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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan <br /> 2019 Public Comments on Economic & Opportunity Planning <br /> Comment Source Date <br /> Allow more ohana dwelling Aupuni Center 10/28/2019 <br /> Encourage more subsistence agriculture vs. commercial ag Aupuni Center 10/28/2019 <br /> More hands on farming for students Aupuni Center 10/28/2019 <br /> Other municipalities have phased out vacation rentals outside of <br /> permitted districts- HI County should do same to raise long term Aupuni Center Hallway 10/28/2019 <br /> housing <br /> Clarify section 3.44 of this section of the draft Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> Let other orgs and businesses buy and design manhole covers. One <br /> thing tourists can do -> to take photos Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> • Needing higher standards for imports/agriculture Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> • (2 people) Provide incentives for farmers with surplus to give to <br /> Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> food banks <br /> • Eliminate sales taxon food (locally grown?) and medicine Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> • Certificate of occupancy--can be revoked as a means to address <br /> „ Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> squatters <br /> • I'd like to see incentives for using ag land for forestry--even Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> public/private partnerships to increase tree coverage <br /> elevation rainforest--so how can we get other people to see forestry Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> as a good use of their land? <br /> • Need policy that explicit of how affordable housing should be <br /> Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> near jobs <br /> • Allow eco-villages for people to live and have eco and agriculture <br /> Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> tourism on their farmland! <br /> right client) Quality guest <br /> o Quality vacation rental -> quality guest Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> o Quality guest -> educate about culture, experiential tourism <br /> culture (quality filled or aloha), become ambassadors of HI island, <br /> • Rules for County housing and other supportive housing, like if <br /> someone is a felon or using medical marijuana, doesn't match needs <br /> of people they're serving. Some people living in group homes have to Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> leave to do things like attend a day program where they sit and do <br /> nothing.There needs to be different levels of housing with different <br /> care and support <br /> • How are we going to address households living in substandard Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> housing? People living in substandard housing afraid of enforcement <br /> • Volcano and Merrie Monarch for tourism that supports the island <br /> Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 <br /> economically <br /> 1 <br />