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Home My WebLink About1. Natural Resources.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Who is going to track the gains/losses (sustainability obj.) Aupuni Center Hallway 10/28/2019 Pol. 28, 29, 30-Are these the only mitigation measures? Aupuni Center Hallway 10/28/2019 Act. 1.17 -YASSS! Aupuni Center Hallway 10/28/2019 • Things need to be overlaid better Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o A lot of caves and lava tubes need to be better protected • Main problem is invasive species o Coquis and fire ants caused to close nursery Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Had an Apiary for 25 years and got mites, hide beetles, etc. • Curious about High Risk Hazard Development -> would a designation change after someone bought it? o How implemented? Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Leilani, ex w/$100 lots in 1950s, what does that mean for people who lost their homes or don't have access? • Why does government allow building homes on conservation land? o Ka'u,Twin Towers o Yes, land zoned differently Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Right in the lava flow, they have money so got it approved o Support structures ok, but not personal dwelling on conservation land • Request for a FAQ with answers to protocol for encounters Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 with slugs -> what to do? What if you step on it or eat one? o Fire ant control too Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Is it the County or States kuleana to protect riparian areas? • Understand County talks about turtles and seals but what connection to whales?County loses credibility Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Appears that nobody thought about it 1 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Good: restoration aspect Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Be sure not to duplicate State's efforts • Do not allow development on the shoreline, unless business Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 needs shore access (not just for aesthetics) • FAQ for visitors to navigate coral reefs o How to navigate with safety-> things people should know to be Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 safe • Is there a plan to utilize invasive species as a form of Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 sustainability support/i.e.,fertilizers, etc. • Ka'u house, heard permit was made in Honolulu Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Why can they do that? • Wetlands and sensitive areas eligible for tax incentives/con Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 easements, etc. (prop $ others?) • More proactively support reforestation of degraded land (ag) o Value pollinator habitat, timber, soil, and water protection o Ideal use for these lands is reforesting o Takes care of itself o Carbon sequestration Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Value is hard to "see" but it is impactful o Many resources out there to help, (NRCS) Natural Resources Conservation o Gen Plan is good opportunity to address this potential • Attempts made in the past on protection of watersheds may Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 not always be the best or only way • Invasive species concerns o Not enough solid base to address Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Ohia - her forestation is disappearing o She can't save it alone. She needs help to do a pilot project • Native plants: making people more of what they can do to protect and reforest Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Ex: agro foresting methods • Need fuller consideration of flood potential and even alternate flood paths in changing drain areas Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Waila Ln 2 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Update drainage/watershed plan -- Hilo! o DPW and PD (big pic) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Ex: Pono Hawaii • Need Hilo CDP/Waiakea Green drain way Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Interesting to work with retail and have them label the native Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 and invasive species • Action item #1 -> easy to make a middle school project Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Look/review/require comprehensive drainage study during Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 subdivision o Individual lots should not be where drainage is reviewed • Increase educational signage everywhere Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Ex: Carlsmith turtles • Resilience hubs in all communities to help be prepared for future disasters-- use/upgrade schools and community centers to Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 sta rt • Help "off the grid" low carbon footprint residents to share and Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 interact via ham radio access, radio station (infrastructure?) • What is County doing to eliminate/reduce spraying of roundup, especially near our schools? Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Incentives and tech support for off grid residents to preserve Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 native species/eradicate invasives (partner with USDA NRP) • Keep, study, and improve language from 05 GP re: drainage in Hawaiian Acres (infrastructure?) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Require drainage studies -fix flooding • Shoreline/coastline -> access for activities and natural Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 resource use (particularly with sea level rise and storm surge) o Develop a long term plan for management • Concern over mold -- prevent. -> kills especially during hazards, and providing further links to health concerns, years of Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 medical problems attributed to mold -> need to address this issue, especially in flood-prone areas • (2 people) Remove the breakwater, improve water quality in Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 Hilo Bay and possibly bring back surf(natural resources?) 3 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Resilience hubs in every community--at a minimum -energy self sufficient and internet, water, and food distribution --schools Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 and community natural places for investment to make this happen • Regional open space networks to deal with drainage issues. As drainage ways are defined over time. Riparian "no build" setbacks Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 (natural resources?) • Hawaiian Acres-- invasive species -> loss business. Coqui at Kalapana orchids, state did nothing. Once it hit other islands then Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 acted. • Need to worry about invasives sooner(natural resources?) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • 1 want to make sure that forestry and reforestation are upheld as appropriate ag land uses Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Floodways need to be mapped Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Invasive species (environment) should be better prioritized (budgeted) o Fire ants o (new voice) Better standards (CA) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o (new voice) Could County play a larger role in managing invasive species? • How can GP be implemented to address lava recovery so not a "crisis management," but proactive Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Micro unit shelters should be near resources Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Shelter should be designated prior to lava events Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Puna district park was negatively affected by serving as Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 emergency shelter [Journal of Elis] Nui Grove from Kalapana to Hilo Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Highest/ best use of land often taken as highest tax payer Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 (high rises, etc.) Natives/ invasives-tourism dropped without lava. Establish eco- Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 safe tourism [sustainable] Invasives, litter, traffic - need to better align ecosystem Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 services with economic drive/current development Environmental survey requirement can prohibit native forest Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 restoration Non-continuity is the norm - here Kipuka works -encourage Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 restoration/ preservation of the s lands (i.e. incentive have 4 properties put Hale on one lot - restore the other 3) Reduce density in hazard areas I Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 4 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Reward large landowners for protecting/ reforesting etc. Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 City & County of Honolulu office of sustainability/climate Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 change, etc. -we should ride Josh's coat tails Partner with other agencies -good- maps need to be brought up to date (ex: reassess the Ag areas) Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Ag has contaminated much of the ground water - need to be Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 more protective of our watersheds 1/2 of island conservation- DLNR is always underfunded - HiloTopic Focus WS 10/26/2019 taxes up to protect watersheds Need plan for hotels in Kona who keep saying they need Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 seawalls -going under eventually No new seawalls is hard to swallow -think about Keaukaha - HiloTopic Focus WS 10/26/2019 makes sense to invest in seawalls? Join the lawsuit against fossil fuel comp. Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Lots of grading with no consideration for effects on Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 flooding/drainage patterns No G&G permit needed for 1 acre or less so 50 lots can consecutively grade... Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Track/ hold responsible equipment operators Avoid building in high risk zones Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Pohakuloa - not known everything that's been put there via Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 bombing, etc. - and it continues Need to be particularly careful about protecting what we have Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 • Need to change the "do it now, pay for it later" attitude • Penalties needed Parker used to be required to plant 1 tree per acre - could Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 set rule again Ahupua'a used often -should utilize the moon calendar too Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Lili'uokalani an asset - but what is I's function besides being Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 beautiful? • Plant native plants -good for fish - utilize local knowledge Keeping a process where people can live the live they want Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 to - but being "informed" by COH not "protected" Our island is sinking faster than the sea is rising -our coastal Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 communities are/will feel it. 1" per decade 5 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Can inform people but they may not consider based on their Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 needs -desperation makes people do all kinds of things Reduce packaging Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Consider noise ordinances as we increase density Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Will be 3.2" on ocean rise is a nightmare Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Emergency/evacuation routes =John Cross info should be mapped/documented. Important to identify those that Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 have been privatized - need public/ private partnership to reclaim Puna CDP =template for connectivity and emergency response;just need implementation Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Can we charge O'ahu for our carbon requesting service? Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Key of all this is the definition of shoreline and that's the responsibility of the state, but the county can/should way in Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 and participate in that discussion Army corps: mean high water mark and DO is mean low watermark so there may be a disparity on shoreline Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 definition Ahupua'a system based in a kapu system, that must be embraced in order to go back to the Ahupua'a system. We Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 cannot just cherry pick what we like from it and expect it to be successful Why is energy no in infrastructure layer but in the economic Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 section? Conservation easements are so demanding not easy for Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 individual to do No evaluation for NR for what they really have. Only as a Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 commodity needs to be elevated instead of overly taxed Scenic resources are in HRS and other county plans as part Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 of Natural Resources With few exception native habitat is not successful so Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 protecting what we still have is the best way Current taxing discourage rehabilitating isolate native Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 habitats 6 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Getting tax breaks on small lots for conservation difficult. We need ways cost effective ways to allow these smaller lots Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 to be able to participate in native habitat conservation Rainforest layer, fully develop, mid, under develop and Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 potential for develop (habitat overly district) BLNR/ DLNR we only have one voice on the board, to have the conversation of conservation buffer we need to push for a larger voice of more representation especially since Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Hawai'i county holds the most conservation land. 2 - 3 positions on the board Our job is the break the system and repair it to how it can Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 serve us and our island Intention of conservation zones to recharge aquifers cheap land became Ag land not necessary the best place for Ag. Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 We need local representation from state level in deciding Ag land locations to where is appropriate PONC funds have bought up shoreline prop, but not forest. PONC committee should look in the next 5 years to add Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 forest area Creating the economic incentive of disincentive that some insurance guarantees we don't pick up the tab for removal of building that may all in ocean. Something in the building Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 code that says you can behind close to the shore but owner needs to pick up the tab for when the structure will fall into water The county should encourage the state to minimize the insurance in these shoreline areas. If the county is expressive protecting people living in shorelines, maybe Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 manage retreat with transfer development right for people in communities like Keaukaha We don't have a lot of agency kuleana with regards to riparian protection, maybe tax incentives for individual Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 landowners to protect riparian areas. County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Be clear about natural drainage and add cultural drainage pattern i.e. plantation berm system that we placed to help Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 with drainage and runoff on old plantation times. Current farming practices just want to use all land available but that type of farming not the best for the land. Lava fields: perspective of what is natural and what to do with lava fields, life is a dangerous process, may want to go Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 back and live on lava field because now there's and ocean view. Should be called more like island stewardship plan because Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 that should be what we focusing Pohakuloa leases majority of land from state and have an MOA that any activity needs to be approved by DLNR, but Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 DLNR not enforcing that well Lot of arch data recovery plans are made then what's on the ground gets destroyed, need better stewardship of these Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 cultural resources Instead of wondering what we don't have lets see what we Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 do have. Like UHH study on SLR retreat instead of hiring consultants to tell us what is good for our island Protecting us all from ourselves, getting the government into the business of protecting should be informing us Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 instead. Need a clearer definition of what protecting the Puna public really is The county should and could reduce density in hazard areas Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Our energy system is only geared to make the energy Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 company money and not toward conservation of energy Being informed should be the function of government rather Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 than protection Can the county research macro grid concepts with rooftop Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 solar being able to charge EV 8 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Biofuels have bad reputation, but here we have so much unused Ag land that can support palm oil farms making biofuels accessible Reducing waste we have to reduce consumption Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Last iteration of building code is a hindrance Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Most people bought in hazards in good faith and were willing to take that risk so don't be too aggressive in Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 discouraging infrastructure investment in hazard areas Areas of high natural and cultural resources should be considered of TDRs become available, similar to TDRs for Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 land owners of hazard zones Action 93 "development such as the maintenance repair or Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 enhancement of existing infrastructure... Adding sub sentence of "1" in "per" decade (policy 100) Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Revise grubbing and grading ordinances to prevent erosion Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 and flooding Need much stronger protections against excessive noise Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Is policy 1.29 just a broad strategy? Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Here to listen; climate change • Ability to respond appropriately with policies Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 • Pastoral -grow trees How land use ties to community place making Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 Resilience Hub/ Makery/ B&B how land use helps/ hurts - HiloTopic Workshop 10/12/2019 areas need to be considered relative to community needs Housing (measure of success for 'ohana) Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 Relationship between GP/CDP especially when conflicting Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 Public access issuers, subdivisions in proximity to heavy industrial • GP & CDP synergies Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 how they will work together Global warming • moving into a critical timeframe Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 o sustainability for the GP 9 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Kam School - higher education opportunities Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 • Opportunities for youth to stay on island How to overcome tsunami zone in Hilo for economic development Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 • Businesses there IPCC has revised their guidance and time lines to address critical Honoka'a Mini Speakout 9/30/2019 climate change like SLR ad weather related issues plans should review this update and set goals in alignment Keeping plan adaptive/responsive to these changes Honoka'a Mini SpeakOut 9/30/2019 Better understanding of volcanic geology should be guiding Honoka'a Mini Speakout 9/30/2019 building and industry Plan feels like business as usual and it's not Honoka'a Mini SpeakOut 9/30/2019 Almost need 2 plans -one designing our response to the future Honoka'a Mini SpeakOut 9/30/2019 Scale of climate change is not being addressed Honoka'a Mini SpeakOut 9/30/2019 Transportation needs to be moving faster toward electric public Honoka'a Mini Speakout 9/30/2019 transit Need to be sorting trash more Honoka'a Mini SpeakOut 9/30/2019 Need to have areas in town that are walkable and community Honoka'a Mini SpeakOut 9/30/2019 orchards PONC purchases like Ha'ina landing and Pa'auhau landing would make great community engagement and stewardship Honoka'a Mini SpeakOut 9/30/2019 opportunities and Mauka/ makai connections but not developed like county parks or tourist destinations Honoka'a downtown challenged to put urban trees due to power Honoka'a Mini Speakout 9/30/2019 utility lines GP needs to address volcanic hazards and earthquake and vog concerns -> "volcanoes" are not in the plan Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Need to include and consider lower risk zones in plan Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 (2 people) County needs to work on abandoned vehicles. Need Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 auto salvage yards and shouldn't cost much to get rid of junk cars Environmental committee members should be local and known Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Prutecti-TioreWdi'll PdrId -- more o All heiau, ponds at Punalu'u -> restoring to what? Outside grants Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 o More local consultation/requirements with community • Proportion of local sacred sites -> more on list 10 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Alternate crop for follow sugar -> ex moringa o But labor and infrastructure for replacement crop to be Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 processed into high value is lacking/non-existent o OJ example juice vs concentrate Moringa seed oil, good market -> suntan lotion moringa as a restorative justice tool o Health and disease prevention and demand o Vitamin A/blindness o Good livestock feed and H2O purification -> the BEST you can Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 grow o Awareness and education o Edible landscapes o Drought tolerant REST? Model and Plant Pono =assessment risk score Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Invasive "war" is over, they won but we must pick future battles Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 o Current GP language is unrealistic o Make invasives own chapter in GP Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Turn restoration effects into eco-tourism and agro-tourism o Invasive issue -> intentional and revenue building! Natural resources o Incentivize and/or require ecosystem services in "planned" development • County fund from development permits Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 • Grants • NGOs to do Eco services work o Clearing limits and clustering Scale goals/actions for new grads from UH -- model off enrollment Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 and grad rates Create co department climate and sustainability office/division? Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Something Large scale renewable energy projects --a big need Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 o Solar and wind Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Better recycling-- power from plastics. Be creative Address long term maintenance of beaches--address man-made pollutants Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 11 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Improve public transit-- reliability, timeliness (scheduling)within Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 the community (infrastructure?) Community outreach/volunteers to address invasive species Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Funding for preservation of historic buildings and properties (e.g. Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Kapapala Ranch) Address concerns around liability of individuals volunteering Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 services of private and public land Should be part of DOE curriculum (start at middle school or Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 earlier) VSAS(Volcano) support the construction or rehabilitation to meet "hardening building" requirement Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Access to grant funding available through Kilauea eruptions Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Enforce endangered species act to save our few remaining Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Hawaiian hoary bats-- homily but cute bats! More bat studies Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Be thorough and aggressive with invasive species o Preventing ag production possibilities Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 o Disease -- human and other(roundup/pesticide) o Tourism -> rhino beetle ex-> "palms" Hawai'i aesthetic Turn invasives biz resource asset -> biofuel ex Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Habitat Assessments to better ID opportunities o Ex: invasives on Ag -> biofuel -> tax revenues? o Look at detail within areas o How multi-agency overlays = inefficient and counter- productive Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 • Ex: South Point o Make sure tourism pays its "fair share"fee for access toward cumulative impacts o HI biosecurity management plan -- USE! Make it make sense ($) to upgrade/retrofit for increased energy efficiency-- private homes and businesses and make sure laws Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 allow for creativity in sustainable o Ex: H2O saving laws allow for creativity in sustainable design • Grant funded? 