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duly 1 2002 {~awaii County Council Planning Committee Re: General Plan arnend~tents ~ECrr~~r~ , ~mew..a. By----~~.-,.s.~,~,~.. ISase r _ _ ®ear rrtervtbers of the ~{awaii County Counci{, 4;aunty Coun~i~~(%- ycyc _ . ~ IIAy name is ferry Rothstein. I'rn a resident of t~awaiiisland. -fhe contents of this ten year General Plan review is unlike any that has become before a @~awaii County Council because it is long terra public interest oriented, rather than short term developer interest oriented. It is a General Plan that rather than being a r'neans f®r developers to short cut the review process, has in its revised maps and language, changes that are genuinely meant to protect ~fawaiiisland's coastal resources, local values, and lifestyle, and enabling the public to provide input with unprecedented results. it's a public interest protection plan, rather than a developers givea~eay plan. Accordingly, I ask that you adopt intact all those amendments to the Genera! Plan as put forth by the Kim administration that: 1. Integrate "sl'ttart growth" prlrtclples into the planning process by providing for re i nal corrtrnun' based tannin and rowth mane erne t inciud'n ado tion of a ions! lens b ardinance. 2. sec®gt€l~es and protects l~sp~rtarst agrlcultura! areas of ~lawaiiisland in order to expand our agricultural industrgr. Sueh areas as the Kona Coffee felt are identified and recognised as important ag lands. (®elete favorable mention of G~ re Puna papaya) 3. Pr®tects fiawasiar~ cultural res®urces by assuring native I-{awaiian rights to conduct cultural and religious practices on traditional lands in accordance with the PASFI case. I especially urge you to adopt every ®ne ®f the General Plan's I.UP~G . map arendents that desl~nate coasts! areas as "e~pen" or "c®nset°vatlon," ®r remove "resort" in Sueh predetermined places in Ka'u, IV.Kohala, P~onaunau, Kealakekua say, Pu'uhonua C a-lonaunau National Park, Kaloko-I-Oonokihau h6ational Park, Keopuka, Kohanaiki, ®'oma, Pohue gay, l~lauurrtai, and elsewhere. °~his is an unprecedented opportunity to protect and preserve these undeveloped wild coastal areas in perpetuity. I urge you to adopt these amendments without further changes. If you do, it will be a historic event whose time has come. UVe will then have an enlightened mayor and planning director, supported by a County Council who responds to the will of the people as demonstrated by the overwhelming public support of such amendments, who together create a planning document that will truly serve the island, its residents, and future generations in a way no other administration or Council has ever done. _ IQs file 1mTo.,, ~ ~ ~ Ref. I)~te ~l ~ 1 g