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 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