{"id":152967,"date":"2021-12-10T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T19:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=152967"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T02:17:48","slug":"bor-schedule-meeting-new-maunakea-master-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/bor-schedule-meeting-new-maunakea-master-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> regents schedule first meeting on new Maunakea Master Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Board of Regents (BOR<\/abbr>) has scheduled a special board meeting for Thursday, December 16<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), to receive the draft Master Plan for UH<\/abbr>-managed lands on Maunakea. The public will have nearly six weeks to review the plan and submit testimony as the BOR<\/abbr> will not deliberate or take action on the Master Plan until the next scheduled full board meeting on January 20, 2022.<\/p>\n

The draft Master Plan for the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maunakea Lands; E \u014c I N\u0101 Leo (Listen to the Voices)<\/a><\/em> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) is available for review on the BOR<\/abbr> website<\/a>. The Master Plan serves as a framework for aligning land-use decisions in a manner that is consistent with UH<\/abbr>\u2019s mission and purpose. The master plan requires board approval to take effect and would replace the Master Plan the BOR<\/abbr> adopted in 2000.<\/p>\n

Following years of work by the university gathering input and in consultation with stakeholders, such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA<\/abbr>), the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR<\/abbr>), the Maunakea Management Board and Kahu K\u016b Mauna, the regents want to offer this opportunity to hear from the community before making a final decision.<\/p>\n

The public can submit written testimony for both the December 16 and January 20 meetings by emailing bor.testimony@hawaii.edu<\/a> or via an online form<\/a> and\/or register to provide oral testimony through a link on the meeting agenda. The December 16 meeting, scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m., is virtual, and will be livestreamed on the BOR<\/abbr> meeting livestream page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The university has already received more than 1,450 comments (online, telephone messages, U.S. Postal Service) on the draft of the new plan during a month-long public comment period that ended in mid-October. The plan submitted for the board\u2019s consideration incorporates applicable comments received from the public and multiple stakeholder groups. A summary of outreach efforts can be found in Appendix A of the Master Plan.<\/p>\n

The overarching goals of the Master Plan are to broaden Native Hawaiian and community participation in planning and programming; reduce impacts to the natural resources, especially in the summit region, by limiting development; and create better balance among cultural, environmental, scientific and recreational interests.<\/p>\n

The Master Plan sets forth a framework for early decision making and community input to determine whether a particular land use should be allowed to proceed to permitting and environmental review by the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the DLNR<\/abbr>, which regulate land uses in conservation districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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