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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Kim Tavares - PO Box 338 - Volcano, Hawaii - 96785 <br /> <br /> 2006 November 27 <br /> <br /> To: Chairman Higa and Hawaii County Council Members <br /> <br /> RE: Bill 258 (Draft 4): AGAINST Animal Nuisance code revisions <br /> <br /> Greetings, <br /> <br /> It is true that something needs to be done about noisy animals. First, the term "noisy animals" needs to <br /> be better defined. Then, we need to get rid of Coqui frogs. After that, maybe we should be talking <br /> about what to do about a particularly noisy dog, or roosters that get confused by full moons. But then <br /> again, maybe not. This island economy was founded in agriculture, subsistence farming, hunting, <br /> fishing and gathering. It has the ability to provide everything its residents need for a comfortable <br /> living. But right now the balance is being threatened by developments that are consuming lands of the <br /> subsistence farmers. <br /> Noisy animals should not be an issue in agriculturally classed lands, and likewise those lands should <br /> not be re-classified to residential for the purpose of inclusion in the noisy animal law. I am firmly <br /> against the clause applying to subsistence farming and animal husbandry within lands currently in the <br /> agriculture class. Hopefully, this is addressed in Section 4-6(a) where it reads: "for food purposes <br /> where the keeping of livestock is a permitted use". <br /> <br /> It should not make a difference whether the animals are raised commercially or on a home farm. It <br /> should be an approved use in certain agriculturally classed lands. If reclassifying the lands is what's <br /> needed here, let the CDP's help to do that. A tradition and a part of Hawaii's culture is dying here <br /> because ag lands are turning into residential districts. This has become a problem for the subsistence <br /> farmers, fishers and hunters and will lead to all sorts of social problems down the road. <br /> I'll be happy to help draft a law about noise, but let's not pick in such broad terms on animals, until we <br /> eradicate Coqui frogs and stop helicopters from flying overhead so frequently and so low. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> C Respectful , <br /> I`~ <br /> Kim avares <br /> <br /> <br /> Kim Tavares *2006 <br /> Community Development Hui of Fern Forest (member) <br /> Fem Forest Community (Roads) Association (member & Business Manager) <br /> Puna Community Development Plan Steering Committee <br /> Liaison to working groups: <br /> Culture & Historic Preservation, Natural Resources Preservation & Protection <br /> Discussion Participant in additional working groups: <br /> Agricultural Lands, Land Use sub-group Preservation of Open Lands, Parks & Recreation 01 <br /> Comm. No. <br /> Ref. To:~ <br /> Ref. Uate~ <br />