Critical Path: Impl of Art XI Sect 3 HI State Constitution

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The Mission

• Renewal of HI’s system of Land Use Planning

and Regulation

Implementation of Article XI Section 3

Hawaii State Constitution

• Land Use Commission to set policies & standards

• County to exercise oversight with regards to plans & implementation

• LUC to redefine SLU Districts

• County regulates all districts except conservation

• Conserve & Protect Ag Lands

• Promote Diversified Ag

• Increase Ag Self Sufficiency

• Assure the availability of Ag suitable lands

• Legislature to provide standards & criteria to accomplish

Critical Path: Impl of Art XI Sect 3 HI State Constitution

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Identification of Important Agricultural Lands

Conserve & Protect ID IAL

Leg Establishes New Ag DistrictStandards& Criteria

ID IALEstablish as overlaysubset of existing

district

ID IALEstablish as Policy Guidance Tool

AWG Standards& Criteria

Assure the Availability

Counties to Designate Future Administration• Conforms to County Plans *Where does non-IAL

go?• $/Technical Asst from State *What restrictions?• Timeframe for Performance IAL/non-IAL?

-non-dev districtLUC to “Accept/Ratify” -min lot size• Quasi-legislative -allowable uses• Mapped boundaries

-timeframe/phasing of• “not metes & bounds” action/determine

status-1 time

redistricting

• Community involvement *leads to need for system renewala “must”! *Rural district fix

• Appropriate to delegate to *LUC/County responsibilitiesCounties

• Flexibility given to county *Phased system renewalprocess

Critical Path: Impl of Art XI Sect 3 HI State Constitution

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Incentives to Enhance Agriculture

Promote Diversified Agriculture

• Ag District Enterprise Zones• Ag Easements For IAL• PDR, TDR, TDC• Ag Viability Programs For non IAL• Tax incentives• Ag Viability Programs

• Legislative understanding and funding• Omnibus legislation need to support both• Separate package

Increase Ag Self-Sufficiency

Investments

and

Enterprise

-Realization of constitutional mandate