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<br /> Dr. Fred Holschuh . <br /> Mr. Gary Safarik, Chairman r.~',~~~ ~ i <br /> Honorable County Council <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 ~~~~1 <br /> RE: General Plan <br /> Hawaii County Zoning Code <br /> January 18, 2005 <br /> Dear Dr. Holschuh, Chairman Safarik, and County Council, <br /> Aloha Dr. Holschuh. Thank you for taking the time to talk with me the other day about <br /> the County Draft of the General Plan and the Kapulena communities concerns regarding <br /> the Special Permit Process. As you mentioned, I am including Chairman Safarik in this <br /> letter .and request that a copy of this letter be given to the entire County Council. <br /> First, I would like to address the General Plan after which I will address the Hawaii <br /> County Zoning Code. <br /> Because you were unable to attend the Council meeting on January 3 & 4, 2005, wherein <br /> the General Plan was discussed and public testimony taken, I feel that the concerns <br /> presented by the Hamakua community were not fully addressed by the council. The <br /> clause that speaks ab®ut c®~apleti®n ®f the l0~ud Lane th®r®ughfare sh®uld be <br /> deleted. If Mud Lane is completed it would create additional traffic in an agricultural <br /> area where the existing roads are used for mostly agricultural traffic and it would divert <br /> traffic from Honokaa town. The merchants and business owners in Honokaa depend upon <br /> traffic coming through town for much of their livelihood. If Mud Lane were connected <br /> much of the traffic through Honokaa town would disappear. <br /> Additionally, I do not believe that the Hamakua Coast wants to be considered an area for <br /> small-scale retreat/resort development. In all of the community meetings, which I have <br /> attended, hosted by Dwight Takamine, never once have I heard this being discussed. In <br /> fact, I have heard just the opposite. The community is in the process of developing a <br /> community plan. The vision statement the community developed for Hamakua is as <br /> follows: <br /> 1. "Agriculture in the District of Hamakua is the heart of the community, <br /> providing profitable, sustainable, repeatable, healthy opportunities in <br /> which farmers and their families thrive. Numerous successful family <br /> farming enterprises of various sizes produce a wide variety of crops and <br /> value added goods that are world class, well recognized and in demand. <br /> 2. Land use policies rec®gnize the value of I-~arnakua's agricultural <br /> contribution and pr®tect, preserve and supp®rt the welfare and <br /> ~~m ' <br /> Ref. ~~e <br /> . , . <br /> Rif. L~~t~ <br /> <br />