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Karen Guerreiro P.O. Box 6728 Ocean View, HI 96737 808 - 990 -3992 kiguerreiro @gmail.com July 6, 2011 Chair and Members of Hawaii County Council Planning Committee 25 Aupuni St. Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Chair and Hawaii County Council Planning Committee Members; I, Karen Guerreiro, resident and land owner of Ka'u, provide testimony today in support of Councilwoman Brittany Smart's proposed Resolution 60 -11: RESOLUTION TO TEMPORARILY DELAY COUNCIL ACTION ON GENRAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND REZONING APPLICATIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF KA'U UNTIL THE KA'U COMMUNITY DEVELOMENT PLAN I5 ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE, OR UNTIL DEC. 31, 2012, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. I am gravely concerned as to WHY we need this resolution. Had we stayed the course in the development of the Ka'u CDP, we would not need this resolution. Had we stayed the course, stayed the process, and reviewed the existing draft Ka'u CDP, produced and presented to planning by our initial consultant for Ka'u CDP, PlaceMakers we could be celebrating a completed Ka'u CDP or at least nearing adoption of Ka'u CDP. But instead we are stuck with delay after delay after delay. The first in the series of many delays was the outline for the draft Ka'u CDP. PlaceMakers designed an outline for the Ka'u CDP, submitted it to the county for approval, Ron Whitmore disapproved. Ron had designed an outline for the Ka'u CDP that was 5 x's bigger than PlaceMakers' outline. After much discussion between PlaceMakers and Ron, PlaceMakers had to concede all outline designs to Ron. Per Howard Blackson of PlaceMakers, "Ron won." Next delay was PlaceMakers' preferred draft Ka'u CDP. The preferred draft, drafted by PlaceMakers utilizing Ron's 5x's larger outline and submitted to Ron and county planning department, was the first of three planned drafts, each being presented to the stakeholders, the county, the Steering Committee and Ka'u community -a process designed to tailor make the Ka'u CDP to and for Ka'u. PlaceMakers drafted the preferred draft Ka'u CDP with the focus and direction: "Doing less is more....Fixing what we have....and to not change 180 degrees to urbanization." As it turned out, Ron did not like this focus and direction. Did Ron discuss this with anyone? Comm. No. ' ( 3 . U 1 Ref. To: f /PC Ref. Date L 6....