DHHL Hawai‘i Island Plan Update
DHHL Hawai‘i Island Plan Update
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) is developing an update for the 2002 Hawai‘i Island Plan.
The Island Plans are island-specific, 20-year visioning documents that designate land uses for Hawaiian home lands and serve as a guiding framework for DHHL’s activities and initiatives related to the allocation, utilization, and stewardship of Hawaiian Home Lands. The Island Plans establish land use goals and objectives based on the General Plan, develop land use designations to meet the needs of DHHL, ensure proper stewardship of the ‘āina and identify needs and opportunities of DHHL beneficiaries through community consultations, and workshops with the Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC).
The purpose of the Hawai‘i Island Plan Update is to update the overarching guidance and recommendations for appropriate land uses at the regional level for the over 117,000 acres of land on the mokupuni of Hawai‘i. The Hawai‘i Island Plan Update will also examine infrastructure needs and opportunities from an island wide perspective, gauge beneficiary wants and needs, and identify priority areas for homestead development, community use, and income generation, including incorporating the new DHHL land use designations identified in the 2022 General Plan Update.
Beneficiary Consultation
We have scheduled IN-PERSON BENEFICIARY CONSULTATIONS in four (4) locations across the island for our FIRST ROUND of consultation in AUGUST 2024. At these meetings we will discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku or regions indicated. Please note, not all meetings will cover land use designations for the entire island, but will focus on the DHHL landholdings in each moku or region listed.
- To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Hilo and Puna, including Keaukaha, Pana‘ewa, Kaūmana, Pi‘ihonua, Honomū and Maku‘u please join us at our beneficiary consultation meeting on AUGUST 6, 2024 at the KEAUKAHA ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA.
- To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Ka‘ū, please join us at our beneficiary consultation meeting on AUGUST 7, 2024 AT THE NĀ‘ĀLEHU COMMUNITY CENTER.
- To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Kohala and Hāmākua, including Kawaihae and Waimea Nui, please join us on AUGUST 14, 2024 at the DHHL WEST HAWAI‘I DISTRICT OFFICE KŪHIŌ HALL.
- To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Kona, please join us at our beneficiary consultation meeting on AUGUST 15, 2024 at the WEST HAWAI‘I CIVIC CENTER.
Each of the four (4) meeting will also include discussion of DHHL’s ‘Āina Mauna lands, and will provide opportunity for beneficiary input on land use designations for these lands.
We will share the land use designations that were set in the 2002 Hawai‘i Island Plan and explore opportunities for land use changes that meet the needs of Beneficiaries for today and the next 20 years. We welcome your thoughts, concerns, and aspirations for the future.
This is the first of three (3) rounds of beneficiary consultations:
- August 2024 – consider potential land use alternatives
- Winter 2024/2025 – review refined land use designations
- Spring 2025 – comment on draft plan
DHHL West Hawaii Island Plan Update 2009
BENEFICIARY CONSULTATION – ROUND ONE
Participate online in the first round of beneficiary consultation here. The Comment Period for this first round is open until SEPTEMBER 30, 2024. Please submit any comments you may have before the end of the comment period. Please follow the steps to participate:
- STEP ONE: Watch the Overview Presentation
- STEP TWO: Watch the Presentation for each of the Moku you are interested in commenting on. *Note: presentations discuss each tract of each moku and describe the details of the map, however the view of each map in the presentation is limited. The next step includes higher resolution pdf versions of each tract map where you may view each tract map fully and clearly with the ability to zoom in for more detail.
- STEP THREE: View the Maps showing the Draft proposed updates for each of the Moku you are interested in commenting on.
- STEP FOUR: Submit comments one of the following four ways
- ONLINE COMMENT FORM: https://forms.gle/RtvoNhPkVr7cHefY8
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: (808) 521-5631
- Postal mail to: 1001 Bishop Street Unit 650, Honolulu HI 96813
For questions or more information, contact Lilliane Makaila at [email protected].
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