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Kim Tavares <br /> PO Box 338 -Volcano, Hawaii - 96785 <br /> <br /> TO: Council Chairman Pete Hoffmann, Vice Chair Angel Pilago <br /> & all Hawaii County Council members <br /> RE: Oppose Bi11220 & Bi11221 <br /> 2007 January 4 <br /> Greetings, <br /> At this moment, hundreds of Puna residents are involved in a relentless battle to keep ahead of <br /> unplanned, chaotic development across Puna. We are participants in the Community <br /> Development Process, the Puna CDP. My name is Kim Tavares, and I am a member of the <br /> steering committee. The Planning Department, along with consultants and the community at <br /> large, are forming recommendations right now, that will guide planning decisions for the district. <br /> The Puna CDP is made often working groups. Agriculture, alternative energy, culture & <br /> historic preservation, economic opportunity, land use, natural resource preservation & protection, <br /> parks & recreation, public services & infrastructure, social services and transportation. It has <br /> generated, and continues to generate more comments from 130 small group meetings, <br /> workshops, mailed in testimony from community organizations and non-profits, email list serves <br /> and message boards in an effort to really know what the people of Puna want and don't want. <br /> Many participants are members of more than one group, and so a lot of cross-talk and overlap on <br /> issues occurs. Ultimately, everything boils down to land use. <br /> We have been at it for about a year now, so we have a pretty good idea what each group wants or <br /> doesn't want. I have attended all workshops and steering committee meetings, many working <br /> group meetings, held neighborhood meetings and interviews with non-meeting goers, and I have <br /> heard the overwhelming public outcry to save our natural views, rural atmosphere and to prevent <br /> strip malls (unsightly or beautiful), commerce and industry from developing along Highway 130. <br /> Any commercial activity along the highway creates traffic and safety problems, and Highway <br /> 130 already has enough of that. It is also widely unpopular in the Agriculture & Natural <br /> Resources groups, to rezone lands from agriculture to urban or industrial-commercial mix. <br /> Please oppose Bill 220 and Bill 221, allowing the CDP the opportunity to plan commercial <br /> centers and their preferred locations. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> ~ s~ <br /> Kim Tavare3;-3frfenng Cmte Puna CDP ~ Natural Resources ~ Culture & Historic Preservation <br /> Comm. No. ~ G <br /> Ref. To: Pres <br /> Ref. Date JAN 0 ~ 2001 <br /> <br />