12 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Kapapala Ranch --ex: 4 restoration native forest o Ensure ground-truthing and local knowledge is accounted for-- Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 "perceived bias parts don't equal whole all time o REST program/DLNR? Design Restoration initiatives to bypass/reduce red tape Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Civilian conservation corp example (youth) Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 (2 people) Ka'u district need to be protected. Especially the coast Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 lines Need to manage water resources o How are they deciding on who (and what subdivisions) get Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 access to water Protect the Ka'u district shoreline Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Improve water systems Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Create policies to eliminate use of fossil fuels Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 o Increase solar power, increase wind power Compost--green waste (at waste facilities) (Waiohinu) Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Protection of cultural sites and not let development destroy Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 cultural areas Climate Change o Make objectives into policies o Need more encompassing objective o How do we adapt to CC? o Obj: Look at all Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 • Evaluate plans and processes o Our HI queen bees can save bees around the world o Habitat, oceans o Nature impacts to CC (bees, turtles, fishing) prioritize and ID o CC much bigger than GHG and SLR 13 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Hazards o Redo objective o Lower risk and impact of natural disasters and hazards (take out NHMP) o 64: Prioritize high risk urban flood areas to develop actions to Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 mitigate o Obj: ID hazard/CC areas and mitigate 0 71: In HI hazard areas-- need best highest infrastructure -- complementary 0 1.45: Where did title come from 0 78/79: Develop response plan for each community(CERT?) Watershed o Manage and protect streams and watersheds Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 0 41: Identify-- narrow down 0 43: Prohibit development in priority areas --action Coastal o Obj: Add in implement mitigation measures • Pier 4 area was best habitat before, no fishing o Obj: "Protect" Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 0 29: Add in "not for land reclamation" 0 30: Maintain and update the shoreline res plan -- if no plan then develop Wetland o Obj: protect and restore all wetland habitats 0 37: "A" min of 50' shall be maintained Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 0 1.11: Develop, implement, and maintain 0 1.13: Assess and ID potential Wildlife o Obj: Protect and restore natural habitat 0 6: Establish and protect... • Add buffer zone for natural habitats Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 o Obj: Protect and restore forest and woodland habitat areas for sustainability of watershed • ID and implement expansion of forest and woodland whenever a developer puts in a new road, it should be required that there is an area between edge of road and sidewalk large enough to plant shade trees Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Like tree lines in NY--safer for pedestrians and a place for kids to play o Beautiful. Comfortable. Safe! 14 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Replicate or incentivize O'ahu Hurricane retrofit company on BI, Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 BC to require/catalyze that private biz "Energy Island" keiki book Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Climate change -- now or never! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Cooperative electricity models Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Make sure GP crosswalks existent with Climate Action Plan (R&D) Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Ali'i Drive concurrency -> Evacuation time ROGO opportunity for density Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o2014 Keep TAT on Hawai'i Island --don't let it go to the RAIL o We need it for our beaches -> overcrowding and cruise ship transport Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Leverage home rule Carrying capacity of beaches Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Too much surf schools Kahaluu Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Urgent need for ban on oxybenzone Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Our corals are dying (2 people) Dolphin harassment Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Restrictions to prevent invasives-- health priorities#1 o LFAs, rat lung, coquis, fruit fly o What is County's best role? o Quarantines and travel restrictions Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o (2 people) Waiawi --invasive plant. Strawberry guava. Fruit rescue? o Bio controls? Be careful! Can have bad outcome Invasives -> don't duplicate efforts o Analyze and leverage local laws to support and further Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 State/USDA, etc. BMP's (2 people) Moratorium on coastal development -> ex:Ali'i Erac. Time Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o ROGO? o To be safe --it's not anti-development QLVCA-- Feral chickens. Is there a way to address the large population? How do you get rid of them? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 (2 people) Concern of hunting/shooting at chickens in residential/private property o Police reports hunting? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o How do you adapt with our chicken population? o Issues#2 opportunity 15 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Written index of major changes 2005-2020 of GP o Explanation (general?) Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Are STVRs gentrifying certain areas? o Honoli'i or Keaukaha Leleiwi In reforestation --would like to see more urban food forest o To plant more food trees Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o It be beneficial for the native birds and wildlife o End hunger for people Keep the no new seawalls policy Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Haven't talked enough/planned enough re: land use/ocean interfaces Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Ahues o GP, ORMP Policy Honor work of Henry Kekahuna o Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Great wall of Kuakini Improve ability of County to enforce alternate/stricter cultural Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 resource protection, have SHPD Prioritize transient use last! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Have to have more for our kids--to survive on island o Providing them services to help them Able to produce all our food on this island Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Ranchland and farm land Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Mobile meat processing was shutdown. Why? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Collaboration with state programs and County Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Plan sounds good -- but how does it work o Where's the accountability? 16 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date How do we know what we've done is successful? o How do we correct it? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o How do you show the public? Require iv -- Lanascape ura. o Plant lists; plant Pono --good list Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Farther-up: Utl; get BI version of Maui Planting Plan! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Roadside -> ban roundup and citric acid? o Jobs? Create bee-specific/supportive policies Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Yellow face bees Cross reference energy objective (sustainability) with HI Green Growth goals (how? County action?) o HELCO --are they a partner in green goals? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Funding/will for wind farms SLR objective (3.2 by what date?) re: 2050? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Use 2100 est 2 meters by 2100 o PLAN for worst case- high end estimate for SLR in GP Do build sea walls only in areas that are not erodible Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Future: Ask Chip Fletcher (UH) to do seal level rise and coastal erosion analysis for HI county Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o For now: Utilize SLR projections from TNC for W Hawai'i Variable shoreline setback depending on shoreline morphology Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 characteristics (i.e.,greater setback in highly erodible coastlines) Kealakehe landfill (old) is smoldering with fires for decades. Needs to be dismantled. Recycle all possible waste.Transport other Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 waste to new landfill Zoning: how to encourage multi family/duplex projects with goals Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 of improving affordability?Address housing crisis Delinquent prop taxes -> what happens to property?Auction? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 County? Defacto? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 [Best natural resources is our young people 17 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Not supportive of expanding Kawaihae Harbor because it would Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 close Spencer Park and destroy coral along the coastline Fishing license not supported (not wanted) Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 What can County do to educate visitors about protecting natural Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 resources? PSA's on out airplane? (i.e. reef safe sunscreen) Can County regulate private market/sales under home rule powers and public trust? