What is the Role of State Planning?

APA-HI Presents

January 9, 2013

Presentation by Jesse K. Souki, Director, Office of Planning

State Office of PlanningHawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 225M

Why was the Office created?• Fix responsibility and accountability to successfully

carry out statewide planning programs, policies, and priorities

• Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of the executive branch

• Ensure comprehensive planning and coordination to enhance the quality of life of the people of Hawaii

Source: HRS §225M-1.

Why Plan?• Meet the physical, economic, and social needs of

Hawaii's people

• Provide for the wise use of Hawaii's resources in a coordinated, efficient, and economical manner

• Conserve natural, environmental, recreational, scenic, historic, and other limited and irreplaceable resources which are required for future generations

Source: HRS §225M-1.

What does OP do?1. State comprehensive planning and program coordination

2. Strategic planning

3. Planning coordination and cooperation

4. Statewide planning and geographic information system (GIS)

5. Land use planning

6. Coastal and ocean policy management

7. Regional planning and studies

8. Regional, national, and international planning

Source: HRS §225M-2.

Regulatory Activities• Some SMA Approvals. Reviewing and issuing of

special management area permits for projects within the Hawaii community development districts

• CZM Determinations. Reviewing and issuing of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Act federal consistency determinations for certain federal actions and activities

• LUC Recommendations. Developing and presenting the position of the State in all boundary change petitions and proceedings before the Land Use Commission

Source: HRS Chapters 205, 205A, and 225M.

Key Policies that Guide OP

•Hawaii State Planning Act•State Land Use Law•Coastal Zone Management Act

Hawaii State Planning ActHawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 226 (1978)

• Serves as a guide for the future long-range development of the State

• Identifies the goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the State

• Provides a basis for determining priorities and allocating limited resources, such as public funds, services, human resources, land, energy, water, and other resources

• Improves the coordination of federal, state, and county plans, policies, programs, projects, and regulatory activities

• Establishes a system for plan formulation and program coordination to provide for an integration of all major state, and county activities

A STATEWIDE PLANNING SYSTEM

Part I: Overall Theme, Goals, Objectives and Policies

Population

Economy

Physical environment

Facility systems

Socio-cultural advancement

Part III: Priority Guidelines

Economic

Population GrowthCrime and criminal

justice

Affordable housing

Education

Sustainability

Climate Change Adaptation

Part II: Statewide planning system

Functional plans• Define and implement Parts

I and II• Identify priority issues• Implementing actions

County general plans• Desired population• Physical development

patterns• Further define Parts I and II

State programs• State budget• Land Use Commission• Board of Land and Natural

Resources

Have We Achieved the Goals of the State Plan?

Hawaii Today?

A Quality Environment

Human Well-Being

A Healthy Economy

• Gallup Poll 2012: Hawaii Still No. 1 in Wellbeing

• Hawaii Biz Magazine 2012• Hawaii Above U.S.

Average in Economy, Environment and Health

• Below Average in Housing/Transportation

State Land Use LawHawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 205

• Purpose• “preserve, protect and encourage the

development of the lands in the State for those uses to which they are best suited for the public welfare[.]” L. 1961, c 187, §1.

• Implementation Mechanisms• 5-Year Boundary Review• District Boundary Amendments• Important Agricultural Lands

Designation• State Special Use Permits

State Land Use Classifications

1969

U3%

C49%

A48%

R0%

2011

U5%

C48%

A47%

R0%

Have We Accomplished the Intent of the Law?• Does the current land use system:• Ensure long-term gains for our economy?• Promote uses that best serve the well-being of the owner

and the public?• Prevent scattered subdivisions with expensive, yet reduced,

public services?• Direct development away from prime agricultural lands for

residential uses when other lands are available to meet urban needs?

• Promote the utilization of multi-purpose lands?

Coastal Zone Management ActHawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 205A

• Purpose• “provide for the effective management,

beneficial use, protection, and development of the coastal zone.” See L. 1977, c 188, § 1.

