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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> G y <br /> v~ <br /> t9 <br /> LLB n D <br /> - N - <br /> August 22, 2006 <br /> T <br /> PO Box 585 <br /> Kealakekua, HI 96750 <br /> _ iJ <br /> To Hawaii County Council Members: <br /> <br /> I am writing regarding General Plan Interim Amendment F-2. This amendment has <br /> consequences for almost 100 acres of land situated between upper Napoopoo Road and <br /> the conservation land above the Pali over Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation <br /> District. I request that Amendment "F-2" be deleted. <br /> If enacted. F-2 could set up the sequence of new rezoning and subdivision applications <br /> occurring piecemeal over an indefinite length of time. Applications would be ruled on <br /> reactively, one at a time. Decisions would be left to the polities of the changing planning <br /> commissions and county councils in power. <br /> The environmental impact of any single property application might be seen as minimal, <br /> but cumulatively the environmental impact of sequential applications over time could be <br /> extremely significant. There would be no way of truly assessing the actual ongoing <br /> adverse impact of higher density development on Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life <br /> Conservation District accurately. <br /> <br /> The lands affected by the proposed F-2 Amendment are nearly l00 acres lying above a <br /> coastal aquifer. These Pali uplands are host to very porous layers of lava rock, fractures, <br /> lava tubes, cracks and underground water paths. Rainfall and irrigation water percolates <br /> through the soil into groundwater, transporting contaminants of NPS pollution,( e.g. <br /> wastewater, fertilizers, nitrates, oil, solvents, paint, termite treatments for building pads, <br /> and the mvriad chemicals and pollutants that are toxic by-products of development.) <br /> Although the soil has some capacity to bind pollutants, it is limited and will not filter <br /> everything. Eventually, groundwater carrying contaminants percolates into subterranean <br /> freshwater outflow causing pollution of the coastal waters. The coral reef ecosystems are <br /> among the most fragile of our coastal resources. The coral reef is nourished by fresh <br /> water outflow. Pollution of the water destroys the reef. <br /> As our elected officials, please honor the recommendation of the Planning Commission. <br /> Please DELETE proposed Amendment F-2. Please vigilantly protect our beloved <br /> Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District. <br /> Sincerely, ~ <br /> Nancy Benavides <br /> Napoopoo Road Concerned Citizen <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 7-H MQM"908 S301AVN39 e00 l l 90 ZZ find <br />