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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan <br /> 2019 Public Comments on Economic & Opportunity Planning <br /> Comment Source Date <br /> It would overwhelm planning. County to accomplish follow through <br /> on reports of unpermitted building! Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Why is Planning Department allowing yurts to be built? <br /> • E.g., all homes have specs for windows--yurts don't Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> • Have to have hurricane clips--yurts don't <br /> Housing. Severer growing problem of unavailable affordable housing <br /> and homelessness <br /> • Not well addressed in the GP and should not be in Economic Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> section <br /> • Should have its own section <br /> County building code should focus solely on safety standards --don't <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> overbuild <br /> Inspections are back-logged here! <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> • People give up and buildings go unpermitted <br /> Homelessness is not fully addressed in this plan! Drastic and growing Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> problem <br /> Ag workers don't have sufficient housing Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> 346&3.60: not achievable-- rewrite <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> • Here we talk retro but other areas we talk only now <br /> Difficult to find permits records for old houses used as vacation <br /> rentals ex: volcano village Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Give business classes in Pahala, etc.... <br /> •Accounting for business and personal use <br /> • Information on how to purchase homes or land Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Ka'u is farming-centered, if locals know how to start <br /> businesses, they need the knowledge of how to start <br /> More than 1 million cars pass through Ka'u per year, need a way to <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> capture revenue <br /> Growth in tourism in south Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Pahala • More lands that locals can buy (vs million dollar homes) Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Encourage infrastructure that will provide opportunity for jobs and <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> training (also, for education) <br /> 328: Support (X)tourism industry... Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Objective: Increase%of residence that are economically self- Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> sufficient--don't understand -- more to policy <br /> Objective: Make objective consistent with goal and title "increase ag <br /> and food security on COW <br /> • Increase acre should be a policy Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> •Add --develop food storage management plan <br /> 12 <br />