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PLANNING PROCESS INITIATION OF THE PLANNING PROCESS Pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Hawai'i County General Plan, the Planning Director or Council may initiate a Community Development Plan. In fiscal year 2009-2010, the County Council appropriated funding for the Hamakua CDP, and the Planning Director initiated the CDP planning process in September 2009. STEERING COMMITTEE Pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Hawai'i County General Plan, each Community Development Plan shall have a steering committee composed of volunteer members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the County Council. The members shall be broadly representative of the affected communities. The steering committee shall work in conjunction with the Planning Department and with any professional consultants hired to assist in the preparation of the plan. The Hamakua CDP Steering Committee was confirmed in 2010. The principal roles of the Steering Committee included: • Help tailor the planning process to the unique characteristics of Hamakua and its stakeholders • Promote the planning process within various sectors of the community to maximize participation while maintaining a neutral, approachable posture in the community • Monitor the development of the CDP to ensure that the best interests of the Hamakua region as a whole are incorporated • Recommend approval of the CDP. More information about the Hamakua CDP Steering Committee is available here: http://www.hawaiicountvcdp.info/hamakua-cdp/steering-committee. COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION The Hamakua CDP is the product of years of collaborative community, consultant, and County work. It is firmly grounded in the community's objectives and has been vetted by community stakeholders at each step. The project timeline illustrates the CDP phases and steps, and can be viewed here: http://records.hawaiicounty.gov/Weblink/1/doc/92599/Pagel.aspx, and a 5 -minute CDP orientation video can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/161253400. The Hamakua CDP was developed in three stages. Each stage was driven by extensive community input and concluded with a clear decision by the CDP Steering Committee. During the first stage, thousands of "talk story' and survey comments from community members were used to identify core community values and a vision of what they'd like to see in Hamakua in 2030, as summarized in Section 1.7 of the CDP. At the end of that stage, the Steering Committee affirmed a Values and Visions Statement that then served as a compass point guiding the planning process. Next, a detailed profile of the community (Appendix 3) was developed based on community knowledge and expertise as well as existing data, reports, and studies. Section 1.6 of the CDP summarizes the community assets and challenges identified in the profile. That stage concluded when the Steering