• Implementing Mechanisms• Special Management Area Permits• Federal Consistency• Comprehensive Planning and

Coordination

Decline of Hawaii’s Planning SystemExpectations vs. Reality

• The Hawaii State Planning Act is a Planning System• Overall theme, goals, objectives, and policies• Priority guidelines• State functional plans• County general plans• State programs

• State functional plans were last updated in 1991

• Last 5-Year District Boundary Review was in 1992

• OP taken out of governor’s office

• State Plan Policy Council dissolved

• Funding and staffing of the office has declined significantly over time

Expectations

Reality

Waihee’s Term Ends (1986-1994)

Cayetano’s Term Ends(1994-2002)

Lingle’s Term Ends (2002-2010)

Expectations

RealityWaihee’s Term Ends

Cayetano’s Term Ends

Lingle’s Term Ends

Current Projects and Initiatives2011 and 2012

Leveraging State Agency involvement in Transit-Oriented Development to Strengthen Hawaii’s Economy

A Tool for Meeting New Day Agenda• Improving the Economy and

Advancing Education

• Promoting Energy Independence

• Protecting the Environment and Promoting Local Food Production

• Ensuring the Health of Hawaii’s People

• Meeting the Needs of Older Adults

• Ensuring Access to Affordable Housing and Human Services

Recommendations

• Executive policy identifying TOD as a priority for implementing smart growth in the New Day Plan

• Identify a lead agency within state government to advance TOD

• Prioritize state-owned properties and assets within transit areas to understand sustainable development potential or the need to preserve existing uses on environmentally and culturally sensitive lands.

• Target resources to support TOD and walkable, smart growth communities.

Sustainability• Act 181 (2011),

Sustainability Priority Guidelines• UH Public Policy Center• Hawaii Green Growth

Group• Counties

Climate Change Adaptation• Act 286 (2012), Climate

Change Adaptation Priority Guidelines• UH Law School CRest

Project• Working with state and

county planners to design options for implementation

• Incorporating coastal hazard assessments as part of state and county planning and decision-making

Increased Food Security and Food Self-Sufficiency Strategy• Sets forth objectives, policies and actions to

increase the amount of locally grown food consumed by Hawaii’s residents

• Emphasizes increasing production by strengthening agricultural infrastructure (i.e. agricultural parks, irrigation systems and distribution systems/facilities)

• Recommends actions to provide for food safety, pest prevention and control, workforce training, research and extension services

National Ocean Policy• Executive Order 13547

--Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes, July 19, 2010

• NOAA Grant• NOP Coordinator Hired

• Pacific Regional Ocean Partnership

• Regional Planning Body

• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Important Agricultural Lands• County Designations• Each county must identify and map potential important

agricultural lands within its jurisdiction• OP and DOA must make recommendations to LUC

• Landowner Designations• Designated IAL lands to-date approximately 89,859 acres• Proposed to-date approximately 11,880 acres

5-Year Boundary Review & LUBDA Process Review

Requirements

• Review of the classification and districting of all lands in the State

• Focus review on the Hawaii state plan, county general plans, and county development and community plans

• Submit a report of the findings to the state land use commission

Intended Benefits

• Improved coordination with county planning process

• Context for improvements to the boundary amendment process

• Better linking of state infrastructure and services to future growth areas

• Greater ability to use context sensitive planning and Smart Growth principles

Source: HRS §205-18.

Statewide GIS Program Modernization• To encourage use of and facilitate access to geospatial

data, tools, and analysis by decision makers and geospatial professionals alike. This project is included in and funded through the CIO's business transformation plan.• Provide robust server- and cloud-based geospatial environments • Provide application development resources and support to all

state agencies• Negotiate a statewide Enterprise License Agreement• Develop and implementing data and metadata standards• Develop geospatial data and tools, and provide analysis and

support to facilitate planning and decision making (e.g., coastal and marine spatial planning, renewable energy)

Other Planning Efforts• EDA Grants• CEDS Implementation and Green Industries Collaboration• Hawaii Natural Disaster Economic Recovery Strategy• Economic Development Strategies for Native Hawaiian Communities

• CZM Studies and Activities• Alternative Financing for Public Access Easements• Evaluating Cumulative and Secondary Impacts of Stormwater Runoff• Valuing the Avoided Costs of SMA Permitting• National Estuarine Research Reserves System Site

• NOAA National Ocean Policy• Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

“It will be tragic if in the year 2000, the leaders of that time look back…with great remorse for what might have been.

What can we say to our children, and to their children, if we fail to act now?”

– George R. Ariyoshi, 1981.