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Fishing regulations: need weight limit on commercial sales o Need better laws and monitoring of fish populations Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Sustainable fish populations are important How can landowners be more responsible for protecting natural Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 resources? Eradicating invasive species on private property-- how can state/county enforce this better? County needs to concurrently include a viable mechanism for Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 density transfer Greenhouse gas emissions--do they dissipate? Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Look at specifics re: islands vs aspects of mainland Brackish ponds that are filled with algae need to be cleared using Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 "effective microbes" or equivalent Increase CERT training beyond basic Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Increase neighborhood watch subdivisions Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Pono plants only-- landscape ordinance Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 o Education o People "don't know any better" Where are the shelters --is there enough capacity for people to Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 find shelters? How do people find information and people who can assist homeowners to retrofit their house (hurricane/natural hazard Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 resilience)? [are hat are we doing to stop contributing to climate change? How Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 we meeting our lofty goals? 18 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date County needs climate change and mitigation office similar to what Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 O'ahu has Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Prioritize climate justice and equity One day our unrenewable energy will run out. Renewable doesn't Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 run out: sun and wind energy Small and micro housing that is energy efficient. Micro grids for Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 solar/renewables In floodplains-- include catchment ponds w/microbes to clean Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 water In brackish ponds, use EM (or similar product/system)to clean out Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 system Mixed-use areas: smells and noises need to be managed to ensure Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 pleasant and healthy(mental/physical) environments Want to encourage plants and trees for our climate Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Interested in native planting for resort areas and shopping centers • Lots of resources out there Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 • Esp. heritage hotels (i.e., Uncle Billy's, Royal Kona, King Kamehameha, etc.) •Teach more if plants are native Are we being proactive relative to climate change? Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Ahupua'a management Green way back bone for West Hawai'i along Railroad Row Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 to Konawaena Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Coastal preservation Climate change related to heat Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Coastal areas &SLR (Not fit well with North Kohala access GP Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 planning) 19 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Prioritize objectives of CZM/SMA area Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 • Rule 17 - Planning Dept. Processes • Tree cover standards (enun. Policies) Bio-security Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 • Fire ants and other invasive species Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Food sustainability Guiding principles related to economic opportunities and Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 constraints Overall understanding of economic section of GP Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 •TMK, subdivision, taxes and local fees Multiple topics of housing • Affordability, placement Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 • Lessons learned about implementation Develop financial into tor eacn district • Censes comp to other islands (county data book- mac island Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 wide) Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Affordable housing constraints Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Reassessment of TM Ks economic generator sites to direct funding productively(e.g., Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 improving quality capacities of Kailua Village) Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Opportunity zones Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 County should have bigger role in economic development • Less defaulting to state DBEDT 20 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Government not attending to plans and updating revising on time/schedule "Partnerships" in public and private partnership language should Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 be legally clarified/defined "Research and Development Dept." is researching opportunity zones Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 • Map them Public/farmer access to State &County Ag statistics Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Water Quality Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Recycling - how/change lifestyle: Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Boundary areas around Ag and urban Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • How to keep sustainable Managing retreat -concerned we are missing impacts of SLR conservation area issues Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • Not all should be in construction district Natural resources - headed toward global ecosystem Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 collapse, need foundational shift on how to develop "Intent" not coordinated on the ground plan needs teeth Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 and coordinated efforts. R water at Kealakehe going into coastal waters -closed loop thinking- reuse plastics/glass Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • Become international water resource center. Become Expo on sustainable development Climate emergency resolution: too late if governments don't Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 act decisively Climate change section too incremental; need to recreate section that transforms expression from County council into Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 policy Learn how university can help achieve climate/ natural Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 resource goals Don't think we can "balance" natural resources -they have Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 to come first Surf org-want to protect water for future generations Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Could overlays handle hazard areas? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Natural resources are not in conservation areas -just because area is in construction doesn't mean it's functioning Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 as we want it to; need to articulate in plan 21 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date (Wildfire) Decision-making paradigm Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Ecosystem services -gift and cannot waste it Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Start looking at decision-making based on trends. Don't Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 need projections to start change Pathways/ corridors displayed as overlays? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Water all connected -stream, riparian directly connected to Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 marine habitat Coastal lands -Ali'i drive prioritized for economic Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 development over natural resources Are we putting a buffer between resort and Ag or resort and conservation? Needs buffer between resort and Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 conservation t Add into wording to include various types of buffers Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Compatible use issues - Kohala highlands, wind turbines in Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 highland areas Some types of Ag could be suitable in buffer area Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Merit for buffers mauka to enable resources to move 'up' Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Puako area very developed and IWS impacts to coastal reefs Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Anchialine ponds have larger "sphere" than edge of pond Need buffers for anchialine ponds as they move mauka Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 especially Consider Kealakehe R Flushing to the ocean Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Possible that high hazard areas wouldn't qualify for ins?And Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 what COH role in this? Overlay: no infrastructure investments in high hazard areas Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 What about logging near streams - changes ecosystem to log Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 streamside's Area for coordination: if engineers can still permit in hazard areas we cannot achieve our objectives Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • NCRS is for what Lele was talking about Require more environmental reports to b completed for Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 projects Why views from highway to ocean? