ial community meeting 3 presentation

TAC Meeting 3 | November 14, 2017

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WHAT ARE THE CITY’SRECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS?

Community Meeting 3November 20, 2017

O‘ahu IAL Mapping Project


GOAL IS TO FACILITATE PUBLIC

INPUT IN PREPARING THE COUNTY’S IAL

MAP

What is IAL?

Why is DPP doing this?

How did DPP select the land recommended

for IAL? What

happens next?

MEETING AGENDA AND PURPOSE• Recap community

outreach efforts and process for LUC adoption

• Review the criteria used to select IAL

• Present the City’s recommendations for county-designated IAL

• Respond to your questions

GREAT LANDS FOR GREAT O‘AHU FARMS NOVEMBER 2017 |


PROJECT TEAMMAYOR’S AGRICULTURAL LIAISON

Dr. Po Yung Lai

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING

Kathy Sokugawa, Acting DirectorEugene Takahashi, Ray Young, Franz Kraintz

HHF Planners

Scott Ezer, Principal PlannerRob James, Corlyn Orr, Erin Higa, Alex Felix

Kem Lowry Bruce Plasch



WHY IS DPP DOING THIS?• Purpose

To comply with State law for counties to map IAL

• Need/Objectives Hawai‘i Revised Statues 205-42. “The objective for the identification of IAL is to identify and plan for the maintenance of a strategic agricultural land resource base that can support a diversity of agricultural activities and opportunities that expand agricultural income and job opportunities and increase agricultural self-sufficiency for current and future generations.”



HISTORY OF IAL


1978

State Constitutional Convention

•ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3, STATE CONSTITUTION “The State shall conserve and protect agricultural lands, promote diversified agriculture, increase agricultural self-sufficiency and assure the availability of agriculturally suitable lands. The legislature shall provide standards and criteria to accomplish the foregoing….”

2005

2008

State Legislation

•CHAPTER 205, PART III, HAWAI‘I REVISED STATUTES•Definition of IAL•Policies for the long term agricultural use of IAL•8 standards and criteria to be used in mapping •Landowners, counties and State processes for identifying lands with potential for IAL

•Roles/duties of select state-county agencies•Incentives for agricultural operations on IAL

2009 •Kaua‘i County begins mapping

2011 •City and County of Honolulu begins mapping


STATE LAND USE SYSTEM: CHAPTER 205, HRS

URBAN•City-like uses, regulated by counties' zoning ordinances

RURAL (Not on O‘ahu)•Small farms, low-density residential, uses defined in HRS, Chapter 205

AGRICULTURAL•AG, Federal owned; recreation/open space uses w/out land qualities of other districts

CONSERVATION•Forest reserves, watersheds, other nature resources



DEFINITION OF IAL (HRS, 205-42) “IAL means those lands…that:

•Are capable of producing sustained high agricultural yields when treated and managed according to accepted farming methods and technology;

•Contribute to the State's economic base and produce agricultural commodities for export or local consumption; or

•Are needed to promote the expansion of agricultural activities and income for the future, even if currently not in production.”


IAL is a special land use designation overlaying the State AG District

IAL is a special land use designation overlaying the State AG District

IAL does not change allowable uses or affect

zoning

IAL does not change allowable uses or affect

zoning

It’s main regulatory effect is a more

stringent approval process to URBANIZE

land

It’s main regulatory effect is a more

stringent approval process to URBANIZE

land


LONG-TERM GOALS OF IAL


Help farming be an economically viable activity

Ensure that the best of O‘ahu’s high-quality farm land is protected and preserved for long-term agricultural use

Guide decision-making in the State Agricultural District


3 PROCESSES TO DESIGNATE LANDS AS IAL State Land Use Commission is the approving authority

for all 3 processes

County Initiated

County Planning Departments

identify candidate IAL on

specific lands

Landowner InitiatedVoluntary

process for landowners to

petition the LUC

State Initiated

State DOA and DLNR identify

candidate IAL on State-owned, public lands



COUNTY-INITIATED PROCESS

DPP prepares resource maps

(Phase I)

Community engagement• Focus groups•3 rounds of public meetings

• Landowner notification

•Written comments

DPP finalizes IAL Map and

accompanying report;

transmits to City Council

City Council reviews and adopts via resolution;

transmits to LUC

LUC issues written

decision to designate IAL


2011-2014 2014-2017 Jan-Feb 2018


COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES


Nov 2014 to Feb 2015•PROJECT REFINEMENT

•TAC Meeting 1, Dec-8-2014•3 small group meetings, Jan-Feb 2015

March to May 2015•INFORMATION GATHERING

•Community Meeting 1, Apr 2015 (Mililani, Kaneohe, Kapolei)•60-day public comment period

