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DeVera, Ashley <br /> From: fred hofer < <br /> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 1:45 PM <br /> To: Planning General Plan <br /> Subject: Revise Hawaii island general plan, severly <br /> Attachments: Big_Island_General_Plan_2045_Testimony_-1 (1).pdf; Big_Island_General_Plan_2045 <br /> Testimony_-1 (1).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 /> We need composting facilities, not landfills <br /> Worm farms (composting facilities) not more landfills, surely NO burning of "trash" <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". Sustainability is just a <br /> label you put on things that are definitely NOT sustainable, as burning of trash, or biomass, that's insane, <br /> not sustainable <br /> Same with renewable energy-you slap that label onto dangerous fracking facilities, as "geothermal <br /> ventures". That's fracking. <br /> Not sustainable, not renewable <br /> We want to move toward thriving communities, environmental support and economic alternatives that <br /> support farmers and homeowners and not put people in boxes while over-regulating them. <br /> Support family farms, farms, that just sustain their own ohana, that do not sell anything- support these! <br /> Stop rezoning ag land into residential!! <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 /> 1 <br />