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 22 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Scenic corridors - how do CDPs impact decisions? Need for comprehensive way to know various meeting Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 agendas What penalty for bringing invasive species in? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Weatherization issue; building codes, energy codes, appliance efficiency- unreliable mass transit = commuters Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 driving Watershed and riparian areas with incompatible uses like Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 logging - need buffers to protect waterways Financing for managing/stewarding these natural areas? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Unless its part of economy it won't happen Firebreaks - emergency evacuation routes can overlap Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Landscape requirements not followed - planning dep. Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Support shade/ parking, etc. Bulk of biomass in soil - carbon sequestration resource Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 It's going to be way worse than 3 ft. SLR Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Mauka areas like Holualoa might become refuge but don't Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 have facilities for sheltering in place Biking isn't safe here due to infrastructure Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Quantify and evaluate benefits of ecosystem services Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Add Ali'i drive as a agricultural land use allocation Wahi Pana Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • To restore older land use; Wahi Pana Ahupua'a concept related to water flow and health of coastal resources • Ali'i drive is example of prioritizing economy over natural Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 resources How will conservation buffers work governmentally Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Ungulates as vectors for invasive species spread need to be Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 addressed There are cesspools and septic tanks in flood zone areas thus wetlands need to consider this impact when storm Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 flushes systems What or will there be policies regarding existing sea walls Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 County may consider legislation that does not allow for Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 fallen sea walls to be rebuilt Add flood-zones to "managing streams and watersheds" Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 23 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Some drainages/streams used to flow in past but no longer Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • But when heavy rain flow is so strong that boulder could come down Some of the more regional knowledge of natural resources Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 (ex. Stream and drainage) should be addressed in CDPs Make compliance and enforcement stronger Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 201 Hwy is by-passing peoples/community voice Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Would like better understanding of internal processing of permits ex: comments on permits from CDP perspective Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • Planning commission 02 production from forest in the tropics vs. seasonal at higher and lower latitudes are year around Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • Ecosystem services Climate change is a human disaster that is carried out through natural forces/augmented Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Add drainage component to coastal high hazard areas Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Hu Honua: next to riparian area and coast Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Where does Kona residents go for hazards Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Address the extreme heat hazard that is happening may Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 increase Golf courses near our oceans are environmentally bad • Round-up • Other chemicals Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 *Contribute to coastal environmental collapse Red ants/fire ants problem in Volcano reduced by 70%? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • What was their method Sometimes parks are vectors for taking fire ants home Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 *Search resource Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 What is post revision process Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 County plan can mention what communities and individuals Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 can do to better Hawai'i situation How is SMA boundary created? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Can overlays be used to identify sensitive resources Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Electric and infrastructure share corridors so may need to Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 consider changing how County frames layers of land use 24 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 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Existing sea walls - need to strengthen regulations at County level per comments and action by current property owners. Also, once Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 a wall is naturally destroyed, can or can't be rebuilt?And if a large wall is reduced to shorter height over time how to manage that increasing scenario? Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Recognition that natural resources is the basis of island's economy • Natural resources require protection Ahupua'a management Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Coastal preservation Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 Prioritize objectives of CZM/SMA area • Rule 17 - Planning Dept. Processes Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 • Tree cover standards (enunciate Policies) Ag district- how to put worker housing - might need multiple workers N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 Interested in Ag education tourism -train people how to grow food be sustainable- need to change law to allow housing -can't afford to pay them enough for them to pay for housing - law doesn't allow it and people do it illegally N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 Support 100%sustainability N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 Explore Ag tourism models and begin to implement them. We need to balance our economy for improved sustainability N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 See HIP Ag food Hub N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 Hawai'i can be a leader in going sustainable and preparing for high tides immigration. Changes in ecology N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 Preserve Ag lands and conservation lands. Respect Hawaiian spiritual customs in all plans N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 Stop stress to coral reefs coastal development Ag run off. No aquarium trade over fishing N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 Restore- plant native trees and plants N. Kohala Mini Speakout 9/25/2019 300/301 how will county assist in protection if Ag lands?A fund ala PONC? Restriction on subdivision? How does "living off the N. Kohala Mini SpeakOut 9/25/2019 land" factor into PONC? 26 County of Hawaii Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Bring back a system on all coastal waters. Makahiki season 3 N. Kohala Mini SpeakOut 9/25/2019 months a year. No fishing to repopulate oceans and reefs Areas where native/endangered flora and fauna reside should be N. Kohala Mini SpeakOut 9/25/2019 identified and protected Restoration super important remove invasives -Albizia not pest N. Kohala Mini SpeakOut 9/25/2019 on urban problem we have them in forested areas N. Kohala Mini SpeakOut 9/25/2019 Identify and protect sensitive areas with native flora and fauna Mobile homes/shipping container housing should be acceptable Pahoa GP SpeakOut 10/5/2019 Pana'ewa GP Mini 10/22/2019 When was the last time we updated stream assessment? SpeakOut Pana'ewa GP Mini 10/22/2019 Runoff from bagasse SpeakOut Pana'ewa GP Mini 10/22/2019 Need watershed plan for Hilo area SpeakOut How are we allowing people to still build in unsafe