2. Infrastructure Planning.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments

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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Infrastructure Planning Comment Source Date Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Wetlands for greywater treatment in Kealakehe WWTP • How does a neighborhood/small sustainable subdivision reuse greywater?How to scale treatment to community level? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Reduce requirements for individual households to participate in greywater re-use Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • What standards are addressing smart meters and cell towers and their EMF emission to Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 protect the public • Transport.SKID.6 Buses whole system needs to be overhauled.Better study with ridership SK steady e.g..Waimea no go Waikoloa, no bus Waikoloa to SK.Resort for workers and leisure need it Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 maybe senior sized buses/minivans • Need public hearings re:why people have to bring their own stool to sit on in bus Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 (Honokaa/South Kohala Resorts) • Pratt Road alternative access to Akoni Pule Hwy--liability o No mechanism for civil defense to allow police to declare emergency Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Who does community talk to gain emergency access to Pratt Road? • County help find water resource for Kailapa sub division(Hawaiian Homes) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • (2 people)No lighting at bus stop in Waimea Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • DWS connect from Kawaihae commercial area to Kailapa across Honoka'a Bridge Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Standards for catchment need to include how to protect from rat lungworm Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Kawaihae bypass alignment above harbor • Kawaihae bridges bicycles and pedestrians no where to walk--need access Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Kawaihae Roads no shoulders Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Enhance(not just maintain)energy tax incentives(pol 252) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • 2nd access road from WVA to exit for emergencies(County to do)either Queen K or"Waimea Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Bypass"future road • Need to be more progressive in how we treat our wastewater,enforcing the implementation at facilities and smaller systems for more rural area Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Action 248-expand on word"diversion" in include reuse,repurpose and recover Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • How do we facilitate safe pedestrian and bike crossing to allow mauka makai connectivity Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Rail system on the island Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Cradle to cradle technologies--?E.g.,Armstrong Industries turns plastic bottles into carpet, crushed glass as landscape material,there are grants for this kind of innovation (Diversion of Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 material and elimination of landfill) 2