Communication No. 2019-09- KCDP Amendments PD Review

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Communication No. 2019-09 ***** Note: Please this is not the latest version, please see communica tion number 2019-11 **** 4. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, P OLICIES, AND ACTIONS Chapter 4 presents the goals, objectives, policies, and actions of the Kona Community Development Plan (CDP). They are presented as eight elements, including: 1. Transportation 2. Land Use 3. Environmental Resource s 4. Cultural Resources 5. Housing 6. Public Facilities, Infrastructure and Services 7. Energy 8. Economic Development (GP) except that five elements of th e GP have been combined in two of the Kona CDP elements. Specifically, the Kona CDP element for Public Facilities, Infrastructure and Services combines the GP elements for Public Facilities, Public Utilities and Recreation; and, the Kona CDP element for En vironmental Resources combines the GP elements for Environmental Quality, Flooding and Other Natural Hazards, Natural Beauty and Natural Resources and Shoreline. The GP element for Historic Sites is referred to in the Kona CDP as Cultural Resources and th e GP element for Economic is referred to as Economic Development. The concepts of sustainability variously addressed in the GP element for Environmental Quality form a part of the overall vision for the Kona CDP, as presented in Chapter 3 Visualizing Kona Tomorrow. Each of the eight Elements in this chapter has seven eight components, described as follows: 1. Introduction to the Element, discussing its scope, purpose and/or guiding principle(s). A table shows which of the eight guiding principles the Elemen t supports. 2. Existing Conditions, describing the issues, concerns, and/or state of knowledge that are addressed in the Element. 3. Overall Strategy, explaining the major approaches by which the issues and concerns described in Existing Conditions will be addre ssed. 4. Goal, stating the intended outcome for the Element, as derived from the community outreach phase of the Kona CDP process. 5. Objectives, corresponding to each of the major approaches identified in the Overall Strategy. Each of the objectives in an Eleme nt is identified by an alphabetical prefix identifying the element and a - 6. Policies, that prescribe how each objective will be achieved. The policies that use are mandatory directives legally binding on County agencies provided that they do not supersede conservation, and preservation of cultural and natural resources) . Among the most significant 1