areas? Need Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 better control SpeakOut Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 Have the county research a forestry land use designation SpeakOut Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 Utilize Wa'o system SpeakOut Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 Fire ants are a really big issue on agriculture SpeakOut Forest areas should be identified and not allow for urban Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 development SpeakOut Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 Natural resources and cultural resources are separate SpeakOut No evacuation shelter identified yet for Volcano area Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Emergency response team is working on the Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 HAM radio network in volcano area Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Maybe instead of restricting what people can do on their lots, we can focus on incentives for protection or purchasing the lots Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 within subdivisions that help with habitat connections- resource value driven Might need to be a partnership that can help with purchases Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 (community, state, county) 27 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Grubbing/ removing 'Ohi'a - protect it as an endangered tree? Volcano has main street character as well as native forest to be Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 preserved Why not "manage development vs. reduce?" (63) Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Why only high risk urban areas? Low risk areas become high risk with more development (all policies) Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Wind and seismic should both be considered. If mentioning Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 building code (1.36) Why only residents and community development (1.36)? Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Inland cliffs change to sensitive area (1.35) Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 How to increase ridership? Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Tree removal in and around civic construction is a concern for Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 overheating of those areas. The community of Volcano is one of the few in Hawai'i located in native forest. We need a county plan that recognizes the value of Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 nature forest to the volcano community and local planning efforts to help maintain nature forest cover. 1.24 Health & Safety standards for caves? Stop using them as Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 cesspools! Green space- require native plant landscaping for public areas and prohibit importing invasive plants however attractive or Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 economically positive they may be Fault line-do we have these mapped? Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 Worried Kona coast will become like O'ahu - complete Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 sewage treatment Open spaces and buffer zones without development Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Get input from Hawaiian families with traditional knowledge • Don't develop all coastal accesses Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 • Keep them rugged Usually very poor suffer from climate change Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Enforce beach access, i.e. example is 10 parking spaces at Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 beach resorts for public Control of feral goats/ pigs (i.e. fencing - important to Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 protect natural resources Land owners host "hunting" day Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Seed exchange program Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Support for communities working towards the state 30 x 30 Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 plan 28 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date 50 ft. not enough as the ponds are underground and are Waikoloa GP Speakout 10/24/2019 interconnected More educational signage to tell the story of place, why it's Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 important and the expected behavior toward these sites Work with state and federal agencies to stay on top of climate change, impact on coral and the areas at higher risk Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 from people trampling on coral Singapore - Recycling program. How can we start something Waikoloa GP Speakout 10/24/2019 from the community side if government won't help? We live on an island, our landfills won't survive Replanting of native plants of the area Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Preserve "all" coastal areas under the conservation zones Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Geothermal disaster issue-is there planning for it? Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Civil defense false alarm -disconnect between state and scientists Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 9 incentives to grow and landscape with native plants Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Shoreline degradation, rock walls at Puako-are they impacting Waikoloa GP Speakout 10/24/2019 cultural resources Army Corp can't guarantee that the areas are 100% cleared of Waikoloa GP Speakout 10/24/2019 ordinance • New sirens near hunter rd. area not installed. First up about 2 Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 years ago. Still in crates. What is delay? • Mana Rd and Lakeland cannot hear sirens Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Tree planting programs-- put more resources into this and Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 remove non-native and replace with endemic • Trees need to be cut down along major highways -- like belt highways, especially in Kona --can't plant low/bush plants Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 (natives) --electric conflicts and emergency hazard and enforce even on private prop adjacent to major highways • Received notice in Honolulu from County to maintain lawn but had 30 days to comply or the County would do it and send the Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 bill -- implement this here (per easements)? Pave up to property line on major highways • Grubbing and grading ordinances (helps prevent hooding in homes) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o 54 mile marker example • Trees in parking lots --> plant ones that wont fall o Kumani trees on coastline (prevent erosion) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Excited about hydrogen buses Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 29 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • What native plants are appropriate for development--> Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 create list/plan • Eucalyptus growing into power lines on Lava Rd --why keep Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 bothering to cut it, not just take it down? Right tree, right place • Muhonua --going through? In the courts o Better than fossil fuel but wish doing a better job o Is there a better path? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o If they comply with regulation, then I don't have a problem. Have not demonstrated good faith on ability to manage o Brazil using sugarcane as feedstock for biofuel • Recycling needs to be bigger, more than HISD aluminum Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 (infrastructure?) • Will comments be publicly available (general) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Discovery book--what is native in Hawai'i? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Meriga leaves Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Coqui frog invasives Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Waimea Trail ways--Complete via PHHC2 Ocean? (architects- Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 land?) (Placemaking?) • Alt. Regenerative Land Use strategies Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Wildlife and HWMO/WNI policies Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Business models should include consistent measurement of Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 their carbon footprint • Outreach to include public and their measurement tools -- Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 connect them (e.g.,farmers market) • Bigger issues -> SLR & Ports 4 ex o Economic disparity/inequality and SLR changes Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Managed retreat -> susceptibility studies? • Little fire ants are a problem and albizia in North Kohala and Keokea Park(and more widespread) o Much worse than coquis o They're invasive and they hurt Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Slug control to prevent RLW • Natural Resources Department Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 30 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Natural Resource Department and Staff o County should have one and build