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DeVera, Ashley <br /> From: Krista Barker < <br /> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 8:54 AM <br /> To: Planning General Plan <br /> Subject: Please Help <br /> Attachments: Big Island General Plan 2045 Testimony .pdf <br /> Aloha Planning Department, <br /> The final draft of the Big Island general plan does not support the future of Big Island, nor does it clearly <br /> define what you want to do. It should be revised or thrown-out and redone. <br /> The current general plan looks like it will further regulate and fine the public, limit travel, cluster people <br /> into dense housing and more. It has no conclusive plan to help communities prosper. <br /> The main structure of the plan is "Sustainability" when it should be "Innovation". We want to move <br /> toward thriving communities, environmental support and economic alternatives that support farmers <br /> and homeowners and not put people in boxes while over-regulating them. <br /> The general plan you have is modeled throughout the United States/Mainland with the exact same words <br /> like: cluster, stakeholder, buffer zones, change codes, amend and more! <br /> How is it possible that it was created by the Big Island Planning Department when so many other General <br /> Plans around the country have the same language? <br /> Please review the attached PDF and revise the general plan accordingly. <br /> Much Mahalo <br /> Krista L. Barker, Ph.D., LCSW <br /> <br /> 1 <br />