Strategy 2.1: Provide for substantive community input to the County Planning Department and the County Council in order to finalize and accept priority shoreline access easements.

Strategy 2.2: Assign responsibility and authority for the construction, management and maintenance of public access easements, paths, and roads that fall under the County’s responsibility to a specific County Public Access Coordinator, together with adequate funding.

Strategy 2.3: Revise and improve Chapter 34 of the Hawai`i County Code, dealing with “PUBLIC ACCESS,” and Planning Department “Rule 21 – Relating to Public Access: Usage;” in specific ways recommended by the Access Focus Group and the North Kohala CDP Action Committee.

Strategy 2.4: Encourage increased cooperation and coordination among federal, state, and county agencies and departments regarding public access to coastal and mauka lands.

Strategy 2.5: Encourage and increase cooperation and coordination between the community and private land owners regarding public access to coastal and mauka lands.

Strategy 2.6: Implement a long-range plan for achieving adequate public access to both coastal areas and to the mountains, as part of the North Kohala Community Development Plan.[from Growth Management Section]:

Strategy 1.9: Establish a View Plane Protection Program to identify and protect areas of significant beauty along the Kohala Mountain Road and Akoni Pule Highway corridor.