4. Community Placemaking.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments

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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Community Placemaking Comment Source Date • Many, many, many good, law-abiding, tax paying citizens are already seeing clients within the home and giving back to the Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 community by providing levels of service and excise taxes. We are not criminals! We are your neighbors! Your husband or wife may be doing this in your home currently! (econ?) • Historic preservation, we can't think of anything that's sugar plantation.The plantation heritage is important. It's hard to know Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 what exactly to preserve, no mills, but something. It's a significant part of the history for 2 centuries. • (2 people) Need less strict building restriction for owner occupied (econ?) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o (New voice) major issue • The plan is a very important document as long as it's living and used. It provides a focus for bosses and unions, etc., to then move Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 their people around (general?) • Overlay departments, parks, include feeder bus stops, needs Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 gathering place. People in Upper Puna don't have vehicles or gas • Has the County considered using ATVs or UTVs with smaller wildfire equipment so people with catchment tanks can try to Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 suppress the fire until the official fire department arrives? • Police services,without a doubt I certainly want to say mahalo our Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 Police • Concern over availability of police while up at the mauna. We Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 didn't have the service we need for over two weeks • The county should go to every community affected by the General Plan and get their feedback. Like Waiakea Uka and Pana'ewa Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 (general?) • Is there something in code or somewhere that addresses trails and people that get hurt and require assistance? EX: People that illegally Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 access trails and get hurt should pay for the rescue services and not the taxpayers. EMS should bill the person that knowingly entered a restricted trail • "Kanalua" vote at County Council must be clear and used correctly -- not a cop out (general?) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 15