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J Yoshimoto �1:'-?�N ' . Telephone: (808)961-8272 <br /> � '��' Facsimile: (808)961-8912 <br /> Chair&Presiding Officer „I`\�V4, <br /> Council District 2 • : • Email:jyoshimoto @co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> Office of the County Clerk <br /> County of Hawai`i <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> DATE: August 29, 2013 <br /> C) <br /> Ca <br /> TO: Members of the Hawaii County Council + <br /> IV -� <br /> FROM: J Yoshimoto, Chair <br /> Hawai'i County Council n <br /> RE: Ad Hoc Committee Relating to Genetically Engineered Crops and Plants V - <br /> I request that the scope of the Committee's investigation include: <br /> 1) The safety of existing papaya; and <br /> 2) The economic impact and competitiveness on existing agriculture, including but not <br /> limited to farming, ranching, breeding and horticulture; and <br /> 3) The impact and viability of future agriculture, including but not limited to farming, <br /> ranching, breeding and horticulture; and <br /> 4) Reasonable and pro-active ways to encourage, allow, and/or promote "co-existence" <br /> of traditional/conventional, scientific, bio-technological methods of cultivation, <br /> propagation, and development of stronger disease resistant plants and animals with <br /> "organic" methods; and <br /> 5) The possibility of setting aside a protected area to become a heritage seed bank and <br /> gene bank to preserve the biodiversity of organisms, while allowing agriculture as an <br /> industry to continue and hopefully to flourish. <br /> JY:awm <br /> Comm. No. t -T <br /> Ref. To: °SMTC.- <br /> Ref. Date. I ' , <br /> Hawai`i County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer <br />