Create a Base Map to incorporate current conditions, resources, assets, and
infrastructure
Action 6.35 Create a Vision Concept that incorporates the EDH 2025 Action Plan
Action 6.41 emend Ch. 27 Flood Plain Management Code to minimize restrictions on
building renovation and construction
Action 6.52 Conduct a feasibility study for implementing a co- housing project with
options for seniors and people with disabilities in appropriate locations
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 16
Appendix
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Community Involvement
Pre -Plan Adoption 2004 -2005
EDH 2025 Visioning and Action Planning
Community Visioning Explained
Visioning is a process through which a community envisions the future that it wants, plans how
to achieve it, and begins to implement it. A successful community visioning process requires
broad community involvement. Through visioning, a community comes together to generate
answers to the following questions: Where are we now? Where are we going? Where do we
want to be? And finally, how do we get there?
The community visioning process used for Downtown Hilo consisted of a total of four community
workshops, a government workshop, a facilitator training workshop, and an alternative outreach
plan which came to be known as the Road Show. Recognizing that only a portion of the
community could attend the preliminary visioning workshops, the Road Show was designed to
take the vision ideas generated at such workshops and showcase them to the
wider community for their input. The Road Show also included a questionnaire that was
distributed to nearly 10,000 local residents.
What is Action Planning?
Once a community has completed the
visioning process, they must establish a
detailed plan for how they intend to arrive at
its vision. Action Planning is a process that
challenges the community to generate ideas
and projects, take ownership of them, and
find ways to implement them. A sound Action
Plan is well organized, written with a clear
and helpful level of detail, and most
importantly, is implementable.
Although action planning is a process that
typically occurs behind closed doors,
reserved for a select few, this was not the
case with EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025.
Determined to sustain the plan as a
community based effort, action planning for
the EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025 project consisted of two intensive Action Plan Workshops, a
Focus Area Action Plan Review Team Meeting, and two Comprehensive Action Plan Review
Team Meetings that involved a variety of community members. These intense work sessions,
held over a three month period, led to the development of a detailed action plan matrix for each
of the six Focus Areas. This was a complicated process that involved scrutinizing every
strategy, every action idea, every suggested lead or supporting partner and every existing
resource. The community members who participated in this stage of visioning committed an
enormous amount of time and every into finalizing the action plan.
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 20
Community Involvement: January 2006 — Tune 2007
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 21
CORE VALUES
METHOD OF ACHIEVING CORE VALUES
(January 2006 - June 2007)
NUMBER
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS
VisionKeeper Monthly Meetings
16
n/a
Executive Committee Meetings
2
n/a
1
Build Local
Leadership Capacity
Special VisionKeeper Meetings
3
n/a
Subcommittee Meetings
4
n/a
Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings
5
61
2
Encourage
Partnerships and
Community /Govern
ment Collaboration
VisionKeeper /Lead Solution Partner Meetings
(Individual Meetings /Appointments)
6
n/a
VisionKeeper Participation in Planning
Department Meetings
1
n/a
Continue
Community
1st EDH 2025 Town Meeting
1
220
Newspaper Articles
2
n/a
Radio Interviews
1
n/a
3
Involvement,
Outreach,
Networking and
Education
EDH 2025 Plan Distribution
copes
n/a
EDH 2025 Website Redevelopment
1
n/a
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 21
Community Involvement: 131 2007 — December 2008
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 22
CORE VALUES
METHOD OF ACHIEVING CORE VALUES
(July 2007 - December 2008)
NUMBER
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS
VisionKeeper Monthly Meetings
16
n/a
Executive Committee Meetings
16
n/a
1
Build Local Leadership Capacity
Special VisionKeeper Meetings
1
n/a
Subcommittee Meetings
57
n/a
Presentations to County Council/ Planning
Commission
5
n/a
Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings
17
n/a
Lead Solution Partner Gatherings
5
117
VisionKeeper Presentations to Lead Solution
Partners
5
n/a
Encourage Partnerships
Lead Solution Partner Presentations at
VisionKeeper Meetings
9
n/a
VisionKeeper /Lead Solution Partner
Meetings (Individual
38
n/a
2
and
Community /Government
Collaboration
Meetings /Appointments)
VisionKeeper Participation in Lead Solution
Partner Public Meetings
8
n/a
VisionKeeper Participation in Planning
Department Meetings
7
n/a
2nd EDH 2025 Town Meeting
1
250
Press Releases
3
n/a
Newspaper Articles
4
n/a
Continue Community
Newspaper Submissions
2
n/a
3
Involvement, Outreach,
Networking and
Radio Interviews
3
n/a
Education
Newspaper Advertisements
3
n/a
EDH 2025 News Reports in the HDIA
Newsletter
3
n/a
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 22
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In the year 2025, Downtown Hilo
...Has a vibrant, thriving, and diversified economy that supports its residents, visitors, and local
businesses with a gathering place that builds on the community's unique scientific, educational,
historical, spiritual, cultural, and artistic assets.
Is a green, sustainable environment with protected natural resources - magnificent vistas,
pristine waters, pure sweet air, and historic charm.
...Carefully manages its growth and development through sound planning and policies,
accommodating change while preserving its unique historical character, natural features, and
quality of life.
...Is a friendly, safe, and healthy community with affordable housing, accessible health care, low
levels of crime, well- maintained streets, pedestrian pathways, public places, and a wealth of
recreational activities for families and youth.
...Is a global magnet for education, culture, and the arts, building on its rich Hawaiian, ethnic, and
cultural diversity and shares these resources with the community and the rest of the world.
...Is synonymous with the spirit of Aloha, a community that celebrates its unique character, rich
heritage, generational values, and vision for the future. Our hometown, Downtown Hilo, is a
welcoming neighborhood like no other - a wonderful place to live, work and play.
Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 23
For more information on the EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025 Living Action Plan...
Visit our website: www.co.hawaii.hi.us /edh2025
Email: edh2025 @-qmail.com
Call: (808) 961 -8288
Write: EDH 2025 VisionKeepers
c/o County of Hawaii Planning Department
101 Pauahi St. Suite #3
Hilo, HI 96720
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