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 • Kawaihae--to get electricity and utilities on ground--not on the lines because of high winds Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Water source should be what drives development Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Infrastructure is the foundation Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Pahoa GP 10/5/2019 Telehealth can't operate without internet connection Speakout • transportation-cross-island commute for Waikoloa resort workers Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Connecting communities--example Haleloa St and Kanehoa St connect 2 subdivisions especially in emergencies o Want all our communities connected to be able to drive through instead of going all the way Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 around • Incorporate pump etc.hydro:essentially a battery.Be able to store energy to use later.It is a Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 big infrastructure • Building incentives for energy efficiency Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Having energy efficient incentives for existing buildings Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Use wind,use solar Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • • Build homes out of fire retardant wood Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 Tax incentives for off grid systems Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Island has diverse and abundant renewable energy resources.We don't have storage capacity for energy •Overcome these storage issues,we can become a green energy center Ka'G Speakout 8/25/2019 •Currently shipping energy resources to island-->better power distribution •Make renewables available •Integrate this in GP Iceland has fully utilized geothermal,use it to produce hydrogen and creating exporting opportunities.Example of what we could be doing here Ka'G Speakout 8/25/2019 Like COH committed to going renewable-can we be a leader?With small population why can't we N.Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 be more resilient with emergencies? Speakout N.Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 Poverty levels-power so expensive Speakout N.Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 Can we get community band battery banks to power Kohala?Or at each station? Speakout Hilo Topic 10/12/2019 Offer more technical and trade school programs in our communities Workshop Wind energy in Waikoloa Waikoloa GP 10/24/2019 •All this open land in windy area-not capitalizing on resource Speakout • No wastewater systems for any communities in Puna(infrastructure?) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 The sewer in Na'alehu is going to be very expensive considering number of connections vs cost of system(infrastructure)$52 million split between around 200 lots •Alternative County charged—90k a day •Build wastewater system instead •Talk to state leg about finding better solutions Ka'G Speakout 8/25/2019 •No groundwater wells downstream from Na'alehu cesspools •Community partnerships could be beneficial o Ex:O Ka'G Kakou •Most expensive system ever designed when considering per person costs! 24