The University of Hawaii Board of Regents is seeking public input on a draft of a new Master Plan for UH-managed lands on Maunakea.
The Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Thursday, Dec. 16, to receive a draft of the new Master Plan.
After receiving the draft, however, the board will not take action until the next scheduled full board meeting on Jan. 20, 2022, giving members of the public six weeks to review the plan and submit testimony.
More than 1,450 comments already have been submitted on a draft of the Master Plan during a separate public comment period earlier this year. The draft that will be submitted next week will incorporate applicable comments from that period as well as some from other stakeholder groups.
The draft Master Plan, which is titled “E O I Na Leo (Listen to the Voices),” would replace the existing Master Plan adopted in 2000 and serves as a framework for how UH will make land-use decisions on Maunakea.
According to a UH statement, 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.”
The draft will be available for public review at hawaii.edu/offices/bor/archive by the end of the day.