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<br /> Message Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: KEOFF@co.hawaii.hi.us on behalf of KAPILAGO@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 4:26 PM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: FW: PLEASE DELETE F-2 Amendment <br /> <br /> <br /> -----Original Message----- 0r,~ c <br /> From: M.E. "Meg" Greenwell [mailto:MEGatKRL@hawaii.rr.com] c r <br /> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:39 PM ro <br /> To: Pilago, K. Angel <br /> Subject: PLEASE DELETE F-2 Amendment <br /> <br /> Date: July 28, 2006 <br /> <br /> Re: Proposed General Plan Interim Amendment F-2 <br /> To the County Council Planning Committee and County Council, <br /> <br /> To protect Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District, I ask that General Plan <br /> Interim Amendment on F-2 be deleted. This amendment would open the door to piece-meal <br /> applications for rezoning and sub-dividing lots, enabling applications for density ofY2 acre lots <br /> instead of the minimum 2 acres now in effect for these almost 100 acres above the Bay. <br /> <br /> If F-2 is enacted, there would be no way to adequately protect the Bay from adverse impacts of <br /> higher density development because there is no way to adequately monitor the Non-Point <br /> Source Pollution and Cumulative Secondary Impacts of on-going piecemeal development. The <br /> F-2 Amendment has no provisions for a comprehensive proactive integrated plan to protect <br /> Kealakekua Bay. It only opens the door to higher density development. <br /> <br /> Applications for rezoning or further subdivision would be ruled on reactively, one piece at a <br /> time, without being able to predict accumulating impacts on the coastal ecosystems. The F-2 <br /> Amendment would allow decisions to be made on piecemeal basis for future rezoning <br /> applications and future subdivision of lots. Those decisions would be left to the politics of the <br /> changing Planning Commissions and County Councils in power. <br /> <br /> The Hawaii County General Plan mandates protecting our irreplaceable Natural Resources. <br /> The coral reef, water quality, and fish ecosystems are already stressed by human use. Federal <br /> and State coastal programs are being developed to implement comprehensive, proactive, <br /> integrated land use policies to prevent damage to coastal resources. Proposing Land Use <br /> policies, like the F-2 amendment that can undermine effective long-term protection for our <br /> coastal resources, is not adhering to the mandates and spirit of the General Plan. The <br /> proposed F-2 Amendment should be DELETED. <br /> Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District should be PROTECTED. <br /> <br /> Yours truly, <br /> <br /> M. E. Greenwell Comm. No. C111000. <br /> Ref. To: bra <br /> Ref. Dora JUL 3 1 2006 <br /> 7/29/2006 <br />