HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-54 Volcano Long Range Plan Report 8Nov12Communication No. 2012 -54
DRAFT /Dtaylor: 08 Nov 2012
Summary for Volcano Long Range Plan
The Volcano Long Range Plan (VLRP) is a plan for action. It is the vision expressed by dozens of
residents, made in hundreds of hours of small and large group meetings during the preparation
of the Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP) during the early 1990s. whereas the PCDP
expresses in a conceptual context the vision for longterm development of the Puna District,
along with its several communities, the VLRP applies to the Volcano community. It delineates
goals, objectives, and actions that are intended to move the community forward in LAND AND
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, GROWTH MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT.
This draft VLRP derives substantially from previous plans, notably the VISION 20/20 Plan, and
the Immediate predecessor, the Volcano Plan, neither of which was approved by the Planning
Department or the County Council. This VLRP will ultimately be submitted for approval as
County Ordinance by County Council, during the coming year. It is aligned with the PCDP,
which is in effect under County Ordinance. The VLRP was previously an accurate reflection of
the community vision for the long term. Now it is essential that we re- capture community
consensus and incorporate any new ideas and developments and that these are written into
the final draft.
Two important proposals are emphasized in this draft VLRP:
• Steal Design District designation for the commercial and historic center of the village
• Special District Overly designation for the entire community as a Transition Zone
component of the International Biosphere Reserve status enjoyed by the Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park
Other activities addressed in the draft VLRP include:
• Environmental quality and natural resources conservation
• Historic preservation and education
• Land use
• Agriculture and economic development
• Commercial growth
• Medical and social services
• Recreation, public health, safety, and sanitation
Public transportation, roadway management, pedestrian and cycle travel
Proposed action projects:
• Protect the native forest, cultural and historic features and sites from inappropriate
development
• Ensure that tourism is compatible with historic and natural resources conservation
• Establish a Special Design District Review committee
• Expand the area zone for commercial development
Provide models of forest restoration in collaboration with Volcano Art Center, National
Park Service, 1Camehameha 5chovls, Cooper Center and other comrriunity institutions
• Collaborate with WH Shipman Estate, Ltd., to develop a secondary village center
• Develop recreation programs that complement existing classes and activities
• Support training and equipment needs of the Volcano Community emergency Response
Team (CERT) to respond to all types of disasters
• Encourage neighborhoods to organize Neighborhood Watch Programs to achieve a goal
of one Watch Captain for every 10 house sites
9 Promote education about medical services, cultural and natural resource conservation,
and community security and safety
• Redesign main transportation thoroughfares for shared use by cyclists and pedestrians
Prepared by the Long Range Planning Committee
Volcano Community Asociation
P.O. Box SSo
Volcano, 11196785
www.voicanocommunity.org
Nov 8, 2012
Proposed Biosphere Reserve Transitional Zone ^ ' ;
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VGCCE Volcano Golf & Country Club Estates
VFL Volcano Farm Lots
CA Cymbidium Acres
WHS W. H. Shipman
MLE Mauna Loa Estates
CAE Ohia Estates
HOW Hawaiian Orchid Island Estates
RH E Royal Hawaiian Estates
FF Fern Forest