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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan <br /> 2019 Public Comments on Natural Resources <br /> Comment Source Date <br /> Reward large landowners for protecting/ reforesting etc. Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> City & County of Honolulu office of sustainability/climate Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> change, etc. -we should ride Josh's coat tails <br /> Partner with other agencies -good- maps need to be <br /> brought up to date (ex: reassess the Ag areas) Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> Ag has contaminated much of the ground water - need to be <br /> Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> more protective of our watersheds <br /> 1/2 of island conservation- DLNR is always underfunded - <br /> HiloTopic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> taxes up to protect watersheds <br /> Need plan for hotels in Kona who keep saying they need Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> seawalls -going under eventually <br /> No new seawalls is hard to swallow -think about Keaukaha - <br /> HiloTopic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> makes sense to invest in seawalls? <br /> Join the lawsuit against fossil fuel comp. Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> Lots of grading with no consideration for effects on <br /> Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> flooding/drainage patterns <br /> No G&G permit needed for 1 acre or less so 50 lots can <br /> consecutively grade... Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> Track/ hold responsible equipment operators <br /> Avoid building in high risk zones Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> Pohakuloa - not known everything that's been put there via <br /> Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> bombing, etc. - and it continues <br /> Need to be particularly careful about protecting what we <br /> have Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> • Need to change the "do it now, pay for it later" attitude <br /> • Penalties needed <br /> Parker used to be required to plant 1 tree per acre - could <br /> Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> set rule again <br /> Ahupua'a used often -should utilize the moon calendar too Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> Lili'uokalani an asset - but what is I's function besides being <br /> Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> beautiful? <br /> • Plant native plants -good for fish - utilize local knowledge <br /> Keeping a process where people can live the live they want Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> to - but being "informed" by COH not "protected" <br /> Our island is sinking faster than the sea is rising -our coastal <br /> Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 <br /> communities are/will feel it. 1" per decade <br /> 5 <br />