TIME CHANGE: 1:30pm TODAY
There will be a Special Meeting of the North Kohala CDP Action Committee today, Monday, at 5pm (Hisaoka Gym Conference Room) at which the Planning Department will present their progress on revising the General Plan. This is the only agenda item. The 2005 Plan preface says:
The County of Hawaii’s General Plan is the policy document for the long range comprehensive development of the island of Hawaii. The purposes of the General Plan are to:
- Guide the pattern of future development in this County based on long-term goals;
- Identify the visions, values, and priorities important to the people of this County;
- Provide the framework for regulatory decisions, capital improvement priorities, acquisition strategies, and other pertinent government programs within the County organization and coordinated with State and Federal programs.
- Improve the physical environment of the County as a setting for human activities; to make it more functional, beautiful, healthful, interesting, and efficient.
- Promote and safeguard the public interest and the interest of the County as a whole.
- Facilitate the democratic determination of community policies concerning the utilization of its natural, man-made, and human resources.
- Effect political and technical coordination in community improvement and development.
- Inject long-range considerations into the determination of short-range actions and implementation.
The Plan is revised every 15 years (i.e. now). The past Plan had the entire CDP concept as a late addition. Much of the procedures were “expert driven,” meaning that county officials decided what was needed. Hopefully the present revision will integrate local community input throughout. It is important to provide our input so that the new Plan reflects our values.
John D Winter
Chair, North Kohala Community Development
Plan Action Committee
PO Box 849
Kapa’au HI 96755
(808) 889-6901