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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan <br /> 2019 Public Comments on Economic & Opportunity Planning <br /> Comment Source Date <br /> Queen Liliuokalani subdivision -> illegal building on extended <br /> common area <br /> • Called several times for County to get involved, some dwellings <br /> are still there, one built a pool on common area <br /> •Asked QLT to purchase common area --at least 2-3,000 sq. ft. <br /> • People building up to setbacks Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> •Also get homeless people dumping needles and alcohol --wanted <br /> to restore since 1990 <br /> •And then there's vacation rentals on separate lot <br /> • Unfair for not everybody to do it <br /> • QLVCA is a biased board Kapuna want to vote her in <br /> • Homeless living in rec center <br /> •Women who isn't a homeowner is collecting rent on rec center <br /> • Sep 7th -> building voting for board member <br /> Ag and tourism --odd to be next to each other <br /> •Tourism under sustainability is ironic Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> • Negative factors we don't have control over <br /> Agriculture destination -- produce our own food Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> Built environment has a huge impact on homelessness <br /> • Cars take up a lot of space-- homeless light lots on fire just to get <br /> attention Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> •Zoning is sometimes reinforcement of transitional space <br /> If it's a commercial space, people only go in to get something <br /> and leave, no reason to stay <br /> Address homeless problem --it's worse than it seems <br /> • It's not going to go away, only get worse Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> 3.57 -- Encourage an Affordable housing coalition from all segments Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> of the community to work together on creative solutions and funding <br /> We need to get a handle on affordability of housing Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> Keep housing affordable after selling/developing Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> Keep developers accountable--fines, policing, for affordable <br /> Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> housing, keeping them affordable <br /> Need to understand what affordable means- 1300 sq. ft, is not <br /> affordable Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> •Apartments and duplexes <br /> Simplify the building code I Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> Tell the building department that they need to issue permits, not find <br /> Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 <br /> excuses to deny them <br /> 15 <br />