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oato~~~ 22 , 2002 - ~Yawai' I Comity ooursc°il Committee ore Planraiaac~ Hilo, '`~~67~ ~~~~~~>~~.thea~.~~odd 9~/-~~/~ /Q~" +~neral Flan Dear idts . Iaeitlsea,d-odd, I would greatly appreciates it if, dltarinq your cosaittee ffieeting today, oetotaer 22, 2002, you aould ex~laiaa to us (3'~ viewers) what is meant by, "£i1ixR~ our written testimony for ftstatre rarer®nce?•, Soaaehos~r, I getting ~e uneasy feel~.ng t3°aat you will be filing our a®erats ;~E~'OR.1 yo~zr comttaac sa~e~ers have had a c3aasace to read tkaea~. 2f tkaa~ i~ l~i~ oase, these perhaps fi3.iaag our testimonies is not a good idea. T look forvaagd to hearing' what yoga #aav~a to say'. in say pse~tious testianorr~ dent in on, October 8"~, I recornxaended having a policy in 1?our ~cosaoanics Chapter of t~a~s aa~+rax Flan that avould pr®~a®te ane3 encourae~e a reeycliaag industry. ~h~.s conoept would involve ~sor~ than just. h~.v9ro~ ~ recycling center osa both sides of the island. fi'his industry wovtld ,irac~:aade taoth traTbafoY'~tinS,~ someone' s jun)c into some:: s treasure 1~D eatarketi,xag the finished produo•t to tl~ie public. This industry W®tald LB~e th.E? Or~at~97~ ~~11~~F3S dnCi t~]51.].].S OZ anyone ~ELBludj,Ylg, ~.zLigL~ , craftsmen, ertgira®ers and ,inventors. It would also compete in the market ~y~4:~m_ Fitt', our waste streams growing at an alara~aing rate, we caxinot afford not to ,izlerat a recycling S.ndustry. Attached to this testimony is an ixaspiriraq article, (Items froamm the Nest tiawai' T Today, ®ct. 20~' issue, about a cossspaaray Pcing ctastom count®r tops trosa~ recycled glass and power plant waste. Cosasiderinq that we are on an i.~s.~a~nd, yotax~ Hnergy C1~apter should do more to esacouarage energy alternatives. ~°irst, it would b~ h®lp£ul if the Chapter` could inclside a Cart or spreaa~kaeet shov~rira~ ~u3.1 ~i~ eaaas~•yy alternat~.~'es, perceaitage used, cost, etc. 141ao, s2'iotdldn' t w6 begin an energy program rawer than rr~a~,t until tkae oil rums or.at? A solar energy program sla®uld be plaruaed arad exacourageci in Vest ~fawai' i. tddagrbe ire can .lezarra how to a~alse solar water feast®rs from reayolecl material so ~os:e ~aeop.L® can afg®rd '~.~'a 1 ha~i'~s eaa,olos®d axe asefi.icle (Itesas rrom *_he Honolulu vertiser, ®ct 216£ is$1se, ab®ut a gro`tp advocating the issuing of a .s®lar bond ire and®r to a.nstall photovoltaic panels seed energy Rnods.ficatian~ a.n golwerncaat ~u.ilc~nc~s. Zither than wait for stag goverment to take the first step, wouldn't it be mace if the County could. ~.oo}c into installing a fi~:ld of fshotovoltaie solar panels on our Lava land that w®~ald be cagaiole of gen®rating ~!0 gaegawat:ts of ec r~.citg~? ab~ 1Q o ce ag~iira f'ox' taking the time to review each chapter. c r 1 ~oYnm. No< ~ ~ File No. Jo ine K® ' ipio Ref. ToPre~eesY~eZ P . O . Z3osr 3 68 iCea7laskekua, s6~~0 Ref. Date T 2 (806} 326®7998 i0 3~3t~d 0071 L6999Z£ EI ~Zi Z00Z/ZZ/0i