Dec 2015 to Apr 2017

•MAP FORMATION•TAC Meeting 2, Dec-8-2015•Community Meeting 2, Jan-2017 (Haleiwa, Kapolei)•Landowner notifications and 60-day comment period

Nov 2017 to Feb 2018•MAP COMPLETION & PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

•TAC Meeting 3, Nov-14-2017•Community Meeting 3, Nov-20-2017 (Aiea)

TBD•CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION BY RESOLUTION

•Council hearings

TBD•LUC REVIEW AND ADOPTION

•LUC hearings


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MAP OF STUDY AREA (LAND ELIGIBLE FOR COUNTY-INITIATED IAL)


3 PRIORITY CRITERIA

1. Currently used for agricultural productionPRIORITY

2. Soil qualities and growing conditionsPRIORITY

3. Agricultural productivity rating systems such as ALISH

4. Traditional native Hawaiian agricultural uses or unique crops and uses

5. Sufficient quantities of waterPRIORITY

6. Consistent with county general, development, and community plans

7. Contributes to a critical land mass

8. With or near support infrastructure conducive to AG productivity

9. Agricultural easements (added by the TAC)

Land must have at least 1 of the 3 priority criteria to be screened for IAL



DRAFT DEC-2016 IAL MAP (52,575 acres)MapOahuAgLand.com


Website map viewer to be updated with the Final IAL Map and comments


PRIORITY CONCERNS FROMCOMMUNITY MEETING 2

• Defend Ho‘opili and Koa Ridge lands (no more development on O‘ahu)

• Increase food self-sufficiency; use AG land to grow food

• IAL designation makes it easier for developers to rezone unimportant AG land

• How will IAL affect my land value and future development potential?

• Fear of adding another layer of regulation; unsure about future use restrictions on IAL

• Mistrust/objections to government initiatives; feeling that the public is not being heard

• Consideration of small farmers and family farms vs. corporate farming interests

• Want to ensure consistency with General Plan and Development Plans/Sustainable Communities Plans

• Balanced representation on the TAC



LAND PROPOSED FOR IAL DESIGNATION


STATE IAL QUALIFIED AG COST TAX CREDITPROVIDES TAX CREDITS FOR:• Roads and utilities serving IAL• AG processing facilities• Water wells, reservoirs, dams, storage facilities,

pipelines or irrigation systems• Agricultural housing• Feasibility studies, regulatory processing, legal

and accounting services related to items above• Equipment used to cultivate, harvest or process

AG products• Regulatory processing, studies, legal and other

consultant services related to obtaining/retaining sufficient water for AG activities and retaining the right to farm on IAL


This year’s Legislature failed to re-authorize the

IAL tax credit

Tax credit expires at end of tax year 2017


COMMENTS RECEIVED ON DRAFT MAP

93 letters from: •4 State agencies•7 County agencies•7 individuals•1 community organization•74 landowners (both individuals + corporations)

Of the 93 letters: •67 landowners requested exclusion from IAL (38 granted)•6 landowners requested to be included as IAL (5 granted)•20 were comments from other interested parties



SUMMARY OF PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED ON DRAFT MAP

• Majority of landowners requested removal from IAL because property:• Is not in AG use• Is not desired for future AG use• Does not have qualities to support productive AG use• Was incorrectly included (Kamehameha Schools, Castle & Cooke)

• Comments from non-landowners focused on: • Including Hoʽopili and Koa Ridge as IAL• Preserving all AG lands, regardless of IAL designation• More community outreach and opportunities for public discourse• Greater transparency in the planning process

• Comments from government agencies were generalized, not specific to the draft map• State: DAGS, DHHL, LUC, OP• County: BWS, DDC, DES, HFD, DPR, HPD, DTS



DPP MAP REVISIONS


DPP considered additional criteria in refining the draft map

Most parcels added were due to • context and critical mass (i.e.,

surrounded by IAL parcels of same owner; Criteria 7)

• corrections for mapping errors

FOR QUESTIONS, CONTACT:Raymond Young, Staff PlannerDepartment of Planning and Permitting 650 S. King Street, 7th Floor Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Ph: (808) 768-8049 Email: [email protected]

Most parcels removed were due to• urban designated use (i.e., Country zoning which allows residential

use, those proposed for future urbanization) • corrections for mapping errors (i.e., zoned for urban use and

already built with dwellings)

Some added or removed parcels had a combination of the above

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