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 • Bike lane in Waimea would be good Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • DEL#7 Agreement,recommendation prioritize and implement.DOT/SSFM Regional Traffic Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Safety • Water resource in Kohala Ranch/North Kohala but for South Kohala.Not in CDP Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Enhance incentives for electric vehicle ownership-->2045 initiative Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Against 4415G rollouts,detrimental to all living creatures Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • 3 years ago Kohala was supposed to get a green waste facility at the transfer station,that never Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 happened.Lots of money being missed from recycling green waste. • (2 people)Upper Puna has only 1 road in and out,when rain and winds come they are no Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 longer served • HPP needs sewer treatment plant Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Better transportation to main lines(hwy)from Upper Puna subdivisions Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 Why is the county pushing for a sewer system more extensively?It'sjust more expensive and not clearly better than cesspools Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 (2 people)Add an action plan--to this broadband strategy Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Solid waste management parts need to be separated out •Sites are based on obsolete county plans--they do not pick up on current issues Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Pg.73,#270"Promote bio mass..." Honoka'a Mini 9/30/2019 •Bio energy should not be promoted mainly because it is not clean energy due to greenhouse gas Speakout emissions.Public should be aware of the issues associated with this technology. Kona Topic 10/19/2019 Cesspool and septic systems are the same in terms of effluent and cesspools are not bad Workshop Mounded septic and other solutions add more layers between effluent and ground water making Kona Topic 10/19/2019 it better than cesspool alone Workshop No road usage tax! RUC is regressive and burdens the least able to pay.Add tac on vehicle value! Kona Topic 10/19/2019 Repeal EV special tax,make Hawai'i a zero emissions vehicle state Workshop Kona Topic 10/19/2019 Can County GP address cesspools or strictly state issue? Workshop Pana'ewa GP Mini 10/22/2019 Korea and Japan use human waste as fertilizer.How can we do that here? Speakout Hilo Topic Focus 10/26/2019 How does the GP address cell phone us while driving in terms of traffic safety WS Japan had same problem of aging infrastructures the changed shifted human behavior to have Hilo Topic Focus 10/26/2019 p p g� g� Y g (shifted) WS transportation work better and improve traffic with exiting infrastructure There are 3 regional circulation plans for Puna sitting on the shelf and none of it has been Hilo Topic Focus 10/26/2019 implemented WS Hilo Topic Focus 10/26/2019 Road usage charge-how make equitable(i.e.Puna's private roads) WS Hilo Topic Focus 10/26/2019 Car value tax as opposed to road usage tax WS Volcano GP 10/7/2019 Pin to poh clearing is bringing ROD and invasives into community Speakout Kona Topic 10/19/2019 Micro hydro could be opportunity Workshop Kona Topic 10/19/2019 Kuakini highway needs widening for evacuation route,tsunami example Workshop 22