3. Economics and Opportunity Planning.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments

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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Economic & Opportunity Planning Comment Source Date Important to educate people before they get here so they are safe, take care of HI • PSAs on planes • Don't walk in waua/CDP Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 • Don't stand on wet rocks • Keep it a place you would want to visit • Mindful of Hawaiian traditions Build the telescope--it's hundreds of jobs • Should have given it a Hawaiian name Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 A sound stage would make it possible for them to produce movies Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 here •Alternative uses for it (ex: police could use for shooting range) A financial center between San Francisco and Hong Kong Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Opportunities for jobs, sharing cultural knowledge Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Building the largest and tallest building atop the tallest mountain in Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 the world is disrespectful and cluttering our mountains with building to study"science" is not good science So many vacant commercial buildings sit empty for years Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 something for the community, like a performance venue! We are in crisis, based on the GP report •We need vision and results now! •We need rezoning in areas where there are jobs Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 • Duplexes and multi-family apartments • Reliable transportation If we don't address this crisis now, it will only get worse Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 • If you don't start thinking outside the box and start co-operating with positive visionaries who think differently than the bureaucracy, you're stuck where you are Communication with the state is important and encouraged Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Work closer with legislature/office of planning (administration) Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 DMV in Kona is slow! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 14