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island Eyes Video Jouenalism <br /> MGry MOrYIn ~OIfM P O Box 10702 • HNO, Hawdl p6721 • (808) p82-9100 <br /> January 20, 2001 <br /> <br /> To the Hawa('I County Courldl Committee on Planning <br /> Teetlmony sgak~st dsvsioprnent d e Regional Shopping Center by Shipman <br /> (BIN 195) <br /> MY corloems in regard to the proposed Shipman shopping mall grow out d my <br /> deep dfsappofrltrnent In what the Shipman plarxlere have done to ea'au In the last seven <br /> yye~arres Part d the charrrl d the IsNuld ie due to It's villages. However most d the core d <br /> Kea'su has been bulldozed a turned into a stlopping oerrter. Orlly the Horlgwanji <br /> remains as a reminder d Ir's peat gkxy, but even that was compromised when they put a <br /> g staff in front d R. Now between Kea'au and HNo they vvarrt to do anottler <br /> When we have so marry empty buildings in both downtown Hib as well as in our <br /> centers, b another shoppfrg center live minutes outside HNo a smart move? <br /> Not rea <br /> A few morlthe ago I attended the Smart Growth Conference at the Hilton in Waikiki <br /> sponsored try the State Office d Planning. There was a large attendance from all the <br /> islands end rldtxled from the BIg Island SenaOor Lorraine Irxwye and County Coundl <br /> Representathre Nancy PfeiocF?b. The event was organized out d the e>~ectation d large <br /> numbers d people moving to Hawal'i and unprecedented growth. `Smart growth" is a <br /> r ~wieelya~eernffo~rt to get <br /> in Id~rld <br /> d as <br /> a bt d u~rbemn <br /> ma~rllend <br /> areas. <br /> Smart Growth is a movement that realizes that economic security ~ tied to <br /> ernrkonmerllal health. Flxtilermore 'smart growth' kldudes ing for community, having <br /> pedestrian scab ernrkaxrlenls, mekltalning or designing ens and wNdlMe oorrldors, <br /> preeervklg tlfstork: assets, and buHdirg m creels value and beauty It irrvdves <br /> eRident use d land and a reultalizetlon and reirnestrnent in downtown Dore areas. <br /> Smart Growth also emphasizes publk: invoNemerlt in the planning process. I ask <br /> the Council to set up on-gdng c meetings with smart growth obJectlves for the Puna- <br /> Hib area and headed by the Planning Department. We need to educate ourselves and <br /> plan wisely for the future. <br /> it you would like to know more about the Smart Growth Conferenos, I will be <br /> showing some d it's pprr on my weekl1yy t.v. show 'Eye On The Ernrironment' <br /> which afro on Public Aicessb Charxlel 2, Tuesday 7 to 8 pm and Saturday 4 to 5 <br /> pm <br /> Thank you for your ooneideratbn d the9e ideas, <br /> ,h„w, P~ 11, ? _ <br /> Maly fiAanrin Porter Comm. No. Z~ <br /> m1 N9. r~np.r <br /> Rrf, Toy L <br /> JA 2 200 <br /> <br />