1. Natural Resources.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments

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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Update pre-contact traditional land use and settlement Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 pattern Natural resource as basis of land use determination Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • Need to have quantifiers based in natural resources Curtail inputs to landfill! More reuse, more recycle, more waste reduction. Residential and commercial waste Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 reduction. Building/construction are major contributors to rubbish generation! We have no part of the island to waste Protection of forests from invasives Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Shoreline setbacks -good discussion from County (Bethany). Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Very interested to hear what you find out Changing shoreline setbacks: shoreline certification needs to Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 be fluid and acknowledge climate change Cost of not protecting resources is hard, if not impossible to Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 quantify. Conservation buffer -great concept. Should be used for far more than protecting Ag land. Ag land can be most Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 damaging use of land Noise as well, can GP address restriction on those:There are some Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 laws; ENFORCEMENT always by key No conservation land should be maintained - not allowed to up- Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 zone (state protection understood) Use FEMA money to buy coastal properties to prevent damage Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 from sea level rise Same FEMA money can also help "retreat" development to Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 protect important coastal resources They are starting to suethose who ignore damages to natural resources due to there actions (i.e. oil companies). Possibly develops county and state could be open to costly lawsuits threat Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 will further damage resources and communities (and businesses) Who will be liable for the mistakes government allows and creates For new coastal set-backs urban growth areas should exclude Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 those set-back goals Wetlands buffer should be 50' minimum with more in particularly Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 sensitive areas (which probably would be all of them) 25