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P1PwPR , <br /> 12e5 3)2-12 <br /> Murashige, Laura COWA n4 <br /> From: Malamatree [malamatree @gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 2:00 PM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Testimony: Resolution 301-12 and a request for modification <br /> > Aloha Council Members, <br /> > I am writing to support Resolution 301-12 to enable "sustainable living research sites" . <br /> I am a resident of Puna and moved here to be able to live more sustainably. My Partner <br /> Paul and I have been working to develop our property by planting food trees, gardens etc. <br /> We built a cabin in which we live and our efforts to develop our sustainable lifestyle <br /> would benefit from having some more flexibility than the current building code allows. <br /> > However, I'd like to request that the 15 acre size limit be increased to 25 acres. Our <br /> property of 24 acres is approximately two thirds forest (-15 acres) which we would like in <br /> time to restore to native and to develop some sustainable agroforestry. The remaining 9 <br /> acres are where we are planting fruit trees and developing small permaculture farm. <br /> > An example of where some more flexibility would be helpful is that we would like to be <br /> able to have family members come stay with us to help and current building code says that <br /> if we build additional detached bedrooms for them, they need to be less than 50 ft away <br /> from our cabin. . . It seems crazy to have us all huddled together on a property of this <br /> size to meet the permit regulations. We'd also like to use more sustainable materials and <br /> methods for the buildings than we did for our (permitted) 500 sq ft cabin. <br /> > Thank you for bringing this resolution forward. I appreciate the work that you do to <br /> help residents of Hawai'i County, and I hope that you can please modify the lot-size <br /> requirement so that we too can benefit from this effort. <br /> > Mahalo, <br /> > Suzanne Wakelin <br /> YV <br /> Comm. No. " .1.c <br /> Ref. To: el eta mu--Ref. Dote. OCT 0 2 1012 <br /> 1 <br />