capacity at DLNR o Employment and opportunity in Natural Resources management Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o County work directly with schools (all departments) o Connects with food security and markets • Susceptibility to fires, esp. with increased land-use/cultivation Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Moving away from mono-crops • "Wild West" on how we take in/import invasive species, may need stricter inspection models o Aus./N2 examples Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Stricter customs enforcement to prevent further degradation o Coqui frogs, Albizia, fire ants, etc. and have to keep up • Streams and Watersheds, need more effort to plant Natives o Fountain grass is rampant and is a fire risk Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Architectural pau, heritage -cherry blossoms spreading o Beautiful but have spread outside of Community • How to protect anchialine pools w/climate changes and intrusion from groundwater and drainage o People caring about the ponds on their land Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Tricky especially for families that have lived there for so long o Is 50 ft. enough? Should we make it more? • World Heritage Sites? She we consider that designation more Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 often? • Agree with all o Especially 50 ft. setback is ridiculous, even a % mile is too close, whoever is managing development needs to be trained with Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 guidelines and restricted in their actions and inspected --can't just go and do without oversight • No more styrofoam, plastic ->getting innovative to reduce Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 waste (infrastructure?) 31 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Social inequity is going to help save the natural resources o Ex: keeping tourist/resort uses concentrated o Worst kind of tourism to negatively impact natural resources is ecotourism (can be done appropriately) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Specific tax where ecotourism businesses contribute to preservation • Non-capitalist centric models and strategies Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Too many people Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Too many tourists, over tourism Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Rate of growth ordinance-- use it o Considers "carrying capacity" Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Limitations of living on an island • Prioritize reforestation -> climate change and HZO quality, sitriplastate o Find funding mechanisms -> Fed money o Study ROI -> alternate land use models o#1 stream corridors in dry lands Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o"Work to play" in HI ■ Access to certain places o Need N&R Departments with at least 10 peeps • Reforestation techniques and thoughtful to what works in that Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 environment • Policy strategy for wetland habitats -->TNC climate change scenario study and National Park Service o With climate change scenarios, studies for where new anchialine pools in the future will pop up or migrate o Whether strategy is to take that info into account to allow that Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 to occur, including minimum buffers related to current anchialine pools and wetlands 32 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Doing a good job, but farming -- how has cattle farming impacted the streams? o It's a big thing, but there are ways to do it sustainably to protect water level o fence off areas where large bodies of water are because cows Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 like to lay in it and poop in it which infects the water with skin irritating bacteria o Has to impact the indigenous species like the Nene--> overgrazing limits their coverage • Climate change --> no mitigation section Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Have barking laws for loud dogs Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Oahu has one • Coqui frog needs to be significantly addressed o Bio controls? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Funding and man-power -> resources • How to protect natural resources from waste Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • How to improve/update stream assessments? o How to delineate riparian buffer limits Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Prohibition laws for within buffers -> "model" L.B? Study • 80%from 2005 levels by 2050 (gas emissions) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Carbon insufficient sequestration • UNIPCC standards are 0 by 2050 Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • There is less focus on mitigation in climate change plan than there should be -The strategies and actions in plan are more Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 adaption • Incorporate R & D's climate change plans Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Can't hear sirens even with living close to the fire department Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Puako reef is suffering Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Water Reservoirs are maintained with roundup. Regulating use of herbicides around primary water sources or storage Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 reservoirs • Spraying of roundup on roads are a big concern. Other ways to deal with it, even if more costly it's worth it. It's running off Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 into oceans killing our reefs • Wildfire risk and infrastructure issues related to connecting Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 communities • Need resource based planning. Water is life Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 33 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Need to protect shoreline. Setback for building should be Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 increased • Emergency shelter in Waimea? Hear they'd use new gym. And Honoka'a. Basically everywhere. Don't think anyone's got an Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 emergency shelter • Setbacks in some CDP discussions from ocean/cliff. Didn't talk about it for cultural sites and preserving places, is there a boundary. Was thinking about that with preserving and Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 protecting. How close can they develop to it? Should we be clear? Maybe there should be a buffer • Have access easements for cultural sites too. Could be located right next to each other, or property or road, making sure you can't build right up to heiau walls. Can we have a setback so they Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 can still build their shopping center, but 20 ft. away. Safe and respectful. • A gridded area is better because they can get out in 3 areas. Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Otherwise devastating for fire • What are criteria for building in a flood zone? (New voice) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 A) FEMA designations that housing is built with proper elevations • Tsunami, hurricane surge needs to be identified around the Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 island • Winds also a factor for building Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Can all new buildings be required to be % mile back from the Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 shoreline? • Would like to see water set-back much further than 40 feet. Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Too many resorts destroying fishing areas • Pull from ancient Hawaiian use of watersheds to organize Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 their communities • Climate -- look at Oahu Climate Action Plan for policies Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Abandoned ag land are a safety hazard for flood and fire-- Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 how can we re-populate these lands with native plants? • Creating fire wise communities (natural resources?) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Will there be easements for this kind of infrastructure to protect from fire potential Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Any conversation about land use retreat?With SLR and native Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 trees 34 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources Comment Source Date • Are ethics starting to be embedded in real estate? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Make so no helicopters flying over residential areas. Also, no commercial airlines fly over residential areas.The vibrations shake Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 my house (with termite damage). County gave them permission to fly--so they also gonna buy me one new house? • Lots of dryland forest here Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Need an emergency road from Kailapa Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Waimea needs hurricane shelter (hardened), preferably Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 located at district park 35