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Y GH ~L1-tll tl47ii F'1'I 1-lK1 AUKI SKY tltltl Ybb !tltl! tll Loren Lewisuhn - 9G5-932y HCR 3, Box I35~: Keaau 9L5f1A9 I)enr (:ha~rrnan James Arakaki and County Council Mdifl~cF~:., 2 ~ i.i'I 8 0 I m, tx m written testimonylutpu~it~ Thr Gatrwav Shoppi~~~:enlcr, rrspl;4uyii~ +ttbtttitte for County t;'ouncif Hearing on 2/22/01, 9:(H) am, F3tll 195 I upp c the propocrd shopping center because the island is ine~ca,~ngr; raprrirnt~ing lhr effects of globalization -which is oounter-productive to tnd~ +ustttinab~e development _ ,Wopt ng a sustainable ecological oriented plan rcpresrnts a more vtahlc ~I.:n« hecause a crnumunity, we will upon adoption of this plan, he able to save ttu 'ama. T s in turn rcpn;yents long-U;rm self-sustainubility. • l)ur f us eau be promoting eeo-tourism and educauonul models chat rc~lru sound set -sustainable community development. i __I:tis c n include products shops and services that mute 4,h;srly rethu a_nauu~, )ersac un tural orientation. Shops which carry crags and locally produced art ,uid Ugric Iturul ptvduc;ts arc much more akin to preserving the spit it ol'the i+L•uur and ptcsc ling a nsponsiblc image that can he replicated in a network movcrnera of loyal s If-reliance, self-sufficiency and economic recovery. Resta rants such as Meihmald's Inc, do nut Iii in this catebory. I u? ur+4irxa each Mc onald's hamburger consumed is responsihlc for the destruction of SS ,yuarc Ic t of irrrplacrable tropical rainlorest. I hr ell'ects of delotcstatum a. serious c ncern, particularly in llawaii For this reason, including a Mci)onald'r icsuntran or a whole slew ofthem rs an wtsightly blight on the landscape ,+nd irrespons blo business practice Please include ltainforcst Action Network "Sa+e the Kaittt rest" planning ideas in all future plans and the General Plan. 1A her ,1 ask, is the architectural committee that considers aesthetic beauty I he bolt line is that we have to pass these unsightly strip mallti which otiend ~h~• vcnsibilit •s for both residents and tourists alike. I 1 hr B g Island of Hawaii is, fonunatcly, not the Mainland .yet! 7'he ~unrru trends al ady have supported too much Mainland style development Where ~+c once had hr oplx~rtunity to take historical buildings in Keaau and presrt,r then for their ulttual ambiance, instead we foolishly bartered the hi~turical and gwtint ;i+rectc i n trade-o11 for plastic development [a~ough cnaugh!