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<br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: George & Joan Prater [gprater@bainbridge.net] Z~J6 JUL 3t Fi ? <br /> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 2:03 PM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us; Pilago, K. Angel <br /> G` <br /> Subject: Proposed General Plan Interim Amendment F-2 k"[jUiV <br /> counciltestimony@co.hawa ii.hi.us <br /> <br /> copy: kapilago@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> <br /> Date: July 28, 2006 <br /> <br /> To: HawaiiThe County Council Planning Committee and County Council <br /> <br /> Subj: Proposed General Plan Interim Amendment F-2 <br /> We request that General Plan Interim Amendment on F-2 be deleted in <br /> order to protect Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District, <br /> 1. This amendment would open the door to piece-meal applications for <br /> rezoning and sub-dividing lots enabling applications for density of <br /> acre lots instead of the minimum 2 acres now in effect for these almost <br /> 100 acres above The Bay. <br /> If F-2 is enacted, there would be no way to adequately protect the Bay <br /> from adverse impacts of higher density development because there is no <br /> way to adequately monitor the Non-Point Source Pollution and Cumulative <br /> Secondary Impacts of on-going piecemeal development. The F-2 Amendment <br /> has no provisions for a comprehensive proactive integrated plan to <br /> protect Kealakekua Bay. It only opens the door to higher density <br /> development. <br /> Applications for rezoning or further subdivision would be ruled on <br /> reactively, one piece at a time, without being able to predict <br /> accumulating impacts on the coastal ecosystems. The F-2 Amendment would <br /> allow decisions to be made on piecemeal basis for future rezoning <br /> applications and future subdivision of lots. Those decisions would be <br /> left to the politics of the changing Planning Commissions and County <br /> Councils in power. <br /> The Hawaii County General Plan mandates protecting our irreplaceable <br /> Natural Resources. The coral reef, water quality and fish ecosystems are <br /> already stressed by human use. Federal and State coastal programs are <br /> being developed to implement comprehensive, proactive, integrated land <br /> 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 f <br /> coastal resources, is not adhering to the mandates and spirit of the <br /> General Plan. The proposed F-2 Amendment should be DELETED. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Joan E. and George I. Prater <br /> 82-986 Pa'ikapahu Street <br /> Captain Cook, HI 96704 by <br /> Comm. No. <br /> Ref. To:h ~ <br /> '-I <br /> Ref. Uote,_____-_-___ <br /> 7/31/2006 <br />