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Il _i <br /> <br /> To: Councilman Leningrad Elarionoff ~~04 JUid 1? P(~~ 2 ? 0 <br /> c <br /> From: Susan Dursin ~ ' " ' <br /> P.O. box 746 <br /> Capt. Cook, HI 96704 <br /> Date: June 16, 2004 <br /> Re: Council Decisions relating to Bills 163 and 270 <br /> Many of us depend on the Council to help establish policy sup- <br /> porting wise land use rather than undisciplined development. <br /> We are quite concerned. as we look at what has happened with <br /> Bills 163 and 270. <br /> The argument that funding acquisition and preservation of land <br /> does not belong in the county charter is specious. As far as 1 am <br /> concerned, one of the Council's two or three major responsibil- <br /> ities is preserving land for public use. Had the public okayed <br /> 270, it would have become a firm priority. You and I both know <br /> that Leaving such funding and acquisition in ordinance would <br /> create a program open to manipulation and change. Where the <br /> will exists, programs like 1.70 have worked well. <br /> As to Bill 163, your argument that important ag land designation <br /> should be left to the state is also specious. In the face of state dere- <br /> liction, it's time for the Council to act. I'm sure the administration's <br /> concerns have been brought to you. Please reconsider them. I am <br /> uneasy about the vague and flexible language in the second draft; <br /> it also seems that you removed many of the specific policy recom- <br /> mendations that gave teeth to the plan. Do not let this become a <br /> reality we must live with for years to come. comm. Na. ~ •3`~ <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Raf. Uate <br /> <br />