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 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.